Jamestown Review

Who PAID FOR (financed) the Jamestown Settlement?

• Pocahontas

• English Parliament

• Virginia Company of London

• King James

What did the English settlers hope to find at this new settlement?

• Tobacco and Corn

• Cotton and Furs

• Diamonds and Rubies

• Silver and Gold

What did the native people do that helped settlers survive?

• Showed the settlers how to grow corn and tobacco to sell for a profit

• Helped rebuild Jamestown after the Spanish burned it down

• Allowed settlers to live in Powhatan's home

• Taught them geography

Which of the following was NOT a hardship the Jamestown settlers faced?

• They did not know how to read maps

• The site they chose to live on was marshy

• The men did not have the skills they needed to survive

• Many settlers died of disease and starvation

What year did the African Americans arrive in Jamestown?

• 1609

• 1619

• 1640

• 1607

How did women arriving at Jamestown help make the settlement more permanent?

• Women were the first burgesses to make laws

• Women guarded the fort

• Women communicated with Indians and established peace in the colony

• Women made it possible for more settlers to establish families

The current Virginia Assembly dates back to (or started) when?

• 1607

• 1609

• 1619

• 1640

What was the name of the first elected legislative body in America?

• The House of Burgesses

• The Governor's Council

• The Virginia Company of London

• The Virginia Council of Burgesses

The charters of the Virginia Company of London said that the company was allowed to:

• Travel anywhere in the world and claim land for Spain

• Establish a settlement in North America and extend the rights of England's citizen's to the settlers

• Establish a settlement in South America and make new laws

• Visit King James and parliament whenever they wanted

Which of the following best describes the location of Jamestown TODAY?

• Jamestown borders the James river on one side

• Jamestown is located on a peninsula near the James river

• Jamestown is in New Mexico

• Jamestown is located on an island in the James River