Jamestown

The English wanted to settle colonies funded by _________________ in the Americas as a way of making money by finding raw materials to send back to England.

• the King

• explorers
• merchants
• joint-stock companies

____________________________ was created with a charter to give colonists support to settle a region in the Americas under the English government.

• Georgia Company
• Virginia Company
• New York Company
• Massachusetts Company

The colonists called their settlement _________________. They built a fort around them to protect themselves against Spain and local Powhatan.

• Plymouth
• Roanoke
• Williamsburg
• Jamestown

____________________ was a very important leader of the colony and helped with the success of the colony.

• Benjamin Franklin
• John Smith
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

John Smith was an important person who traded with the local _______________________________ for food and exploring the area's natural resources and possible trade routes.

• European settlers
• Spanish conquistadors
• Native Americans
• French explorers

John Smith was captured by one of the tribes when he was exploring and the chief, _________________, wanted to make an agreement with him where the chief would control the colony in exchange for his protection from other tribes and access to food and resources.

• Powhatan

• Kai
• Nakotah
• Wahunsenacawh

The first women joined Jamestown in 1608 and Anne Burras was the first to have a ______________ in the colony.

• wedding

• job

• government position

• divorce

In 1609, John Smith was injured and sent back to England. Fights between the English colonists and Powhatan tribe broke out and the tribe blocked the colonists from receiving any food or resources. This period of time was known as the “____________” and many colonists died from starvation.

• Starvation Period
• Starving Time
• Hungry Time
• Famine Era

Even though Pocahontas married an English settler named ______________, tensions continued to get worse between the colonists and the local tribes.

• John Rolfe
• John Wick
• John Doe
• John Smith

Jamestown settlers hoped to find ____________ and ____________ and bring them to England but they didn't.

• silk and spices
• gold and silver
• copper and iron
• diamonds and rubies