Colonial America: Jamestown and Massachusetts

Which of the following choices was not a reason that England started a colony in Jamestown?

• Increase wealth and power
• Find raw materials
• Trade with other countries
• To get a new King

Which of the following is not a reason that the settlers chose the site for the Jamestown settlement?

• It had swamps
• Fresh supply of 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 became Jamestown's "gold"?

• cotton

• tobacco

• sugarcane

• corn

The Virginia House of Burgesses:

• Provided an example of representative government.

• Established the first army in the New World.

• Regulated what the people were allowed to grow.

• Determined who could leave the colony.

How did John Rolfe help Jamestown generate income for the Virginia Company?

• He introduced tobacco to the colonies

• He began the Headright System

• He set up the trade route known as the Middle Passage.

• He married Pocahontas.

Who PAID for the settlement of Jamestown? 

• King of England
• Powhatan
• Virginia Company of London
• John Smith

The site they chose was marshy and lacked safe drinking water, the settlers lacked skills, and many settlers died of disease and starvation. These were:

• Problems faced by settlers in the midwest
• Hardships faced by the settlers at Jamestown
• Hardships placed on the Indians by the settlers
• Problems the settlers thought they might have

A document that grants a person or company the right to form a colony is called

• Burgess

• Joint Stock Company

• Constitution

• Charter