VS.3 Jamestown

Who financed the Jamestown settlement?

• English taxes

• the settlers

• Virginia Company of London

• King James I

Why did the English want to colonize America?

• find good schools for their children

• increase their wealth

• develop friendly relationships with the Indians

• send prisoners to a new place

In what year did they settle in Jamestown?

• 1620

• 1619

• 1640

• 1607

Which of the following is NOT a reason that the English chose Jamestown as the location for their settlement?

• They expected to start a railroad industry.

• They believed it had a good supply of fresh water.

• The water along the shore was deep enough for the ships to dock.

• It could be easily defended from attack by sea (from the Spanish).

The first system of representative government and the first legislative body in English America was the

• Parliament.

• House of Burgesses.

• General Assembly.

• Governor's Council.

What kind of crop grew well around Jamestown and became the colony's first cash crop to England?

• corn

• tomato

• potato

• tobacco

Who enforced the "No work, no food" policy, initiated trading relations with the Powhatan, and placed emphasis on self-sustaining agriculture?

• John Rolfe

• Captain John Smith

• Christopher Columbus

• Chief Powhatan

Who granted the charters to colonize North America?

• Chief Powhatan

• Captain John Smith

• King James I- the king of England

• The Virginia Company of London

Who provided leadership to his people and taught the Jamestown settlers survival skills?

• the king of England

• Pocahontas

• Chief Powhatan

• John Rolfe

The arrival of Africans in the Jamestown colony made it possible to expand the economy by

• forestry.

• shipping.

• cultivating tobacco.

• mining coal.