The Beginnings of Jamestown

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  1. _________was the first permanent English settlement in North America.

    2. Your answer:
    Richmond
    St. Augustine
    Jamestown
    Plymouth

  2. The decision to settle at Jamestown was influenced by ___________________

    3. Your answer:
    Indians
    location and physical characteristics
    fish and game
    trade

  3. The water along the shores at Jamestown was

    4. Your answer:
    deep enough for ships to dock
    shallow
    all of the above
    none of the above

  4. Jamestown was chosen for settlement because the location could easily be defended from

    5. Your answer:
    an attack from sea
    pirates
    the Indians
    wild animals

  5. The ___________bordered the narrow peninsula that Jamestown was located on in 1607.

    6. Your answer:
    Chesapeake Bay
    York River
    James River
    Atlantic Ocean

  6. Where is Jamestown located today?

    7. Your answer:
    on the fall line
    on a peninsula on the Chesapeake Bay
    a peninsula on the James River
    an island on the James River

  7. Who had the power to grant charters allowing settlement in North America?

    8. Your answer:
    King of England
    Virginia House of Burgesses
    Captain John Smith
    Queen of England

  8. The King of England granted charters to what group of people?

    9. Your answer:
    Virginia Company of London
    House of Burgesses
    English landowners
    Virginia Delegates

  9. What right did the charters give the Virginia Company of London?

    10. Your answer:
    to establish a settlement in North America
    to travel to the Indies
    to trade with the Indians
    all of the above

  10. What did the charters extend to the colonists?

    11. Your answer:
    voting rights
    trade rights
    tax rights
    English rights

  11. What system evolved as Jamestown grew?

    12. Your answer:
    banking
    prison
    government
    taxes

  12. The first elected legislative body in America was the ____________.

    13. Your answer:
    The House of Delegates
    Virginia House of Burgesses
    Virginia Assembly
    Virginia Lawyers Association

  13. A meeting of the Virginia Assembly was called by the governor of Virginia in ____________.

    14. Your answer:
    1610
    1619
    1607
    1776

  14. The ____________in 1619 included two citizen representatives from each of the divisions of Virginia, the governor's council and the governor.

    15. Your answer:
    Tidewater Assembly
    Virginia Assembly
    Eastern Assembly
    New World Assembly

  15. Citizen representatives who were sent to the Virginia Assembly were called ___________.

    16. Your answer:
    collectors
    assemblymen
    burgesses
    representatives

  16. Only ______________were considered citizens in 1619.

    17. Your answer:
    all men and women
    women
    Indians
    adult men

  17. The _______________gave settlers the opportunity to control their own government.

    18. Your answer:
    Delegates of Virginia
    Representative Delegates
    Virginia House of Burgesses
    King of England

  18. What legislative body did the burgesses become in the 1640's?

    19. Your answer:
    Virginia House of Burgesses
    Virginia Delegates of America
    House of Delegates
    Representative Delegates of Virginia

  19. Today, the House of Burgesses is known as the_______________.

    20. Your answer:
    Virginia Delegates
    Virginia Lawmakers
    The Assembly
    General Assembly

  20. When did women arrive in Jamaestown?

    21. Your answer:
    1620
    1676
    1607
    1619

  21. How did the arrival of women affect the settlement of Jamestown?

    22. Your answer:
    settlers could have families and Jamestown became a permanent settlement
    more knitting was done
    better food was prepared
    there were more citizens to vote

  22. Who were brought to Jamestown against their will?

    23. Your answer:
    prisoners
    women
    children
    people of Africa

  23. The arrival of the African people made it possible to expand _______________________.

    24. Your answer:
    the lumber industry
    the production of tobacco
    the shipping industry
    the manufacture of pottery

  24. The African people arrived as baptized Christians, and were labeled as _______________for a period or 5-7 years.

    25. Your answer:
    manual laborers
    free men
    indentured servants
    slaves

  25. The colonists found that the life in Jamestown was _____________than they expected.

    26. Your answer:
    simpler
    the same
    easier
    harder

  26. When the settlers landed at Jamestown, they believed that they had a good supply of _____________.

    27. Your answer:
    fresh meat
    fresh vegetables
    clean clothes
    fresh water

  27. The land at Jamestown was ___________ and had many mosquitoes.

    28. Your answer:
    rocky
    sandy
    marshy
    dry

  28. What was salty at Jamestown?

    29. Your answer:
    meat
    drinking water
    vegetables
    food

  29. The settlers could not provide for themselves because_______________.

    30. Your answer:
    they had no money
    they were lazy
    they lacked many skills
    they had no work

  30. Why did many of the settlers die?

    31. Your answer:
    The water was bad
    They died from starvation and disease
    There were many insects
    They were fat

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