VA Settlement Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the first attempts at settling in what is the modern day US? It failed twice.

Why did the colonist settle in Jamestown? They saw it as good farmland.

What Indians did the colonist deal with in Jamestown?
Algonquian

What hardships did the people of Jamestown face?
Swamps, mosquitoes, and illness.

What crop becomes the one that allows Jamestown to turn a profit? Tobacco.

What are the effects of the Jamestown colonies expansion?
Indians were enraged because settlers took more land for plantations.

Describe Bacon’s Rebellion: war between Indians and settlers led by bacon.

bellringer:Why might Pocahontas’s marriage to john rolfe been seen as a way to end the war?
It created peace between the Indians and the settlers.