Big Fat Notebook of American History pages 32, 37, 45-50 answer questions on page 51
The English were not to be outdone by the Spanish in South America , so they sent colonists to the New World.
Sir Walter Raleigh got a charter to establish a colony in Virginia ( in honor of Queen Elizabeth, the virgin Queen), so he sent an expedition in 1584. They didn't do to well and in fact they went back to England after only a year.
Read Timelinks G5 pages 86-89
Questions:
Why was Jamestown successful when the earlier colony was not?
What crop did the Jamestown settlers produce?
What did they learn from the Native Americans?
Who was John Smith?
What did he insist the colonists do?
Who was Pocohantas?
What was the assembly of the colony of Virgina called?
What did they do?
Why did Jamestown revert to a Royal Colony?
What happened to the assembly of the Virginia colony?
Who was Nathanial Bacon? What did he do? Why?
Homework:
You are the advisor to John Smith in Jamestown. Write which rules that the colony should live by in order to be successful? Write a report for him to read and take action.
Rachael Alice Orbach
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