English Colonization and Jamestown

What is an economic venture?

• Starting a business to make money

• When a country gains power

• Fleeing a dangerous country

• Practicing one's religion

Jamestown, the first permanent settlement in America, was founded when?

• 1907

• 1807

• 1707

• 1607

What organization financed the settlement of Jamestown?

• The native Americans

• The King of England

• The Virginia Company of London

• The poorest English citizens

Which of the following were reasons for English colonization? (There is more than one correct answer!)

• Wealth and power

• Overpopulation

• New markets for trade

• Raw materials

When settlers arrived in 1607, they founded Jamestown on a narrow peninsula, bordered on 3 sides by the James River. Due to erosion, Jamestown now sits on an ______ rather than a peninsula.

Which of the following are reasons the colonists chose the area they did for Jamestown? (There is more than one correct answer!)

• The native American population

• It was easily defensible from sea attacks

• It had deep water for ships to dock

• They believed the water was fresh

The King of England granted charters to the Virginia Company of London to do what? (There is more than one correct answer!)

• Extend English rights to the settlers

• Allow all religions in the colony

• Define the physical boundaries of the colony

• Establish a settlement in North America

In 1619, the first legislative body in English North America held a meeting of the General Assembly in Virginia. Who was present?

• The governor

• The governor's council

• Two citizen representatives called burgesses

• All of the above

By the 1640's, the citizen representatives from each division of Virginia became a separate legislative body. It was called the House of _________.

​ ________ arrived in Virginia against their will in the year ____.

• Women; 1620

• English colonists; 1607

• Africans; 1619

• Native Americans; 1608