SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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brought food to help the colonists and taught them how to grow corn.
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took control of John Smith’s colony.
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taught colonists how to grow tobacco.
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helped prevent the spread of disease.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Powhatan and his people welcomed the English settlers in 1607 and helped them survive the first winter here by teaching them how to grow corn and tobacco, providing them medicine, and helping them hunt.
Detailed explanation-2: -Powhatan was the paramount chief of Tsenacomoco, or tidewater Virginia, in the late 1500s and early 1600s. During his lifetime, he was responsible for uniting dozens of tribes into a single, powerful alliance. He was the highest authority in the land when English colonists arrived and built Jamestown fort in 1607.
Detailed explanation-3: -What could the Virginia colonists have done to improve their prospects in 1607? 27. How did Powhatan help the English stave off starvation? A) He brought corn to the colony for barter.
Detailed explanation-4: -However, indentured servants largely filled colonies’ growing labor needs. Between 1700 and 1775 about 135, 000 indentured servants came to the middle colonies. About half of them moved to Pennsylvania.