Roanoke/Jamestown

Who was the first European born in the Colonies? 

• Eleanor Dare
• Virginia Dare
• John Smith
• John White

Jamestown was the site for the FIRST representative government in the New World.  What was this government called?

• House of Commons
• House of Cheddar
• Mayflower Compact
• House of Burgess

Winter 1609-1610 is considered the ______ time in Jamestown.

• Starving
• Hunting
• Carnival
• Hungry

Why did it take so long for John Smith to return to Roanoke?

• England was at war with France
• England was at war with Spain
• England was at war with Britain
• England was at war with Portugal

Which of the following is an example of a joint-stock company?

• the Drake Company

• the England Company

• the Roanoke Company

• the Virginia Company

Jamestown seemed like it was going to be a failure until

• The Native American's shared their food

• the cash crop tobacco was introduced

• the colonists fought a war with the Natives

What is not a theory about what happened to the Roanoke settlement?

• The settlers moved to a nearby island called Croatan.
• American Indians attacked and destroyed it.
• The settlers found a way to get back to England.
• The settlers became part of the Croatan tribe.

joint-stock company

• a form of business that sells tobacco

• a company that manages travel to the New World

• a form of business where the investors share the ownership

• a company that sells goods to settlers

Jamestown was the site for the FIRST representative government in the New World.  What was this government called?

• House of Commons
• House of Cheddar
• Mayflower Compact
• House of Burgess

What 3 "things" helped save Jamestown? 

• John Smith, tobacco, and the arrival of women
• John White, John Smith, and John Rolfe
• Chief Powhaten, tobacco, and the arrival of aliens
• Pocahontas, gold, and mosquitoes