Jamestown Review 1

​The Jamestown Colony

Virginia Studies VS.2

💰Reasons for Colonization

Vocabulary To Know:

• Charter: a special paper from the king giving permission to do something big - like start a colony!

• Economic Venture - a project people do to make money

• Finance - to help pay for something

• Markets - places where people buy, sell, or trade goods

King James I (the first)

Match

Match the following words with their definition.

• Charter

• Economic Venture

• Finance

• Markets

a document that gives permission

something done to make money

to help pay for something

somewhere to buy, sell, or trade things

• a document that gives permission

• something done to make money

• to help pay for something

• somewhere to buy, sell, or trade things

It's the year 1606, and King James I of England gives a charter to a group of businessmen called the Virginia Company of London.

Their goal? Make money!

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The Big Adventure Begins

This is the symbol of the Virginia Company of London.