13 Colonies: Ch. 5- Virginia Succeeds

13 Colonies: Ch. 5- Virginia Succeeds

by Charles Montgomery

• ​Remember we said that John Smith had a good relationship with the Powhatan

• ​Chief Powhatan had a daughter-Pocahontas

  • ​she taught Smith some Powhatan words

  • ​brought food and tried to be peaceful with English

• ​She was 14, when John Smith left to return to England

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the Powhatan Chief's daughter that befriended John Smith?

• Samoset

• Sacagawea

• Powhatan

• Pocahontas

• ​John Rolfe

  • ​Tobacco grower

  • ​experimented with tobacco seed to find the best

  • ​acquired Spanish seed (which was very difficult)

• ​tobacco became cash crop for Virginia

• ​Virginia Colony began planting tobacco everywhere. (made lots of money)

Multiple Choice

How did John Rolfe change the fortunes of Jamestown?

• He instituded a policy of "No work, No food"

• He created the House of Burgesses

• He defeated the Powhatan chief in a duel

• He developed a type of tobacco that was very popular in England

• ​1619-House of Burgesses was established

  • ​first example of self-government in the colonies

• ​people were allowed to own land and to keep money earned from tobacco sales

• ​More money from tobacco leads to the need for more land to grow tobacco and the need for more workers.

• ​Smoking becomes very popular in England,

Multiple Choice

What is significant about the House of Burgesses?

• It was the first restaurant in Jamestown

• It was to Governor of Virginia Colony's living quarters

• It was a council of men that regulated trade between the Native Americans and England

• It was the first example of self-government in the colonies

​Pocahontas

• ​Was kidnapped by English sea captain

• ​was taught English and to read the Bible

• ​Took English name Rebecca

• ​Meets and eventually marries John Rolfe

  • ​Peace between Powhatan and English for years

• ​Have son named Thomas

• ​move to England

• ​was treated like a celebrity

• ​catches disease and dies at the age of 22

Multiple Choice

Whom did Pocahontas marry?

• John White

• John Smith

• John Rolfe

• John Winthrop

• ​the year Pocahontas dies, Virginia ships 20,000 pounds of tobacco to England

• ​Virginia planters became rich

• ​tobacco plantations continue to grow

  • ​need lots of workers

  • ​tensions between colonists and Native Americans grow (colonists want Native American lands)

• ​Virginia originally hired indentured servants to work on plantations.

  • ​worked for a number of years in exchange for passage to Virginia, food, shelter

  • ​were earn freedom after contract was fulfilled

  • ​sometimes paid freedom dues.

  • ​became expensive

• ​Indentured servants replaced by African slaves

Multiple Choice

What became Virginia's main cash crop?

• Slave Trade

• Tobacco

• Maize (corn)

• cotton

Multiple Choice

Why did Virginia planters stop using indentured servants?

• They became too expensive

• They kept running away

• The House of Burgesses passed laws prohibiting indentured servants from being freed

• They didn't. Indentured servants were used until the Civil War

Multiple Choice

Who replaced indentured servants as a labor force on the tobacco plantations?

• Native Americans

• New indentured servants

• New settlers to Virginia Colony were required to work on plantations for a certain number of years

• African slaves