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What is a Burgess?
A member of parliament fir a borough, corporate town, or university.
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Who was the first president of Jamestown?
Master Wingfield (daily double)
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who was John Smith?
John Smith was one of the first colonist to go to Jamestown. He was also the third president of Jamestown.
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Why did the Puritans leave England?
They left England because King Henry VIII towed out the Catholic church. Also they were not being treated fairly and being prosecuted.(Daily Double)
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What was the Starving Time?
The Starving Time was in October 1609, Jamestown was running out of food.
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What is the meaning of aristocracy?
An aristocracy is government by a small group of privileged people.
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Who was Lord De la Warr?
Del La Warr was a vary strict leader of Jamestown, when all the settlers where abandoning Jamestown he made them turn around and start over.
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Who was Galileo Galilei?
Galileo Galilei was the person that invented the worlds first telescope, as well and discovering that the sun was the center of our universe not the Earth.
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Why did king Henry VIII toss out the Catholic church?
He tossed out the church because wanted to get married again, and again, and again.
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What did Galileo Galilei predict?
Galileo Galilei predicted that Halley's Comet would come back in 1985, and it did! The comet will be back in 2061.
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What does indenture mean?
Indenture is a type of servitude: indentured servants would work for 4-7 years for the person that paid for them to go to the new world.
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What year did they settle in Jamestown?
1607 was the year the colonists settled in Jamestown
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Who was Nicholas Copernicus?
Nicholas was a Polish astronomer. He helped discover that the Earth revolved around the Sun. (Daily Double)
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How many Puritans where on the ship?
102 Puritans on the ship.
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Name four communist countries?
They are China, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam. (Daily Double)
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How did slavery start in Virginia?
Slavery occurred when settlers wanted tobacco, but didn't want to do the hard work to farm it themselves. The settlers wanted money from the tobacco, and they didn't want to pay their workers. Slavery continued because of racism which is the belief that people of different races were inferior.
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What was the environment of Jamestown like?
The settlement of Jamestown was very swampy, no clean water, not much fish, scarcity of land, and mosquitoes carrying Malaria
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Who was Captain Newport?
Captain Newport was the captain of the first boat to Virginia, the Discovery.
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What was the boat called?
The boat was called the Mayflower.
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What nearly spelled the end for Jamestown?
A hurricane shipwrecked a boatload of colonists in Bermuda. If the hurricane sunk Lord de la Warr's ship Jamestown would not have become a place.
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What is does dictatorship mean?
Absolute authority in any place
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what was the environment of Henrico like?
The settlement of Henrico was built near a bend in the river, there was plenty of fish, there was clean water, and there where no mosquitoes (daily double)
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Who was Pocahontas?
Pocahontas was chief Powhatan daughter. She was brought to England and given the name Rebecca, and married John Rolfe.
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What was someone called a trip for religious
They where called pilgrims (Daily Double)
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How old was John Smith when they started the expedition to the New World?
John Smith was 28 years old. (Daily Triple)
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