HIST 103 Study Guide - Powhatan, Indentured Servant, Pocahontas
Document Summary
First permanent colony o three ships brought 100 men and boys along virginia trading company landed in ronaoke. Mixture of people didn"t have a defined leader. Most wanted to find gold nearly 20,000 living in virginia: organised in a powhatan confederacy. 9/6 jamestown indians winter smith decides to go back to england for proper medical treatment jamestown discipline goes away has the worst winter. 400 people had immigrated to jamestown low food and water killings by indians. Most were poor some werent some residents could secure 50 acres of land for every indentured servant they brought over. Mostly with men almost every man smoked. Women mostly smoked at home first interracial marriage in virginia pocahontas converted to protestant christianity: made jamestown profitable pocahontas distraught that john smith left, met john rolfe o fell in love. Worked for 7 years for those masters after they became free blacks they owned land and bacame business leaders their descendants became free blacks government.
