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Joint-stock companies -CORRECT ANSWER an association of individuals in a
business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except
that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business.
Limited Risk Takers*** Funded Trip
Virginia Company of London -CORRECT ANSWER A joint-stock company that received
a charter from King James I of England for a settlement in the New World. Like most
joint-sock companies of the day, this was intended only to endure for only a few years,
after which its stockholders hoped to liquidate it for a profit. Virginia Company as a
profit-earning venture. Starvation was the major problem; about 90% of the colonists
died the first year, many of the survivors left, and the company had trouble attracting
new colonists. They offered private land ownership in the colony to attract settlers, but
the Virginia Company eventually went bankrupt and the colony went to the crown.
Virginia did not become a successful colony until the colonists started raising and
exporting tobacco.
Jamestown -CORRECT ANSWER The first successful settlement in the Virginia colony
founded in May, 1607. Harsh conditions nearly destroyed the colony but in 1610
supplies arrived with a new wave of settlers. The settlement became part of the Virginia
Company of London in 1620. The population remained low due to lack of supplies until
agriculture was solidly established. Jamestown grew to be a prosperous shipping port
when John Rolfe introduced tobacco as a major export and cash crop.
John Smith -CORRECT ANSWER (1580-June 21, 1631) was an English soldier, sailor,
and author. He is remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English
settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia, and his brief association with the
Native American girl Pocahontas during an altercation with the Powhatan Confederacy
and her father, Chief Powhatan. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony (based at
Jamestown) between 1607 and 1609, and led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia
and the Chesapeake Bay.
Helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the
Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter
John Rolfe -CORRECT ANSWER He was one of the English settlers at Jamestown
(and he married Pocahontas). He discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in
Virginia and cure it for export, which made Virginia an economically successful colony.
, Pocahontas -CORRECT ANSWER A native Indian of America, daughter of Chief
Powahatan, who was one of the first to marry an Englishman, John Rolfe, and return to
England with him; about 1595-1617; Pocahontas' brave actions in saving an
Englishman paved the way for many positive English and Native relations.
Headrights -CORRECT ANSWER To entice new settlers to Virginia by saying that new
settlers who bought a company share for their passage to the new world were granted
50 acres of land
Indentured Servants -CORRECT ANSWER People who could not afford passage to the
colonies could become indentured servants. Another person would pay their passage,
and in exchange, the indentured servant would serve that person for a set length of time
(usually seven years) and then would be free.
Great Charter 1619 -CORRECT ANSWER ...
House of Burgesses -CORRECT ANSWER the first elected legislative assembly in the
New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619, representative colony set up
by England to make laws and levy taxes but England could veto its legistlative acts.
Bacons Rebellion -CORRECT ANSWER an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led
by Nathaniel Bacon. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which
discontented frontiersmen took part; to gain more land from the indians
Opechancanough -CORRECT ANSWER chief of native confederacy after brother
Powhatan died, led efforts to defend Indian lands from European, 1644 led
unsuccessful uprising -last time Powhatans challenged eastern regions of colony
pilgrims -CORRECT ANSWER Group of English Protestant dissenters who established
Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived
briefly in the Netherlands. (p. 487)
Mayflower Compact -CORRECT ANSWER This document was drafted in 1620 prior to
settlement by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Bay in Massachusetts. It declared that the 41
males who signed it agreed to accept majority rule and participate in a government in
the best interest of all members of the colony. This agreement set the precedent for
later documents outlining commonwealth rule.
Plymouth Company -CORRECT ANSWER ---
Puritans -CORRECT ANSWER English Protestant dissenters who believed that God
predestined souls to heaven or hell before birth. They founded Massachusetts Bay
Colony in 1629. (p. 487)
John Winthrop -CORRECT ANSWER As governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony,
Winthrop (1588-1649) was instrumental in forming the colony's government and shaping
Revised questions and
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Joint-stock companies -CORRECT ANSWER an association of individuals in a
business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except
that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business.
Limited Risk Takers*** Funded Trip
Virginia Company of London -CORRECT ANSWER A joint-stock company that received
a charter from King James I of England for a settlement in the New World. Like most
joint-sock companies of the day, this was intended only to endure for only a few years,
after which its stockholders hoped to liquidate it for a profit. Virginia Company as a
profit-earning venture. Starvation was the major problem; about 90% of the colonists
died the first year, many of the survivors left, and the company had trouble attracting
new colonists. They offered private land ownership in the colony to attract settlers, but
the Virginia Company eventually went bankrupt and the colony went to the crown.
Virginia did not become a successful colony until the colonists started raising and
exporting tobacco.
Jamestown -CORRECT ANSWER The first successful settlement in the Virginia colony
founded in May, 1607. Harsh conditions nearly destroyed the colony but in 1610
supplies arrived with a new wave of settlers. The settlement became part of the Virginia
Company of London in 1620. The population remained low due to lack of supplies until
agriculture was solidly established. Jamestown grew to be a prosperous shipping port
when John Rolfe introduced tobacco as a major export and cash crop.
John Smith -CORRECT ANSWER (1580-June 21, 1631) was an English soldier, sailor,
and author. He is remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English
settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia, and his brief association with the
Native American girl Pocahontas during an altercation with the Powhatan Confederacy
and her father, Chief Powhatan. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony (based at
Jamestown) between 1607 and 1609, and led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia
and the Chesapeake Bay.
Helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the
Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter
John Rolfe -CORRECT ANSWER He was one of the English settlers at Jamestown
(and he married Pocahontas). He discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in
Virginia and cure it for export, which made Virginia an economically successful colony.
, Pocahontas -CORRECT ANSWER A native Indian of America, daughter of Chief
Powahatan, who was one of the first to marry an Englishman, John Rolfe, and return to
England with him; about 1595-1617; Pocahontas' brave actions in saving an
Englishman paved the way for many positive English and Native relations.
Headrights -CORRECT ANSWER To entice new settlers to Virginia by saying that new
settlers who bought a company share for their passage to the new world were granted
50 acres of land
Indentured Servants -CORRECT ANSWER People who could not afford passage to the
colonies could become indentured servants. Another person would pay their passage,
and in exchange, the indentured servant would serve that person for a set length of time
(usually seven years) and then would be free.
Great Charter 1619 -CORRECT ANSWER ...
House of Burgesses -CORRECT ANSWER the first elected legislative assembly in the
New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619, representative colony set up
by England to make laws and levy taxes but England could veto its legistlative acts.
Bacons Rebellion -CORRECT ANSWER an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led
by Nathaniel Bacon. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which
discontented frontiersmen took part; to gain more land from the indians
Opechancanough -CORRECT ANSWER chief of native confederacy after brother
Powhatan died, led efforts to defend Indian lands from European, 1644 led
unsuccessful uprising -last time Powhatans challenged eastern regions of colony
pilgrims -CORRECT ANSWER Group of English Protestant dissenters who established
Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived
briefly in the Netherlands. (p. 487)
Mayflower Compact -CORRECT ANSWER This document was drafted in 1620 prior to
settlement by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Bay in Massachusetts. It declared that the 41
males who signed it agreed to accept majority rule and participate in a government in
the best interest of all members of the colony. This agreement set the precedent for
later documents outlining commonwealth rule.
Plymouth Company -CORRECT ANSWER ---
Puritans -CORRECT ANSWER English Protestant dissenters who believed that God
predestined souls to heaven or hell before birth. They founded Massachusetts Bay
Colony in 1629. (p. 487)
John Winthrop -CORRECT ANSWER As governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony,
Winthrop (1588-1649) was instrumental in forming the colony's government and shaping
