Jamestown Simulation

________________ became the first permanent English settlement in North America.

• Williamsburg

• Rappahannock

• Jamestown

• Fredericksburg

Who had the power to grant charters to the Virginia Company of London?

• King James I

• Captain John Smith

• Chief Powhatan

• King George III

Jamestown was founded in _______.

• 1612

• 1605

• 1607

• 1609

Who financed (paid for) the Jamestown settlement?

• King James I

• gentlemen in the Virginia colony

• stockholders of the Virginia Company of London.

• Spanish leaders

All of the following were hardships faced by the settlers except...

• The water was contaminated by seepage of salt water.

• Many settlers died from starvation and diseases.

• There were no shops nearby to buy supplies.

• Most of the settlers lacked skills needed to survive.

Who began a forced work program that helped the Jamestown colony survive?

• Chief Powhatan

• King James I

• Christopher Newport

• Captain John Smith

The settlers learned about the importance of ____________________.

• agriculture

• archaeology

• hunting deer

• their country

If John Smith had not begun the forced work program, what would have most likely happened?

• The surviving settlers would have gone back to England.

• More settlers would have died of starvation and diseases.

• They would have built more shelters.

• English settlers and Powhatan Indians would have become friends.

A hardship is a

• challenge

• shortcut

• benefit

• iron boat

The site they chose was marshy and lacked safe drinking water, the settlers lacked skills, and many settlers died of disease and starvation. These were:

• Things that made life better in Jamestown

• Hardships faced by the settlers at Jamestown