Jamestown and Roanoke

Why did the colonists struggle to survive in Jamestown?

• They didn't know how to farm

• They spent their time looking for Gold.

• It was located in a swamp and many people died of diseases.

• All of the above.

John Smith was the leader of what colony?

• Johnstown

• Jamestown

• England

• Virginia

Jamestown Colony faced all of these problems except-

• starvation

• disease

• no one would work

• no strong leader

John Smith made the rule-

• If you don't work, you don't eat!

• i before e except after c

• Honesty is the best policy. 

• No rules.

Choose two answer choices:

England began to establish colonies in the Americas in the 1500s to:

• provide new markets for English products

• import raw materials for English industries to use

• spread the Christian faith

• defeat the Indians

What was the name of the first English settlement in North America?

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Powhatan

What happened to the first English settlement in North America?

• It was given to the Indians.

• It was sold.

• It was abandoned.

• It was burned down.

What happened to the colonists at the second settlement in North America?

• They were killed by Native Americans.

• They all got a disease and died.

• They were captured and sold as slaves.

• They disappeared without a trace.

What is mercantilism?

• Where a country gains money and power by setting up a colony and using its resources to benefit itself.

• Where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

• Wars that start over money.

• Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

King James I granted a charted to the Virginia Company to establish a colony called Virginia.

• True

• False