4th Grade - Jamestown

Why did England want to start a colony in the new World?

• to meet new people

• to find raw materials and to gain wealth and power

• to fight with the Powhatans

The settlers of Jamestown hoped to find

• gold and silver

• bread and waffles

• beads and copper

Jamestown also had _______ that the English could use.

• ships

• raw materials

• horses

Jamestown was established in the year

• 1620

• 1619

• 1607

The English traded with the Powhatans. What did they trade?

• copper and beads for food

• animal skins and blankets for food

• tobacco and corn for weapons

Who helped the settlers establish a relationship with the Powhatans?

• King James

• Pocahontas

• the Monacan Indians

Who created the law "if you don't work, you don't eat"?

• King James

• Chief Powhatan

• John Smith

Jamestown successful began to be successful when they started to

• focus on agriculture (grow crops like corn and tobacco)

• trade with the Spanish

• use indentured servants from Africa

What two groups of people came to Jamestown in 1619-1620?

• English and Spanish

• Africans and Spanish

• Africans and Women

What were the problems with the location of Jamestown?

• unhealthy water

• mosquitoes and disease

• unhealthy water, mosquitoes, and disease