Jamestown Quizs

What document extended English rights to the settlers in Jamestown?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Magna Carta

• The U.S. Constitution

The General Assembly included two elected representatives from each of the divisions in Virginia.

• Burgesses

• Senators

• Delegates

• Representatives

Who financed the economic venture of Jamestown?

• Stockholders of the Virginia Company of London.

• The Spanish Crown

• The French Government

• Local Native American Tribes

Who served as a contact between native peoples and English settlers?

• Pocahontas, the daughter of Powhatan.

• Sacagawea, the Shoshone guide.

• Crispus Attucks, the African American patriot.

• Geronimo, the Apache leader.

Who arrived in Jamestown in 1620, making it possible for more settlers to start families?

• additional women

• additional men

• children

• indentured servants

Along what river did the first settlers establish Jamestown?

• The Potomac River

• The James River

• The Mississippi River

• The Hudson River

Who granted the charter to the Virginia Company of London?

• The King of England

• The Queen of England

• The Parliament of England

• The Duke of York

What was the first permanent English settlement in British North America? When was it founded?

• Plymouth in 1620

• Jamestown in 1607

• Roanoke in 1585

• Savannah in 1733

The charters of the Virginia Company of London allowed the company to establish a settlement in what place?

• North America

• South America

• Asia

• Africa

Virginia’s government dates back to 1619. What was Jamestown’s system of government called at that time?

• The General Assembly

• The House of Burgesses

• The Colonial Council

• The Virginia Assembly