Roanoke and Jamestown

Immigrants who came to America for a free passage but had to work to pay their debt off was called an

• apprentice

• employee

• slave

• indentured servant

In 1587 a second attempt to colonize Roanoke was led by

• John Smith

• John White

• John Rolfe

• King James

Why did it take John White three years to return to North America ?

• he was shipwrecked on a island

• England's was at war with Spain

• he was lost at sea

• England was at war with France

Why was Roanoke called the Lost colony?

• everyone disappeared

• everyone went back to England

• Spain defeated the colonist in war

• everyone starved to death

Which was the first successful English colony in 1607?

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Georgia

Who was the leader of Jamestown that made everyone work so they could have food?

• John White

• John Smith

• John Rolfe

• King James

Which Native American helped bring peace to the colony of Jamestown for some time by marrying an Englishman named John Rolfe?

• Squanto

• Pocahontas

• Samoset

• Chief Powhantan

Who was the colony of Jamestown named after?

• King James

• John White

• John Smith

• Pocahontas

Which crop did Jamestown grow as a cash crop to make a profit ?

• wheat

• cotton

• tobacco

• fruit and vegetables

What happened the first year at Jamestown to the colonist ?

• they found gold and riches

• half died the first year

• they were attacked by Native Americans

• they went back to England