English Settlements: Jamestown

John Rolfe

• Led the Jamestown settlers in war against Powhatan

• Was the fist settler in Jamestown to strike it rich by finding gold.

• experimented with cultivating tobacco

• Traveled from Jamestown to establish the Maryland colony

What was the main goal of the settlers at Jamestown

• To convert the natives to Christianity

• To establish a community with representative government

• to establish a successful agriculturally-based colony

• to find gold and riches

Bacons Rebellion stemmed from violent attacks of

• Protestants against wealthy Catholics

• Poor white settlers against Native Americans

• Black slaves against plantation owners

• white indentured servants against plantation owners

The British Colony where the House of Burgesses was established was...

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

• Connecticut

Who lead a revolt against the government, because he believed that it only represented the rich?

• William Penn

• King Phillip

• Nathaniel Bacon

• Henry Hudson

Chief _______was the leader of the Native Tribe near Jamestown.

• Pocahontas
• Powhatan
• Squanto
• Massasoit

Who was the daughter of the local Native Tribe near Jamestown?

• Pocahontas
• Powhatan
• Sacagawea
• Susan Constant

When John White finally returned to Roanoke Island after three years, what word did he find carved into a tree?

• Chesapeake
• Croatoan
• Hatteras
• Roanoke

What crop was important in making Jamestown and early Virginia an economic success?

• Indigo
• Tobacco
• Potatoes
• Corn

Who gave a group of men permission to settle Jamestown?

• King James I
• Queen Elizabeth I
• Sir Walter Raleigh
• King Ferdinand