English Settlers in the New World

What is the central idea of Paragraph 1?

• The settlers were unprepared for the challenges they would face in the New World.

• The English settlers came to the New World with hope and strong support, expecting success and new opportunities.

• The native population was eager to learn from the English settlers.

• The main goal of the settlers was to find a direct trade route to China.

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Choose two sentences that best support your answer to Question 1.

• "Hopes were high, and with good reason."

• "This was to be the first permanent English settlement in the New World."

• "A strong group of investors stood behind the enterprise."

• "The ships carried more than 100 passengers."

• "Some settlers hoped to find a hidden route to China."

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Which year did the English settlers establish the first permanent colony in the New World at Jamestown, Virginia?

• 1607

• 1611

• 1590

• 1620

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What percentage of the original settlers survived the first year in Jamestown?

• 40%

• 60%

• 50%

• 30%

By 1611, what percentage of the settlers had died in Jamestown?

• 80%

• 50%

• 20%

• 70%

Which detail should be added to strengthen this summary?

• A. Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Wahunsonacock, later married an Englishman and traveled to England.

• B. Captain John Smith returned to England before the colony’s harshest winter.

• C. Despite continued hardship, including the devastating winter of 1609–1610, more settlers kept arriving, most of them poor and hoping for a better life.

• D. Ahead there were possible riches, a native population to be taught the ways of Jesus Christ, and maybe even a hidden trade route to China!

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Which of the following sentences best expresses the central idea of the essay?

• a) The central idea is that early Jamestown was a promising venture with strong backing from English investors and King James I, and that the colony was saved from total collapse by a resupply ship.

• b) The central idea is that the colonists in early Jamestown were a determined bunch who eventually found success growing tobacco, despite the leadership of Captain John Smith being sent back to England.

• c) The central idea is that the "faire meddowes and goodly tall trees" of the Chesapeake were not empty, as they were home to about 15,000 Powhatan Indians, including the great chief Wahunsonacock.

• d) The central idea is to examine why many colonists died in early Jamestown despite the high hopes for the first permanent English settlement.

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Choose three things that helped the settlers survive.

• Supply ships arrived

• emphasis on agriculture

• The King sent them money

• Leadership of John Smith

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