US History Review

How did John Smith contribute to the survival of the Jamestown Settlement?

• He worked alongside settlers.
• He raised enough money to send to the Virginia Company.
• He made sure all colonists worked for their food, shelter and safety.
• He made sure the colony's governors followed the law.

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1776
• 2007

Tobacco was a ______, a crop that people grow to sell.

• raw material
• stock
• cash crop
• governor

People who agreed to work without pay for a certain length of time, usually four to seven years, were called _____.

• governors
• legislatures
• indentured servants
• established churches

What was the name of the lost colony?

• Jamestown
• Virginia
• Roanoke Island
• Croatan

What led to the Powhatan Wars?

• Tensions increased as colonists pushed the Powhatan from their land.
• Indians and settlers did not agree on trade routes.
• Indians and colonists were able to work alongside each other.
• Powhatan punished all colonists by blocking trade routes.

What was the job of the House of Burgesses?

• They had to make new homes for colonists.
• They had to make laws for the Virginia Company.
• They had to create a treaty with the Powhatan.
• They communicated with King James about daily life in the colony.

How did the London Company’s “headright system” work? 

• It encouraged colonists to move to Virginia by giving 50 acres of land per person to individuals and groups who paid their own way
• It invited colonists to bring servants and relatives to Virginia by discounting fares for every additional person brought from England
• It attracted farmers, carpenters, and hunters to Virginia by paying their way and guaranteeing them work
• It motivated colonists to stay in Virginia by promising 50 acres of land to anyone who devoted ten years to plantation work.

Who introduced a new type of tobacco to Jamestown? 

• John Rolfe
• Pocahontas
• King James I
• John Smith

Puritans facing religious conflict in Europe set up this colony in Massachusetts

• Roanoke

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Jamestown

• New Amsterdam