VAS. Unit 3 - Jamestown Practice & Review

Wealth and Power

Exploration and Settlement

When European explorers discovered the North and South American continents, they proclaimed ownernship of the land. There was no consider for the native people and cultures already living there.

• Explorers wanted to learn from all about the native cultures before claiming land.

• Native peoples welcomed European explorers excitedly.

• European explorers disregarded native peoples and claimed their land.

Cultural Impact

How did the arrival of European explorers affect the native cultures in the Americas?

• Native cultures were preserved and respected by the explorers.

• European explorers took on native cultures as their own.

• Native cultures were often disrupted and diminished by European influence.

Motivations for Exploration

What was a primary motivation for European explorers

to claim new lands in the Americas?

• To establish peaceful relations with native peoples.

• To expand their wealth and power through new resources.

• To learn new agricultural techniques from native cultures.

Queen Elizabeth I

In the late 1400s, England claimed that they owned North America.

In 1558, Elizabeth I became the queen of England. She wanted America to be a colony of England.

Queen Elizabeth wanted to start a colony to stop Spain and France from controlling North America.

• Queen Elizabeth I wanted to establish a colony in North America to counter Spanish and French control.

• Queen Elizabeth I wanted to abandon any claims to North America.

• Queen Elizabeth I wanted to strengthen ties with Spain and France.

Virginia Company of London

Unfortunately, England failed twice at creating a permanent settlement. The Virginia Company of London hoped to make a profit by having a colony in Virginia. A ______ is the money that is left over after all costs have been paid. To raise money for a colony the Virginia Company sold stock, or ownership, of the company.

Virginia Company of London

James I became the new ​ (a)   of England. He gave a ​ (b)   to the Virginia Company of London to begin the colony. A charter is a written permission to do something. The more success the colonists had in the colony, the more money they made!

• Queen
• settlement
• chapter
• King
• charter

Which of the ships was the largest?

• The Queen Mary
• Godspeed

• Susan Constant

Select the correct meaning of the word uninhabited.

• Not inhabited or occupied by people.
• Temporarily abandoned by people.
• Fully occupied by people.

A​ (a)   is a long trip traveling by sea or by air.

• voyage
• cruise
• vacation
• venture

Richard Frethorne came to Jamestown as a young indentured servant. We have no record of his age when he arrived. Richard wrote a letter home to his parents on March 20, 1623 three months after landing in Virginia. In those three months two-thirds of his shipmates died. Richard described life as an indentured servant in Jamestown and begged his father to pay the money owed for his passage to America so that he can return home.

• Richard Frethorne was an indentured servant in Jamestown who wrote home asking to

  return to England.

• Richard Frethorne was a captain who led the ship to Jamestown.
• Richard Frethorne arrived in Jamestown as a free settler who enjoyed the freedoms in America.