A New World - Virginian Beginnings

8 important questions on A New World - Virginian Beginnings

In what year Jamestown was founded?

(20th of May) 1607

What was the purpose of The Virginia Company?

Set up colonies and find gold

How is the winter of 1609-1610 better known as? And why?

The starving time. Out of the 600 colonists, only 60 made it through the winter.
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This man discovered a way to dry tobacco leaves to give them a more milder flavour. He also married Pocahontas

John Rolfe

What is the House of Burgesses (set up in 1619)?

Members of the House of Burgesses met to advise the governor on the laws the colony needed.

Besides the House of Burgesses, what important event also took place in 1619?

The arrival of a Dutch warship with 20 captured black Africans.

In what year did the English government put an end to The Virginia Company and made itself responsible for the colonists?

1624

What is the story behind the Lost Colony?

in 1595 Sir Walter Raleigh went with 118 settlers to Roanoke Island, when he went back to England for supplies and got back three years later the colony was deserted. No one knows what happened to the settlers.

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