Jamestown Colony

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1776
• 2007

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 PAID for the settlement of Jamestown? 

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

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Werowocomoco
• Yorktown
• Richmond
• Jamestown

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

Why were Africans brought to Jamestown in 1619?

• To work on Sugar Plantations
• To seek Religious freedom
• To work on tobacco plantations
• To fight against American Indians

The most profitable agricultural product in the Virginia colony was

• lumber
• peanuts
• corn
• tobacco

What was the first established assembly in the New World in the 1640s

• Virgina House of Burgesses
• Virgina Company of London
• Presdient
• House of Senate

What type of people came to Jamestown who refused to work?

• Gentlemen
• Scientist
• Carpenters
• Gunsmiths