Colonial America
Jamestown Assignment:
Activator Quiz: Click Here. As you complete the quiz, fill out your blank map of the 13 colonies.
Reading: Click Here. Read only the first half (up to the words "but 1619 was when establishing families became the primary focus...").
Questions to Respond to (in complete sentences): Hand in at the end of class
Activator Quiz: Click Here. As you complete the quiz, fill out your blank map of the 13 colonies.
Reading: Click Here. Read only the first half (up to the words "but 1619 was when establishing families became the primary focus...").
Questions to Respond to (in complete sentences): Hand in at the end of class
- How many people were there to start the Jamestown settlement in 1607? What did they all have in common?
- Why was the name “Jamestown” chosen for the settlement, as opposed to a different name?
- Bullet-point some of the reasons that Jamestown was viewed as a good place to settle. In other words, what did it having going for it?
- How did Chief Powhatan and the local natives “save” the colony in its first year?
- Why did the settlers and Powhatans eventually become hostile towards one another?
- How did the Jamestown settlers eventually start making a profit off of their land?
- What people were brought to Jamestown to ensure cheap labor costs and high profits?
- Using evidence from the article, describe the primary role of women in Jamestown.