The Jamestown Colony

The fort pictured here was in which colony?

• Jamestown
• Roanoke
• Croatoa
• Virginia

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1608
• 2081

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What brought the original colonists from England to Jamestown?

• the search for food
• the search for gold and silver
• the search for tobacco
• the search for religious freedom

Why did the settlers select the name "Jamestown"?

• To honor King James
• To honor a baby born on the ship
• To honor Saint James
• To honor the ship's captain

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Which of the following is not a reason that the settlers chose the site for the Jamestown settlement?

• It had swamps
• Fresh supply of water
• Deep harbor to dock ships
• Easy to defend against attack

Jamestown was located on a peninsula in ...

• Virginia
• North Carolina
• Florida
• New York

What did the settlers build to protect themselves?

• adobe apartments
• tee pees
• longhouses
• a fort

The most profitable agricultural product in the Virginia colony was

• lumber
• peanuts
• corn
• tobacco

Who became an intermediary between the natives and the English settlers by helping them to communicate?

• Squanto
• Powhatan
• Samoset
• Pocahontas

Which of the following was not a hardship the settlers faced?

• Not enough safe drinking water

• Not enough survival skills

• The indians were nice to them.

• A harsh winter with little food