Jamestown and Virginia Colony

Why was Jamestown Colony settled?

• for religious freedom

• to build king James a new castle

• as an economic opportunity (making money)

• for agricultural opportunity (farming)

Which was NOT a reason for England to establish colonies in North America?

• in order to increase its wealth and power

• to find gold and silver

• to find materials like fur to send back to England

• to bring Native Americans back to England

What were some of the struggles that the settlers of Jamestown faced during the first couple of years in the New World?

• lack of clean drinking water

• diseases

• starvation from lack of food

• all of these answers are correct

What leader in Jamestown started the relationship between the English and the native peoples and forced the colonists to work?

• Chief Powhatan

• John Smith

• King James I

• John Rolfe

What did the charter given to the Virginia Company allow them to do?

• the right to establish a new colony in North America

• the right to capture Native Americans

• the right to cut down trees in the New World

• the right to take land controlled by the Spanish

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

• Rice

• Tobacco

• Corn

• Indigo

The Virginia House of Burgesses was important in the development of colonial America because it was the first attempt at _____.

• practicing representative democracy

• a colony based on religious freedom

• starting a joint stock company

• running plantations

As the Virginia Colony grew, Native Americans worried new settlers would ____.

• take them back to England

• grow new kinds of corn

• take their land

• build too many ships

The uprising of poor farmers in Virginia against the governor that burned Jamestown in 1676 is known as _____.

• Civil War

• Burger Rebellion

• American Revolution

• Bacon's Rebellion

Which of the following was one of the major results of Bacon's Rebellion?

• Virginia turned from indentured servants to African slaves for labor

• Nathaniel Bacon became the new governor

• poor farmers took over wealthy plantations in Virginia

• All the people of Jamestown moved back to England