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WorksheetsJamestown (2)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which charter extended English rights to the colonists?
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Great
2.
A group of 20 men arrived in Jamestown in 1619. They were sold as either indentured servants or slaves. Where had they come from?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
Antarctica
3.
What jobs were the "Maids of Virginia" expected to do in the Jamestown colony?
a)
Hunt, fish and gather food
b)
Build houses and grow food
c)
Cook, sew and care for the sick
d)
Lift barrels and shoot muskets
4.
What group of newcomers arrived at Jamestown in 1620?
a)
Africans
b)
Indentured Servants
c)
Women
d)
Portuguese
5.
In what year do historians think the first slaves arrived in the Virginia colony?
a)
1492
b)
1619
c)
1607
d)
1643
6.
The first charter of the Virginia Company of London did which of the following?
a)
Allowed for a representative government
b)
Gave the Virginia Company permission to create a settlement in Virginia
c)
Founded the House of Burgesses
d)
Abolished slavery in the Virginia Colony
7.
The first meeting of the Virginia General Assembly occurred in what year?
a)
1619
b)
1607
c)
1643
d)
1776
8.
In 1619, the General Assembly was three parts. These were:
a)
The Governor, the Burgesses and the Governor's council
b)
The Governor, the Captain and the King
c)
The Burgesses, the Powhatan and the Governor
d)
The men, women and slaves
9.
The Second Charter of the Virginia Company of London did what?
a)
Allowed for the establishment of a colony in Virginia
b)
Created the House of Burgesses
c)
Allowed for a representative government
d)
Extended English rights to the colonists
10.
What did the Burgesses become in 1643?
a)
Landowners
b)
Governors
c)
English Citizens
d)
The House of Burgesses
11.
In 1643 the General Assembly was composed of two parts. The Governor and his council made up one part. What was the other part called?
a)
The Senate
b)
The House of Burgesses
c)
The Privy Council
d)
The Virginia Company of London
12.
Who had the power to grant charters to the Virginia Company of London?
a)
King James I
b)
King Arthur
c)
John Smith
d)
The Doctor
13.
How many Burgesses attended the first meeting of the General Assembly in 1619?
a)
11
b)
4
c)
100
d)
22
14.
Could a slave or an indentured servant be elected as a Burgess?
a)
Yes
b)
No
15.
What was the first elected legislative body in English America?
a)
The House of Burgesses
b)
The Governor
c)
The Senate
d)
The Powhatan Confederacy
16.
What was the name of the colonist who developed a type of tobacco to grow in Virginia that the English liked ?
a)
Christopher Newport
b)
Powhatan
c)
John Rolfe
d)
Edward Maria Wingfield
17.
What was Virginia's cash crop?
a)
corn
b)
squash
c)
tobacco
d)
tomatoes
18.
The English needed indentured servants and slaves because
a)
they wanted to be waited on
b)
they liked to be bossy
c)
growing tobacco required more labor than the colonists could provide
d)
they needed additional soldiers to defend the fort against the Powhatan
19.
Pocahontas was married to
a)
John Smith
b)
Christopher Newport
c)
Danny Pink
d)
John Rolfe
20.
The House of Burgesses gave the colonists the opportunity to control their own
a)
government
b)
tithe
c)
family
d)
economy
21.
A woman might chose to become a "Maid for Virginia" because in the colony she would have greater
a)
communication
b)
food availability
c)
economic mobility
d)
religious freedom
22.
The usual length of a period of indenture was
a)
10-12 years
b)
a decade
c)
4-7 years
d)
1-2 years
23.
John Rolfe had been a passenger on the
a)
Susan Constant
b)
Santa Maria
c)
Marie Antionette
d)
Sea Venture
24.
The colonists thought slaves seemed like a good solution to the labor shortage because they did not have to be
a)
set free
b)
fed
c)
owned
d)
educated
25.
The oldest representative body in the western hemisphere (it is still operating in Virginia today) is the
a)
General Assembly
b)
Parliament
c)
Congress
d)
The Privy Council
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