Jamestown and Plymouth

What year was Jamestown founded?

• 1607

• 1620

• 1776

• 1821

Why was Jamestown founded?

• to protect the Native Americans

• to bring wealth back to England

• Just because

• to start a new government

England was colonizing in order to?

• Gain wealth

• Make more people

• Protect the Natives

• Start a new government

what did the Pilgrims want?

• Gold and silver

• Religious freedom

• To honor England

• to protect the Native Americans

How did England make money from the colonies.

• Finding Gold

• Cash crops

• Ranches

• Selling horses

What was the main cash crop in Jamestown?

• Corn

• Cotton

• Tabacco

• Wheat

A government is

• a group of people who collectively make rules and laws for the people

• The same think as a Kingdom

• What the settlers were used to in England

• a place in Washington

Pilgrims left Europe because they wanted?

• Silver

• Gold

• To have Thanksgiving with the Native Americans

• Religious freedom

Mayflower compact was

• Signed in Jamestown

• One of the first forms of SELF government

• Rules sent to Plymouth by king James

• This is the wrong answer

Why would the Pilgrims want to create their own government?

• They liked the king

• they wanted things to be just like they were in England

• They wanted religious freedom so they created their own government

• for fun