VA studies Chapter 3 Read and Respond

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Page 50. List three reasons that Queen Elizabeth wanted to set up a new colony for England?

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Page 50. What is a colony?

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What is a charter?

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What is the mystery of the "lost colony"?

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To "finance" means to provide money and materials for a business. Who financed the Virginia charter? What did they hope to get in return?

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Who came originally to Jamestown?

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Who was the most troublesome passenger on the voyage to Virginia? What did they do to this passenger?

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Give three reasons that the colonists originally believed that Jamestown was the perfect place to settle.

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List three difficulties the settlement of Jamestown faced.

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What was one positive aspect of the relationship between the colonist and Native Virginians? What was one negative aspect of their relationship?

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How would you describe the personality of John Smith?

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What did Powhatan see as the future between his tribe, and the English settlers?

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Who was Pocahontas? What did she do to improve Native Americans and English relations?

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Name three reasons that the settlers did not have enough food and water.

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What is agriculture?

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What was each colonist supposed to do with their 3 acre plot of land?

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What was the new crop that the colonist grew to sell to England for profit?

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What was the purpose of the General Assembly?

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As new settlers arrived, how many towns had been created along the James river? How did the settlers acquire this land?

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Who was allowed to be a member of the House of Burgesses? What kinds of things to burgesses decide?

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What happened in 1619 that would change the course of our country?

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How did this paragraph make you feel? What did you understand from it?

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How did slave traders get their cargo (Africans to bring to America and sell)?

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VA studies Chapter 3 Read and Respond

Page 50. List three reasons that Queen Elizabeth wanted to set up a new colony for England?

Page 50. What is a colony?

What is a charter?

What is the mystery of the "lost colony"?

To "finance" means to provide money and materials for a business. Who financed the Virginia charter? What did they hope to get in return?

Who came originally to Jamestown?

Who was the most troublesome passenger on the voyage to Virginia? What did they do to this passenger?

Give three reasons that the colonists originally believed that Jamestown was the perfect place to settle.

List three difficulties the settlement of Jamestown faced.

What was one positive aspect of the relationship between the colonist and Native Virginians? What was one negative aspect of their relationship?

How would you describe the personality of John Smith?

What did Powhatan see as the future between his tribe, and the English settlers?

Who was Pocahontas? What did she do to improve Native Americans and English relations?

Name three reasons that the settlers did not have enough food and water.

What is agriculture?

What was each colonist supposed to do with their 3 acre plot of land?

What was the new crop that the colonist grew to sell to England for profit?

What was the purpose of the General Assembly?

As new settlers arrived, how many towns had been created along the James river? How did the settlers acquire this land?

Who was allowed to be a member of the House of Burgesses? What kinds of things to burgesses decide?

What happened in 1619 that would change the course of our country?

How did this paragraph make you feel? What did you understand from it?

How did slave traders get their cargo (Africans to bring to America and sell)?

Why did the Virginia Company send a ship of women in 1620?

Page 50. List three reasons that Queen Elizabeth wanted to set up a new colony for England?

Page 50. What is a colony?

What is a charter?

What is the mystery of the "lost colony"?

To "finance" means to provide money and materials for a business. Who financed the Virginia charter? What did they hope to get in return?

Who came originally to Jamestown?

Who was the most troublesome passenger on the voyage to Virginia? What did they do to this passenger?

Give three reasons that the colonists originally believed that Jamestown was the perfect place to settle.

List three difficulties the settlement of Jamestown faced.

What was one positive aspect of the relationship between the colonist and Native Virginians? What was one negative aspect of their relationship?

How would you describe the personality of John Smith?

What did Powhatan see as the future between his tribe, and the English settlers?

Who was Pocahontas? What did she do to improve Native Americans and English relations?

Name three reasons that the settlers did not have enough food and water.

What is agriculture?

What was each colonist supposed to do with their 3 acre plot of land?

What was the new crop that the colonist grew to sell to England for profit?

What was the purpose of the General Assembly?

As new settlers arrived, how many towns had been created along the James river? How did the settlers acquire this land?

Who was allowed to be a member of the House of Burgesses? What kinds of things to burgesses decide?

What happened in 1619 that would change the course of our country?

How did this paragraph make you feel? What did you understand from it?

How did slave traders get their cargo (Africans to bring to America and sell)?

Why did the Virginia Company send a ship of women in 1620?