Important people in Virginia

Who where the first people who lived in Virginia?

• Spanish settlers
• French explorers
• English colonists
• Native American tribes ( American Indians)

This person called the people he found “Indians”.

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Leif Erikson
• Christopher Columbus

This Group of people tried to escape from the English colonists by hiding and living in the Dismal Swamp

Hint: A_______ I______

• Settlers
• Pilgrims
• Explorers
• American Indians

Virginia’s American Indians are referred to as E______ 

W_______ Indians

• Eastern Coast
• Western Plains
• Northern Forest
• Eastern Woodlands

These people study material evidence left by people from the past

• Archaeologists
• Biologists
• Astronomers
• Geologists

This Organization Financed the settlement of Jamestown

• Plymouth Company
• Virginia Company of London

• Massachusetts Bay Company
• Hudson's Bay Company

This person Granted charters to the Virginia Company of London

• King George III of England
• King James I of England
• Queen Elizabeth I of England
• King Henry VIII of England

This Organization Had their first meeting in 1619

• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Plymouth Colony
• New Netherland

This group of people were Captured by Portuguese sailors and brought to Old Point Comfort.  Arrived in Jamestown in 1619

• Enslaved Europeans
• Africans

• Spanish Conquistadors
• Native Americans

This was the first elected legislative body in North America

• Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly
• New York Assembly
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Massachusetts General Court