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England established a colony toincrease wealth and power
England hoped to findgold
England also hoped the colony would provideraw materials not found in England
Jamestown was settled in (year)1607
The settlement was financed byThe Virginia Company of London
Jamestown was built on a finger of land called apeninsula
Three reasons for Jamestown's locationeasy to protect, deep water for ship to dock, good water...
A document signed by the king that gives someone a right to settleCharter
The charter also gave _____ to colonists.English rights
In 1619, the governor established theVirginia Assembly
Citizen representatives were calledburgesses
burgesses made a separate governing body calledThe House of Burgesses
The house of Burgesses was thefirst elected legislative body in America
In 1620 ______ arrived in the colony.women
________ were brought to the colony by forceAfricans
Most settlers died fromstarvation and disease
_______ forced colonists to work for foodJohn Smith
John Smith also set uptrade with the Powhatans
Chief Powhatan's daughterPocahontas
He introduced a new kind of tobacco to the colonyJohn Rolfe
a crop grown for moneycash crop
people forced to workslaves
buildings that show people's culturecultural landscape
to trade goods and servicesbarter
to buy today and pay latercredit
money that you owedebt
When Jamestown burned, the capital was moved toWilliamsburg


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