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Jamestown was an economic venture. King James wanted the settlers to find what for England?
jewels, metal, and paper
gold, silver, timber, and iron
spices, water, and technology
timber, gold, and diamonds
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What year did the colonist settle in Jamestown?
1607
1706
1608
1886
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What was the name of the group of men who were financially investing in the colony?
King James Industries
Captain Smith and Sons
The Virginia Company of London
The Jamestown Initiative
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What did the settlers name the river they traveled to find their settlement site?
James River
Hudson River
Trinity River
Brazos River
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The indian's arrows went through the settlers tents, so the colony leaders fixed this by building a fort around their homes called a
fort barricade
brick wall
secret hideout
palisade
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The settlers started getting sick. What caused the sickness?
Brackish water
bug bites
diseases
all of the above
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Who was John Smith
leader of the new colony
travel guide of the new found land
banker from London
farmer
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How did Captain Smith save the colony from starvation?
traded the indians for food
farmed new crops
went to HEB
fished in the James River
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The winter of 1609-1610 became know as the
early voting season
wedding season
starving time
white winter
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Who did John Rolfe marry?
Powhatan
Sacagawea
Clara Sherman
Pocahontas
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How was Captain Smith injured?
indian attack on the colony
hunting accident
boating accident
gunpowder explosion
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What kind of crop grew well around Jamestown and became the colony's first cash crop to England?
tabacco
cotton
corn
rice
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The practice of farming.
brackish
agriculture
palisade
cash crop
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A cash crop is
the practice of farming
a crop grown to make money
farming for money
a fort of crops
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Slightly salty water that is not completely fresh is called
brakish
diseased
hostile
palisade