VS3 - Jamestown Part A

Which region was first settled by Europeans?

• Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
• Piedmont
• Appalachian Plateau
• Valley & Ridge

Name a reason that England wanted to establish a colony in the new world.

• The king wanted to  increase England's wealth & power
• The king wanted to live in VA
• The king wanted to trick the Spanish into going to the new world.
• The king wanted to be ruled by the Powhatans.

When was Jamestown founded?

• 1607
• 1620
• 1606
• 1619

The settlement of Jamestown was paid for by...

• The Virginia Company of London stockholders
• English Parliament
• The King of England
• People who came to live & work in the settlement

The colony of Virginia mainly provided England with...

• new sources of raw materials for English industry
• locations of English prisons
• increased influence with other countries
• American Indians (First Americans) as a labor source

What did England hope to find in America?

• silver and gold
• tobacco and cotton
• food and furs
• trees and cotton

If an individual chooses to participate in an economic venture, their main goal is to...

• make money
• create jobs
• lose money
• take a risk

Who would have most likely made this statement & financed the venture?
"We must provide them with ships and supplies for the journey and settlement."

• Stockholders of the Virginia Company of London
• King James I
• Settlers
• Captain John Smith

Jamestown was settled primarily as a(n)-

• economic venture
• religious opportunity
• agriculture experiment
• community project