- The first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607 was _____.
Your answer:
Richmond
Jamestown
Williamsburg
- The decision to settle at Jamestown was influenced by the _____ and ______.
Your answer:
rivers and lakes
location and physical characteristics
features and land
- Jamestown was settled on a peninsula on the ____.
Your answer:
Chesapeake Bay
York River
James River
- Today Jamestown is located on an ____ on the James River.
Your answer:
delta
peninsula
island
- England wanted to establish an American colony to increase her ____ and ____.
Your answer:
goods and services
riches and tobacco
wealth and power
- England hoped to find ____ and ____ in America.
Your answer:
food and furs
silver and Indians
gold and silver
- Jamestown would furnish _____ that could not be grown or obtained in England, while opening new markets for trade.
Your answer:
raw materials
tobacco seeds
corn cobs
- The first permanent English settlement in America was Jamestown, founded in 1607 as an _______.
Your answer:
agricultural adventure
economic venture
experiment
- Jamestown was chosen for a settlement because the location could be easily defended from attack by the ____ by sea.
Your answer:
Colonists
Spanish
Indians
- Jamestown was chosen for a settlement because the water along the shore was _____ for ships to dock.
Your answer:
deep enough
marshy
brackish
- The settlers of Jamestown believed that they had a good supply of ____.
Your answer:
brackish water
marshy water
fresh water
- The _____ of the Virginia Company of London financed the settlement of Jamestown.
Your answer:
merchants
stock holders
king
- The king of England had the power to grant ____ to the Virginia Company of London to encourage settlements in North America.
Your answer:
free travel
passage
charters
- The king granted charters to the ______ of ______.
Your answer:
Colony of Jamestown
Virginia Company of London
Colony of England
- The ____ charter of the Virginia Company of London helped to establish ____ in the New World.
Your answer:
first, colonies
only, settlements
king's, families
- The charters extended English ____ to the colonists.
Your answer:
trading relations
rights
settlements
- As Jamestown grew, a system of ____ evolved.
Your answer:
government
tobacco farming
colonization
- In 1619, the governor of Virginia called a meeting of the ____.
Your answer:
Governor
House of Colonists
Virginia Assembly
- In 1619, the Virginia Assembly met. Two citizen representatives called ____, the governor, and the governor's council formed the Virginia Assembly.
Your answer:
burgesses
councilmen
colonists
- Only ____ were considered to be citizens.
Your answer:
adult men and boys
adult men
Africans
- By the 1640's, the burgesses became a separate ____ called the Virginia House of Burgesses.
Your answer:
legislative body
government group
council
- The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first _____ in America giving settlers the opportunity to control their own government.
Your answer:
council
elected legislative body
government group
- The Virginia House of Burgesses became the _____ of _____. This legislative body is part of Virginia's government today.
Your answer:
Virginia Company of London
Virginia House of Colonists
General Assembly of Virginia
- The arrival of ____ in 1620 made it possible for the settlers to establish families and create a more permanent settlement at Jamestown.
Your answer:
adult men
women
families
- _____ arrived in Jamestown against their will.
Your answer:
women
Africans
families
- The first Africans arrived as baptized Christians and were labeled as ____ for a period of seven years.
Your answer:
slaves
indentured servants
tobacco laborers
- The English colonists found life in Jamestown ____ than they had expected.
Your answer:
easier
happier
harder
- The site the colonists chose to live on was ___ and lacked ____ drinking water.
Your answer:
marshy, safe
brackish, marshy
swampy, clean
- The settlers lacked many ____ necessary to provide for themselves.
Your answer:
tools
slaves
skills
- Many settlers at Jamestown died of ____ and ____.
Your answer:
illness and disease
famine and starvation
starvation and disease
- The arrival of two supply ships, the strong leadership of Captain Smith and the emphasis on creating a self-sustaining agriculture ensured the ___ of the Jamestown colony.
Your answer:
sustaining
beginning
survival
- The ____ people and the English settlers at Jamestown established trading relationships. In the beginning positive interactions took place.
Your answer:
Englishmen
Powhatan
colonial
- Captain ____ started trading relationships with the Powhatans.
Your answer:
John Rolfe
Powhatan
John Smith
- The Powhatans traded ____, _____, and ____ with the English in exchange for tools, pots, guns, and other goods.
Your answer:
arrowheads, food and seeds
food, furs and leather
furs, tobacco and corn
- The Powhatans introduced new crops to the English, including ___ and ____.
Your answer:
corn and tobacco
peas and corn
tobacco and arrowheads
- _____, daughter of Chief Powhatan, believed the English and American Indians could live in harmony.
Your answer:
Virginia Dare
Pocahontas
Rowena
- The Powhatan people realized the ____ (Jamestown) would continue to grow.
Your answer:
English settlement
colonists homes
trading relations