US HISTORY: Unit 1 Colonization Review

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Why was Jamestown, Virginia founded?

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The Virginia Company, which was a joint stock company, was given a charter from England to start a colony and to search for gold and resources.

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What was the Virginia Company?

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a joint stock company which was composed of investors looking to make a profit in the new world

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What "saved" Jamestown by allowing the colonists to make large sums of money?

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growing tobacco and selling it

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Who introduced tobacco to Jamestown which helped them to survive and make money?

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John Rolf (he also married Pocahontas)

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Who were the Powhatans?

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They were the group of Indians who lived in the Virginia/Jamestown area.

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The Virginia Colony relied heavily on plantation agriculture. What labor did they use?

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Indentured servants at first. Then they relied on slave labor.

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What is the Headright system?

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It was a way to attract new settlers to the Jamestown/Virgina area because there was a shortage of labor to work the plantations. If you could pay your own way to Virginia, then you would be given 50 acres of land or if you brought an indentured servant there to work.

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What was the first colonial assembly in American History?

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The House of Burgesses

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What caused Bacon's Rebellion?

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Indentured servants were treated badly and many died before their contract ended. The House of Burgesses was comprised of rich land owners who did not protect the indentured servants so they rebelled.

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Name the New England Colonies

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Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire