Hardships of Jamestown

How was life for the early colonists of Jamestown?

• Easy because they had a great relationship with the Indians.

• Difficult because they didn't have the skills necessary for survival.

• Difficult because the water was brackish and disease was a major problem.

• Difficult because they couldn't find the gold and silver they wanted to find.

Which of the following were problems for the colonists?

• Diseases like malaria.

• Lack of fresh drinking water

• Indian attacks.

• Lack of skills to survival.

There was a food shortage because...

• No one would plant anything.

• There had been a fire in the storehouse.

• A raiding party of Indians had stolen it all.

• The colonists had a biog feast and ate it all.

John Smith helped the colony survive by...

• Making families grow their own food.

• Implementing "He who does not work, does not eat".

• Getting along with everyone.

• Creating a good trading relationship with the Indians.

The colonists traded with the Indians. They offered...

• tools

• weapons

• food

• leather

The Indians traded with the colonists. They offered...

• food

• pots

• tools

• weapons

The Indians were helpful to the colonists. They taught them how to grow

• tobacco

• corn

• pumpkins

• wheat

Tobacco became a

• problem for the colonists

• cash crop

• thing the colonists traded with the Indians

• bad habit

Pocahontas was

• daughter of Powhatan

• Very helpful to the colonists

• John Smith's wife

• Not a real person

A major help to the survival of the colony was...

• the arrival of two supply ships

• the arrival of more colonists

• John Smith getting injured and having to go back to England

• Pocahontas stops helping.