Early Settlements: Roanoke, Jamestown and Plymouth

What was the significance of Samuel de Champlain's founding of Quebec?

• It was the first permanent French settlement in North America.

• It was the first Spanish colony.

• It was the first permanent British settlement in North America.

What was the purpose of Henry Hudson's exploration?

• to find a way to California

• to find a Northwest Passage to Asia

• to find as much gold as possible

• to explore Canada

Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?

• the head of Henry Hudson's exploration team

• the founder of Jamestown

• an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I

• the captain of the Mayflower

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

• Pocahontas

• Sacagawea

• Powhatan

• Susan Constant

Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth all faced similar difficulties. But which was NOT a hardship that Plymouth faced that the other two DID?

• fighting with local Indians

• shortage of food

• difficult weather

• long, difficult journey across the Atlantic

The Virginia House of Burgesses:

• provided an example of representative government

• regulated what the people were allowed to eat

• established the first army in the New World

• determined who could leave the colony

Who was the founder of Roanoke?

• John White

• John Rolfe

• King James

• John Smith

A colony is

• land controlled by a mother country

• a place where people went to be free

• a written contract

• a country by itself

Winter 1609-1610 in considered the ________ time in Jamestown.

• Starving

• Carnival

• Hunting

• Hungry

Chief ______ was the leader of the Native tribe near Jamestown.

• Pocahontas

• Sitting Bull

• Powhatan

• Magwa