Jamestown 4.3.5. 4.3.6 4.3.7

Portuguese sailors

• brought African men and women to Virginia against their will

• sailed the Godspeed

• found buried gold

• fought the Spanish

Portuguese sailors brought Africans from

• present day Angola

• present day Egypt

• present day Mali

• present day Zimbabwae

The first Africans arrived in

• 1619

• 1618

• 1620

• 1607

Women arrived in the colony in

• 1619

• 1618

• 1620

• 1607

Women arrived in the colony to

• make the colony more permanent

• bring the perfume

• teach the men how to farm

• teach the men how to get along with the natives

The settlement sight of Jamestown (2)

• was marshy

• lacked drinking water

• was perfect

• was far enough upstream

A drought

• reduced the amount of food available for the settlers

• helped the crops grow

• was a solution to the hardships of the colonists

• was caused by John Smith

One reason the settlers struggled with the colony was

• they lacked the survival skills needed to survive.

• ships arrived with supplies

• the natives were friendly

• Powhatan traded with the settlers

Many settlers were dying due to (3)

• starvation

• disease

• malaria

• fresh water

One reason the settlers survived was

• a ship arrived with healthy settlers and supplies

• Captain John Smith was a strong leader

• emphasis on agriculture

• the massacre of 1622