Jamestown

Jamestown became a wealthier and more permanent settlement because of the arrival of which TWO groups?

• Native Americans and Spanish Colonist

• Women and Africans

• French and Spanish Setters

• French and English People

Africans arrived in Jamestown in

• 1607

• 1619

• 1620

• 1640

How did African men and women arrive in the Jamestown colony?

• They sailed to Jamestown for an adventure and decided to stay.

• They were brought to the settlement by the Powhatan.

• They were looking for a new place to settle and start families.

• Portuguese sailors captured them from what is present-day Angola and sent them to Jamestown.

Complete the sentence to make it true.

Africans were brought to Jamestown

• to establish families

• because they chose to

• against their will

• as volunteers

Women arrived in Jamestown on the Bride Ships in

• 1607

• 1619

• 1620

• 1640

How did the arrival of additional women at Jamestown help make the settlement permanent?

• Women made it possible for more settlers to establish families.

• Women communicated with Indians and established peace in the colony.

• Women became the first burgesses and made the laws.

• Women served as guards at the fort.

What happened because the women came to Jamestown?

• The capital moves to Williamsburg.

• Jamestown becomes a more permanent settlement.

• The tobacco industry begins to decline.

• Powhatan Indians begin helping the settlers more.

In the beginning, the only citizens that could join the General Assembly were - 

• indentured servants

• Powhatan Indians

• free adult men

• African people

What was the importance of the Virginia House of Burgesses?

• This group worked for religious freedom.

• This group worked to end slavery.

• They allowed women to vote.

• This gave the settlers the chance to control their own government.

The current Virginia Assembly dates back to

• 1607

• 1619

• 1620

• 1640