Questions with Solved Solutions.
Jamestown - Answer 1st permanent English settlement in North America
John Smith - Answer - introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony, sanitation, diplomat to
local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish and Turks
Virginia Company - Answer ..., Joint-Stock Company in London that received a charter for land
in the new world. Charter guarantees new colonists same rights as people back in England.
Tobacco - Answer Cash crop that made a profit and saved Jamestown
Headright System - Answer Colonial system of awarding a tract of land, usually fifty acres, to a
person who paid for the passage of an indentured servant to the colonies.
Indentured Servants - Answer Colonists who received free passage to North America in
exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
Powhatan Indians - Answer original tribes in the area surrounding Jamestown, gave the
settlers food, taught them the ways of the forests and introduced new crops (corn and yams),
constantly warring with the settlers
Pocahontas - Answer A Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the
English at Jamestown
Royal Colony - Answer A colony ruled by governors appointed by a king
Proprietary Colony - Answer A colony founded as a grant of land by the king to an individual or
group of individuals
Charter Colony - Answer Colony established by a group of settlers who had been given a
formal document allowing them to settle