A | B |
financed the settlement of Jamestown | stockholders of the Virginia Company of London |
stockholders of the Virginia Company of London | Jamestown |
What England hoped to find in America | silver and gold |
What Jamestown looked like in 1607 | a narrow peninsula bordered on three sides by the James River |
What Jamestown looks like today | Jamestown is located on an island in the James River due to the erosion of the Jamestown peninsula |
Instructions from England | told the settlers to go inland and find a suitable place for their colony |
James could be easily defended from attack from the sea by the | Spanish |
The water along the shore of Jamestown was... | deep enough for ships to dock |
The Jamestown settlers believed they had... | believed the site had a good supply of fresh water |
Natural resources from Jamestown included... | timber and iron |
The King of England | granted charters to the Virginia Company of London |
In 1619, the governor of Virginia called a meeting of... | The General Assembly |
The General Assembly included two representatives, called | burgesses |
At the time of the first General Assembly, only these people could vote | only certain free adult men |
By the 1640s, the burgesses became a separate legislative body, called the | House of Burgesses |