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- 1. Multiple ChoiceIn what year was the Jamestown Colony founded?1492177616071619
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat were the names of the three ships that left England headed for Jamestown in December of 1606?the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Mariathe Titanic, the Lusitania, and the Queen Marythe Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discoverythe Clara Oswald, the Rose Tyler and the Bad Wolf
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWho was the Captain of the Susan Constant and part of the original seven member council of the Jamestown Colony?Captain Christopher NewportJohn RolfeThomas DaleLord De La Warr
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWho granted the charter which gave the Virginia Company of London permission to start a colony in Virginia?King Henry VIIIMary, Queen of ScotsKing Phillip IIKing James I
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe Virginia Company of London wanted to _______________ by starting a colony in the New World.make King Jame I angrymake a profitbecome famousmake people starve
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe Jamestown colony was a(n) ___________________ .bad ideatrading outposteconomic venturepolitical venture
- 7. Multiple ChoiceOne of the benefits of the Jamestown location was thatit was on a deep, navigable riverit was a highlandit was swampyit had brackish water
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe colonists thought Jamestown would be a good place to settle because it was on a peninsula and would be easy to ________________ .farmdefendvisit
- 9. Multiple ChoiceDuring the early years of the colony the settlers often experienced famine. This means they did not have enough _______________________ .shelterfoodclothingspace
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe Starving time occurred during the winter of ______________ .1609-16101619-16201775-17761643-1644
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe Sea Venture, which wrecked off the shore of Bermuda, was part of the _______________________ .House of BurgessesThird Supplyfirst charterVirginia Company of London
- 12. Multiple ChoiceShortly after Captain Newport arrived with supplies in January of 1608 this burned.the storehousethe palisadethe wellthe Governor's house
- 13. Multiple ChoiceDuring the early years of the colony many settlers died from
______________________________ .famine and diseasechicken pox and measlesold age and cancerdragon pox and spattergroit - 14. Multiple ChoiceThe water at Jamestown made the colonists sick because it was ________________________ .pollutedhotfreshbrackish
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe colonists built a palisade for protection. It had _________ sides.5643
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe Virginia Company was hoping to find __________ and ___________ in Virginia.gold and silverPowhatan and Pocahontaspottery and basketssquash and beans
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name for an official document that gives permission to a group or person?burgesscharterlegislative governmentGeneral Assembly
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich charter gave the Virginia Company of London permission to settle in Virginia?FirstSecondThirdGreat
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich Charter allowed for a representative government in the Virginia Colony?FirstSecondThirdGreat
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich charter extended English rights to the colonists?FirstSecondThirdGreat
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWho did the Virginia Company and the colonists THINK would be attacking them?the SpanishCherokee Indiansthe FrenchPowhatan Indians
- 22. Multiple ChoiceDid Spain ever attack the Jamestown settlement?yesno
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name of the river that Jamestown was situated near?YorkJamesRoanokePotomac
- 24. Multiple ChoiceKing James I was the king of __________.SpainPortugalFranceEngland
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe group of investors who established the first permanent English settlement in North America was called ____________________ .The House of BurgessesThe Privy CouncilThe Virginia Company of LondonThe Continental Congress
- 26. Multiple ChoiceHe was responsible for developing a type of tobacco that both grew in Virginia and was liked by the English.Thomas DaleJohn RolfePowhatanLord De La Warr
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThis man was the first Governor of Virginia. He made the colonists turn around when they tried to abandon the colony.Governor BerkeleyLord De La WarrJohn RolfePrince Henry
- 28. Multiple ChoiceHe was the leader of the Powhatan Indians when the English landed at Jamestown in 1607OpechancanoughPowhatanPocahontasSitting Bull
- 29. Multiple ChoiceShe is credited with "saving" John Smith's life. She was a friend to the settlers and convinced her father to help them learn to survive in Virginia.PocahontasAnne BurrasOpechancanoughVirginia Dare
- 30. Multiple ChoiceHe was Powhatan's brother. He led the Powhatan tribe in a vicious attack on the settlers known as the Massacre of 1622.RoanokePocahontasOpechancanoughWerowocomoco
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the settlers trade with the Powhatan for food?corn, beans and squashpots, tools and copperships, muskets and clothesfez, sunglasses and sonic screwdrivers
- 32. Multiple ChoiceJohn Smith helped the colonists survive the Great Frost by trading with the Native Americans for _____________ .foodshelterclothingcanoes
- 33. Multiple ChoiceThe native peoples helped the settlers learn to grow _________ and ____________ .corn and tobaccorice and beanspeppers and onionstrees and bushed
- 34. Multiple ChoiceThe drought during the summer of 1609 led to a poor harvest. This contributed to many deaths during the ____________ .great frostannus horribilisstarving timebicentennial
- 35. Multiple ChoiceEventually, as the colonists expanded their settlement beyond the fort at Jamestown, the Powhatan started to see them as _________ .invadersfriendscompatriotssunshine patriots
- 36. Multiple ChoiceJamestown's cash crop was _______________ .corntobaccobeanssquash
- 37. Multiple ChoiceTobacco was also called ______________ .green goldsweet victoryblack goldbitter defeat
- 38. Multiple ChoiceAlthough a few women came to Jamestown in the early days of the colony, a large group of women known as the Maids of Virginia arrived in ____________ .1607149216431620
- 39. Multiple ChoiceThe first meeting of the General Assembly took place in Jamestown in _________ .1643177614921619
- 40. Multiple ChoiceIn 1619 the General Assembly was made up of the Governor, the ______________ and the Governor's council.burgessesdalekssunshine patriotscelts
- 41. Multiple ChoiceAn ____________________ is someone who agrees to work for a certain number of years in order to repay a debt.slaveindentured servantburgessgovernor
- 42. Multiple ChoiceThe Jamestown colony needed slaves and indentured servants because growing ____________ needed more labor than the colonists could provide.beanstobaccoricecorn
- 43. Multiple ChoiceThe first slaves arrived in Jamestown in __________ .1619149216431776
- 44. Multiple ChoiceIn 1643 the burgesses formed a separate law making body called the __________________ .House of BurgessesContinental CongressIroquois ConfederacyPrivy Council
- 45. Multiple ChoiceWhen the burgesses formed the House of Burgesses in 1643, it meant that the General Assembly was now made up of ________ groups.1234
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