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Jamestown, John Smith, and the New World

These flashcards are about all the englishmen coming to the new world

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means to "set off"
Means showy and brightly colored
a sailor coming to the new world; mostly young boys
An honorable man; doesn't work; lives off of family money
means "plenty"
The Powhatan territory extended for Washington, DC, to Northern North Carolina. Lands, rivers, bays, estuaries, fertile soil, ducks, geese, wild Turkeys, deer, berries, nuts, and grapes all consisted of what made up the Powhatan territory.
It had a ruler named Powhatan (real name was Wahunsoanock). It was a five tribe empire. with dozens of villages and thousands of Indians
The name Redskin came when the Indians rubbed bear grease on their bodies, which made their skin look reddish
They raised corn, beans, squash, and pumpkins
Their most important food was corn
They hunted raccoon, opossum, squirrel, turkey, rabbit, and deer
deer
hunted, fished, and went to war if they needed to
farmed and cooked
helped parents, played, didn't work until they were young adults
It repelled mosquitos, kept them warm, and made their skin glow in the sunshine
The body of water where the mouth of a river meets the sea
a Delaware Indian term for "he is rich"
In April of 1607 they brought over the Susan Constant, Discovery, & Godspeed
a small farmer who cultivated his own land (John Smith was a yeoman)
a high fence made of stakes (Jamestown was surrounded by a triangular Palisade)
He was a yeoman, governor of Jamestown, mapped Virginia
He was the King of England, came over from Scotland to England, thought tobacco was bad but it made a lot of money, Queen Elizabeth's cousin
The first english settlement in America to ever make it, named after King James
He had been a soldier
He liked adventure, fought pirates in North America
He survived a deadly sting ray sting, then ate the sting ray afterwards
Used to be called London Company, you can buy stocks
It made the VA Company rich and everyone in England loved it. John Rolfe invented a sweeter flavor and that was also a big hit!
Tobacco made a lot of money for England, but it was very unhealthy for you
They agreed to work for someone, the person they worked for would pay your fare to the new world. In exchange you worked from 4-7 years.
They slaved Africans instead because they didn't have anywhere to go (they could not run away) The Indians knew the woods too well and would run away!
Tobacco required so much hard work and the "gentlemen" would not work
Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Connecticut
New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware
Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia
Queen Elizabeth
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