HA-chapter 6 Early English Settlements

A settlement is a

• town whose residents agree to govern themselves

• place ruled by another country.

• small, newly built community.

• group of people who travel together.

This Colony was called the "Lost Colony" based on it's history.

• Plymouth
• Boston
• Roanoke
• Jamestown

What delayed Captain John White’s return to Roanoke?

• a trip to another settlement
• a war between England and Spain
• a need to raise money to repair ships
• a jail sentence for his actions in Virginia

Why is Roanoke called the “lost colony”?

• John White could not find his way back to it
• Everyone went back to England.
• It lost a contest with Jamestown.
• All the settlers disappeared.

What was a problem with the original site of Jamestown?

• It was wet land with bad water.
• It was high in the hills.
• It was too rocky to farm
• It was too near the American Indians

Why was Virginia considered more democratic than England?

• Any man could join the House of Burgesses.
• Settlers had freedom of speech.
• All men and women could vote.
• It elected representatives who made its laws.

Why was Jamestown settled? 

• religious freedom. 
• to find gold and riches. 
• to have a better life. 
• to separate from the Church of England. 

Which settlement started in Virginia with the desire to get rich from gold and silver?

• Jamestown
• Roanoke
• Plymouth
• New Amsterdam

What was a major problem for the Jamestown settlers?

• bad relationship with indians
• bad water for farming and drinking
• diseases from mosquitoes
• all of these

Why was the first winter so hard for the Plymouth Pilgrim Settlement?

• mosquitoes
• bad water
• indian attacks
• freezing temperatures