Jamestown

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1776
• 2007

What was the MAIN reason that England started a colony in Jamestown?

• to increase wealth and power

• to find iron

• to trade with other countries

• to find timber

Which of the following were reasons that the settlers chose the site for the Jamestown settlement?

• It had swamps

• they thought it had fresh water

• deep harbor to dock ships

• easy to defend against attack

Who said, "If you don't work, then you don't eat!"?

• Chief Powhatan
• Christopher Newport
• Lord De La Warr
• Captain John Smith

Jamestown was located on a peninsula in ...

• Virginia
• North Carolina
• Florida
• New York

What is one thing the Powhatan Indians traded to the settlers?

• Food
• money
• guns
• armor

Who gave a group of men permission to make Jamestown?

• King James

• Lebron James

• The President

• King Ferdinand

What finally made money for Jamestown?

• gold

• tobacco

• water

• corn

The House of Burgesses...

• was the first elected lawmaking body in North America.

• established the first army in the New World.

• regulated what the people were allowed to eat.

• determined who could leave the colony.

This person was chief of many tribes and provided leadership to his people and taught the settlers survival skills. 

• Pocahantas
• Powhatan
• John Smith
• Governor of Virginia