Jamestown

What were they hoping to find in Jamestown?

• More seeds to use

• New people to trade with

• A variety of wildlife

• Gold

Who financed the Jamestown venture?

• Africans

• The Virginia Company of London

• Women without jobs

• The King

A ________ is a legal document, signed by the king that gave the Virginia Company permission to settle an area (Virginia).

• colony

• finance

• colonist

• charter

What kind of crop grew well around Jamestown and became the colony's first cash crop to England? This crop saved Jamestown from failing.

• tobacco

• cotton

• corn

• rice

Who was John Smith?

• leader of the new colony

• travel guide of the new found land

• banker from London who financed the new colony

• farmer who brought tobacco to Jamestown

The land where Jamestown is located is the state of ___________.

• Maryland

• North Carolina

• Pennsylvania

• Virginia

Jamestown was the first successful _______________ settlement.

• Irish

• English

• Welsh

• Royal

A business owned by many people who hope to make money from their investment is a

• joint-stock company

• dissenter

• colony

• mercantilism

When was Jamestown, VA established?

• 1608

• 1610

• 1605

• 1607

Which was not a problem faced by colonists in Jamestown

• built on a swamp

• easy access to the James River

• impure water

• starvation