Unit 01 Foundation through Independence

1. In what region was the first permanent English settlement founded?

• New England (Massachusetts)

• New England (Rhode Island)

• Virginia (Chesapeake Bay)

• New York (New Holland)

England's first attempt to plant a colony in North America by Sir Walter Raleigh met a mysterious end where?

• Roanoke Island, NC

• Jamestown, VA

• Plymouth, MA

• Providence, RI

The Virginia Company, granted a charter by King James I of England, established the first successful English colony where in North America?

• Roanoke Island, NC

• Jamestown, VA

• Plymouth, MA

• Providence, RI

The goal of the Virginia Company was to find what resource?

• Gold

• Silver

• Tobacco

• Sugar

This soldier of fortune took over Jamestown in efforts to save it from destruction making harsh changes, famously saying, “He that will not work shall not eat.”

• John Smith

• Powhatan

• Nathaniel Bacon

• John Roth

Captain John Smith persuaded what Native American group to help the people of Jamestown?

• Powhatan

• Delaware

• Iroquois

• Metacom

According to John Smith this Indian princess saved him from being executed by his Native American captors.

• Powhatan

• Pocahontas

• King Philip

• Squanto

In 1618 the Virginia Company employed this recruitment strategy to attract individuals to the new world by promising them 50 acres of land if they paid for their own or another’s passage to Virginia.

• The Headright System

• The Caste System

• The Bacon System

• The Indentured System

Jamestown colonist John Rolfe developed a highly popular strain of ___ , also known as "brown gold".

• tobacco

• hemp

• Georgia clay

• cotton

In need of laborers many plantations imported ____ from England?

• indentured servants

• African slaves

• Native Americans

• Irish slaves