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What was the purpose of the Jamestown colony |
To make money for the Virginia company |
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Why did the Virginia Company establish the colony at Jamestown |
To make money for the company |
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How did the Jamestown colony make money for the Virginia Company |
Growing and selling tobacco |
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What was indentured servititude |
A system that allowed people to work in return for passage to America |
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How did many poor people from Europe get to the New World? |
By becoming indentured servants |
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What system allowed people free passage to the colonies in return for a promise to work? |
Indentured servitude |
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What was the headright system? |
A promise to give land to people who settled in Virginia |
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What system promised land to people who agreed to settle in Virginia |
The headright system |
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What did the headright system do? |
Gave land to settlers in Virginia |
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Why were so many people willing to become indentured servants? |
It was a chance to have a better life. |
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What did indentured servitude offer to people? |
A chance at a better life. |
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What was a way for a poor person in Europe to have a chance at a better life? |
Being an indentured servant |
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What was a common consequence of Sir Edwin Sandy’s system of indentured servitude |
The death of many servants |
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What did Sir Edwin Sandys hope for when he set up the headright system and indentured servitude in Jamestown? |
More money for the Virginia Company |
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What was the main reason Sir Edwin Sandys wanted more women to come in Jamestown as indentured servants? |
Men would work harder if they had families |
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What was the goal of many of the first settlers to Jamestown? |
To get rich quickly |
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Many early Jamestown settlers aimed to get rich quickly by |
Looking for gold |
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A major change occurred in Jamestown as settlers decided their best opportunity was to |
grow tobacco |
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John Rolfe changed life at Jamestown by |
Introducing tobacco as a cash crop |
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How did tobacco farming change settlement at Jamestown? |
It increased the demand for labor |
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What problem was caused by the quick growth of tobacco farming in Jamestown |
a need for labor |
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Which of these was true about indentured servants in Jamestown |
They had few rights under their contract |
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An indentured servant brought to Jamestown and other colonies was given freedom once |
The servant worked for the full length of their contract |
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What was an effect of the headright system on Jamestown |
The colony grew larger |
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Use of the headright system in Jamestown resulted in |
An increasing difference between wealthy landowners and workers |
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Advertisements by the Virginia Company to promote Jamestown most likely pointed out |
Opportunities for workers and investors |
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what caused an increasing difference between wealthy landowners and workers in Jamestown? |
The headright system resulted in wealthy becoming wealthier and no benefits for the workers |
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Sir Edwin Sandys wanted to |
Increase the size of Jamestown |
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Sir Edwin Sandys tried to solve the labor shortage in Jamestown through |
promoting the creation of families in Jamestown |
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Sir Edwin Sandys’ plan for getting more labor to Jamestown included attracting women to the colony, promoting indentured servitude, and |
Giving land to those who paid for passge of workers |
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