Jamestown, Part 2

Captain John Smith's declaration "He that will not work shall not eat" drove the Jamestown settlers to start:

• Trading

• Hunting

• Building

• Farming

The failure of Jamestown's crops in its second year was due to:

• Poor soil

• Severe drought

• Over-farming

• Native attacks

The Powhatan surrounded Jamestown in response to:

• Settlers' violent demands for food

• John Smith's gunpowder accident

• The kidnapping of Pocahontas

• The Indian Massacre of 1622

What was one consequence of the Starving Time?

• Many Powhatan villages suffered food shortages

• Jamestown lost most of its settlers to disease and hunger

• The Powhatan and the settlers strengthened their alliance

• The settlers abandoned Jamestown and returned to England

The marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe _____ hostilities between the Powhatan and the English.

• Sparked

• Increased

• Justified

• Eased

Jamestown's fortunes turned when the settlers:

• Discovered gold

• Returned land to the Powhatan

• Began growing tobacco

• Developed a cure for malaria

The House of Burgesses is most similar to which U.S. government institution?

• Congress

• White House

• Supreme Court

• State Department

Eventually, tobacco plantations came to depend on __________ for labor.

• English settlers

• Enslaved Africans

• Powhatan prisoners

• Virginia Company stockholders

What was Opechancanough's role in the Indian Massacre of 1622?

• He planned the attack

• He argued against the attack

• He warned the English about the attack

• He negotiated to end the attack

Who controlled Virginia after the colony's original charter was revoked?

• Virginia Company of London

• John Smith

• John Rolfe

• King James I