Jamestown Settlement

Colonists establish Jamestown for economic gain. What is the meaning of the word establish?

• locate a settlement

• start a settlement

• trade with others

• survive

Pocahontas traveled to ______ to tell about her tribe and her life as an American Indian.

• the Popham Colony

• the Jamestown Colony

• England

• America

Why did Elizabeth Key have to sue for her freedom after living many years in America?

• She was an indentured servant, but she should have been given her freedom.

• She was taken by the American Indians would not let her go.

• She was born into slavery and wanted to be free.

• She was married and did not want to be married.

An indentured servant was a person who

• was a slave

• got married

• contracted to work for a certain time and then set free after time was up

• traveled to live in a new country

Pocahontas married an Englishman from the Jamestown Colony named _____.

• Elizabeth Key

• Chief Powhatan

• King James

• John Rolfe

What is one concern and worry that Chief Powhatan talks about when Jamestown colonists first came to America?

• survival because they didn't know how to prepare for winter.

• houses burning down

• too much food

What year did the colonist settle in Jamestown?

• 1607

• 1706

• 1608

• 1886

Who was John Smith

• leader of the new colony

• travel guide of the new found land

• banker from London

• farmer

The winter of 1609-1610 became know as the

• early voting season

• wedding season

• starving time

• white winter

True or false: In 1607, Jamestown became the first permanent English settlement in North America

• true

• false