Colonizing America | Crash Course US History #2

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What region did the first English settlers land? Options: New England (Massachusetts), New England (Rhode Island), Virginia (Chesapeake Bay), New York (New Holland)

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Virginia (Chesapeake Bay)

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England's first attempt to plant a colony in North America by Sir Walter Raleigh met a mysterious end where?

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Roanoke Island, NC

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The Virginia Company granted a charter by King James I of England established the first successful English colony where in North America?

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Jamestown, VA

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The goal of the Virginia Company was to find what resource?

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Gold

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This soldier of fortune took over Jamestown in efforts to save it from destruction making harsh changes, “He that will not work shall not eat.”

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John Smith

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Captain John Smith persuaded what Native American group to help the people of Jamestown?

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Powhatan

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According to John Smith, this Indian princess saved him from being executed by his Native American captures.

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Pocahontas

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In 1618 the Virginia Company employed this recruitment strategy to attract individuals to the new world by promising them 50 acres of land if they paid for their own or another’s passage to Virginia.

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The Headright System

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Jamestown colonist John Rolfe developed a highly popular strain of _______, also known as "brown gold".

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Tobacco

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To work their plantations, many owners imported who from England?

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Indentured Servants