Focus on the main Idea: England founded Jamestown the first English settlement in North America in 1607.
Questions to focus on throughout the lesson:
1 Why did the English and Spanish want colonies in America?
2 Why was Walter Raleigh a good choice as the organizer of the first English colony in North America?
3 How did a war between England and Spain affect the fate of the Roanoke Island settlement?
4 Why did Spain's King Phillip decide to attack England?
5 Does the outcome of the Battle if the Spanish Armada prove that having more soldiers and sailors and bigger ships was better.
6 What two items did the Virgina Company need to build before it could build a settlement in Virgina?
7 How did John Smith help the Jamestown colony to survive?
8 What caused Jamestown and nearby farms to grow rapidly, after 1612?
9 What motivated most indentured servants to leave their home country for Jamestown?
10 What was significant about the House of Burgesses?
Answers to the questions throughout the lesson:
1 The English and Spanish wanted colonies in America to find gold and other natural resources.
2 He had explored North America in the early 1580's.
3 England needed all of its ships for the war, so John Whit could not return with a shipload of supplies until years later.
4 He was angry about England's attempt to build a colony in North America, and English sea captains were raiding Spanish ships carrying gold and silver.
5 No, the Spanish fleet had more men and larger ships, but they still lost the battle.
6 A charter from King James I and money to support the colony.
7 Under Smith's leadership, the colonist focused more on survival than on finding gold.
8 Tobacco, a cash crop, began to be cultivated.
9 The hope of being able to buy their own land when they gained their freedom.
10 It was the first law making assembly in an English colony.
Questions to focus on throughout the lesson:
1 Why did the English and Spanish want colonies in America?
2 Why was Walter Raleigh a good choice as the organizer of the first English colony in North America?
3 How did a war between England and Spain affect the fate of the Roanoke Island settlement?
4 Why did Spain's King Phillip decide to attack England?
5 Does the outcome of the Battle if the Spanish Armada prove that having more soldiers and sailors and bigger ships was better.
6 What two items did the Virgina Company need to build before it could build a settlement in Virgina?
7 How did John Smith help the Jamestown colony to survive?
8 What caused Jamestown and nearby farms to grow rapidly, after 1612?
9 What motivated most indentured servants to leave their home country for Jamestown?
10 What was significant about the House of Burgesses?
Answers to the questions throughout the lesson:
1 The English and Spanish wanted colonies in America to find gold and other natural resources.
2 He had explored North America in the early 1580's.
3 England needed all of its ships for the war, so John Whit could not return with a shipload of supplies until years later.
4 He was angry about England's attempt to build a colony in North America, and English sea captains were raiding Spanish ships carrying gold and silver.
5 No, the Spanish fleet had more men and larger ships, but they still lost the battle.
6 A charter from King James I and money to support the colony.
7 Under Smith's leadership, the colonist focused more on survival than on finding gold.
8 Tobacco, a cash crop, began to be cultivated.
9 The hope of being able to buy their own land when they gained their freedom.
10 It was the first law making assembly in an English colony.