Jamestown: Reasons for Colonization and Charters

Why did England want to start a colony in America?

• to increase her population

• to have a place to send bad people

• increase her wealth and power

• The King of England wanted to move there.

What did England hope to find in America?

• gold and diamonds

• gold and silver

• silver and glitter

• Cowboys and Indians

What year was Jamestown founded?

• 1907

• 1618

• 1620

• 1607

Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?

• the citizens of London

• the King of England

• the stockholders on Wall Street

• the stockholders of the Virginia Company of London

What colony became the first permanent English settlement in British North America?

• Yorktown

• Jamestown

• the James River

• Virginia

An American settlement would do what for England?

• furnish raw materials and open new trade markets

• provide England with new materials to build ships

• furnish the King with jewels for his crown

• furnish England with new technology

Who had the power to grant charters allowing settlement in North America?

• The Queen of England

• The King of Spain

• Captain John Smith

• The King of England

The charters allowed the Virginia Company of London to do which of the following? Select all correct answers.

• establish a settlement in North America

• buy 3 ships to sail around the world

• define the physical boundaries of the colony

• extend the English rights to the settlers

Jamestown was primarily an____________________?

• amazing adventure

• impossible venture

• economic venture

• unbelievable venture

The first permanent English settlement in America was Jamestown.

• True

• False