Jamestown

In the summer of 1607, this country sent about 110 men to the "new world" to establish a permanent colony. The colony was named Jamestown.

• France

• England

• Spain

• Portugal

Which person was responsible for introducing a stronger tobacco plant (which became a profitable crop for the Jamestown colony)?

• John Rolfe

• John Smith

• Pocahontas

• King James I

Which person was an early leader of the Virginia Colony required all settlers to work or they would not be fed?

• Pocahontas

• John Smith

• John Rolfe

• King James I

These were private corporations funded by individuals purchasing shares in the exploration and settlement conducted by the company and receiving benefits in the form of profits from trade?

• Slave Owners

• Joint Stock Company

• Headright System

• Roanoke Colony

This was the first representative democracy in the New World.

• Anglican Church

• Algonquian Confederacy

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Colony

This person is credited with helping to calm down the fighting between the English and the Powhatan.

• Squanto

• Pocahontas

• John Rolfe

• John Smith

What motivated the settlement of the colony of Virginia?

• To make money

• To have religious freedom

• To find more people for slavery

• To increase land area for England

This offered 50 acres of land to each person that a settler paid to bring over.

• Headright System

• Joint Stock Company

• Slavery

• Conscription

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1776
• 2007

An indentured servant is...

• a person who works in the colonies.

• a person who works for someone for 4-7 years.

• a poor person in England during the 1600s.

• someone who owned land in America.