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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