What was England's first permanent settlement in North America?

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• Salem

The winter following John Smith's departure from Jamestown is called

• the prosperous time

• the peaceful time

• the freezing time

• the starving time

Unlike the poor in Europe, lower-class colonists

• often lived in luxury

• had great deal of leisure time

• could count on a comfortable retirement

• could hope to acquire property and move up the social scale

Why did the population of Jamestown plummet between 1609 and the spring of 1610?

• The Algonquian Indians attacked and burned down much of the colony

• the London Company closed the settlement because it wasn't making a profit

• A combination of famine, disease and a harsh winter killed many in the colony

• Infertile soil caused many settlers to seek better farmland in the middle colonies.

Why did Bacon's Rebellion collapse?

• Its leader, Nathaniel Bacon, became sick and died

• The Virginia governor declared Bacon and his men rebels

• Bacon was defeated at Jamestown

• The English stopped consuming tobacco

Powhatan turned against the Jamestown settlers because

• the settlers raided Native American villages for food

• John Smith married a Native American woman

• John Smith forced Native Americans to work for their food

• the settlers brought malaria to North America

What was the significance of Bacon's Rebellion?

• It led the colonists to give indentured servants leadership roles in the community

• It led the colonies to depend more on slave labor than indentured servants

• It led the colonies to depend more on indentured servants than slave labor

• It led the colonists to buy more land from the natives

The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first American government to be

• run by a President

• controlled by England

• allowed to own slaves

• elected by the people

The Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan sometimes had a shaky relationship. The settlers cooperated with the Powhatan at first because they needed help in order to survive. Eventually, conflicts became more common between the two groups. These conflicts are sometimes considered all-out wars, also known as Powhatan Wars. There was a period of peace beginning in 1614 after which of the following events?

• John Rolfe married Chief Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas

• Chief Powhatan signed a treaty, giving the settlers more land

• Baron De La Warr ordered that people could not move onto Powhatan land

• Captain John Smith was elected president and made people work together

Which was an impact of the arrival of women at Jamestown?

• more settlers lived alone

• more settlers voted

• more settlers started families

• more settlers made temporary homes