U.S. History Unit 1 SSUSH1a. Who? Who settled there? English colonists, looking for economic...

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U.S. History U.S. History Unit 1 Unit 1 SSUSH1aSSUSH1a

Who? Who?

Who settled there? English colonists, Who settled there? English colonists, looking for economic opportunity looking for economic opportunity

Who were the leaders? House of Who were the leaders? House of Burgesses (legislative body), royal Burgesses (legislative body), royal governor, and the king governor, and the king

Who were their neighbors? The Who were their neighbors? The Powhatan Powhatan

What? What?

What type of colony was Jamestown What type of colony was Jamestown at first? A charter or proprietary at first? A charter or proprietary colony colony

What type of colony did it become? A What type of colony did it become? A royal colony (the king took away the royal colony (the king took away the Virginia Company’s charter) Virginia Company’s charter)

When? When? When did settlers arrive? 1607When did settlers arrive? 1607 When was “starving time”? 1609-When was “starving time”? 1609-

16101610

Side Note: What was “starving Side Note: What was “starving time”? time”?

Why? Why?

Why did settlers come to Jamestown? They Why did settlers come to Jamestown? They were looking for gold (economic opportunity) were looking for gold (economic opportunity)

Why did people support them? They wanted Why did people support them? They wanted a profit (the investors in the Virginia a profit (the investors in the Virginia Company) Company)

Why did Jamestown almost fail? The first Why did Jamestown almost fail? The first settlers were not prepared for not finding settlers were not prepared for not finding gold, they had no way to support themselves gold, they had no way to support themselves

Where? Where?

Where is Jamestown located? Virginia Where is Jamestown located? Virginia

How? How?

How did Jamestown survive? Tobacco How did Jamestown survive? Tobacco

What makes Jamestown a good What makes Jamestown a good example of a southern colony? example of a southern colony?

Why was tobacco so important Why was tobacco so important to the Jamestown colony?to the Jamestown colony?

Why did the success of tobacco Why did the success of tobacco cause tension between the cause tension between the

colonists and the Native colonists and the Native Americans?Americans?

When the colony began, what When the colony began, what group did most of the labor?group did most of the labor?

Why did indentured Why did indentured servants eventually get servants eventually get

replaced by slaves?replaced by slaves?

How was the Jamestown colony How was the Jamestown colony governed? (Include all types of governed? (Include all types of government) government)

Why was the House of Burgesses Why was the House of Burgesses so important?so important?

What was the relationship What was the relationship between the colonists and the between the colonists and the Powhatan like? Powhatan like?

Why did this relationship usually Why did this relationship usually turn violent?turn violent?

What caused Bacon’s Rebellion?What caused Bacon’s Rebellion?

What does Bacon’s Rebellion What does Bacon’s Rebellion show about what early show about what early Americans expected from their Americans expected from their government?government?

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