Review of the Early English Colonies

Which was the first permanent English colony in North America?

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• St. Augustine

The leader of the Jamestown colony was whom?

• John Childress

• John White

• John Rolfe

• John Smith

When John White returned with supplies, he found the colonists had disappeared. The reason was which of the following?

• Killed by Native Americans

• Wiped out by disease

• Joined another Native American tribe

• Washed away by hurricanes

• To this day, historians do not know for sure.

Who was the leader in England when the colonists established the Jamestown Colony?

• Queen Elizabeth I

• King Charles

• King James

• Queen Elizabeth II

Which of the early English colonies was located in Virginia?

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Goshen

Who famously said, "If you don't work, you don't eat!"?

• John White

• William Bradford

• John Rolfe

• John Smith

This crop saved the Jamestown Colony.

• corn/maize

• soybeans

• tobacco

• wheat

If you are a young man whose voyage to America was paid, but you had to work for seven years to pay off the debt, you were what?

• a slave

• a tradesman

• a butler

• an indentured servant

Due to the labor intensity needed to grow tobacco, what started in Jamestown and unfortunately flourished?

• lots of indentured servants

• slavery of Africans

• Nothing flourished, the crops did not do well in this area

The site upon which Jamestown was build was a perfect site for a colony.

• True

• False