Jamestown Later Years Flashcards · 2) House of Burgesses (General Assembly) met for the first time...
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1619
1) Africans arrive in Jamestown
and allowed the colony to expand
the tobacco economy
2) House of Burgesses (General
Assembly) met for the first time
1620
Bride Ship arrived in Jamestown
Single women sent to marry and
begin families
Made it possible to establish a
more permanent settlement
slaves
1.Africans that were captured by
sailors from Portugal from what is
now Angola.
2.Brought against their will first as
indentured servants then slaves
3.Worked on tobacco plantations
indentured servants
Africans that were brought to
Jamestown to work on tobacco
plantations for a period of time
usually 5-7 years in exchange for
passage to America
triangular trade
The trade pattern in which
Europeans traded goods for
kidnapped West Africans
tobacco
cash crop of Virginia
often used as money
grown to sell for money
required many workers to plant and
harvest
barter
to trade something for
goods or services
No banks!
There were no banks in
Colonial Virginia
House of Burgesses
1st elected law making body
in English America
General Assembly
Gave the colonists a chance
to have a say in their
government
Governor’s Council
Made up of wealthy and
powerful men who gave the
governor advice
Virginia Assembly
Made up of the governor,
the Governor’s council and
the Burgesses