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WorksheetsRoanoke and Jamestown
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
In 1584, this man was given permission to claim land in North America.
John Smith
Christopher Columbus
John White
Sir Walter Raleigh
The place that scouts decide to first settle in North America is...
Jamestown
Williamsburg
Roanoke Island
Parris Island
This man led a second group to settle at Roanoke Island in 1587.
John White
John Brown
John Smith
John Lennon
John White left to get supplies and is gone for three years, when he returns he finds...
A built up colony that is thriving
Nothing but a post with the Croatoan carved in it
A colony that is suffering hardships
A colony that has moved to a new location with instructions on how to get there
In 1606, a new leader came to power in England and the person was...
King Henry VIII
Queen Mary I
Queen Elizabeth I
King James I
King James I gave a charter to this company
The James Company
The Virginia Company
The Roanoke Company
The Richmond Company
Define the word charter as we learned it
A document that allows you to sail the world
A document that allows you to trade goods
A document that allows the right to settle a colony
A document that allows you to leave the country
What is a joint stock company?
A company that settles colonies
A company that trades goods
A company that allows people to trade stocks
A company that investors buy stock in return for a share of future profits
What did the people who invested in the Virginia Company hoped that the company would do?
Find gold and establish trade in fish and furs
Find land and new water routes to the Americas
Find a water route to India
Find the Northwest Passage
What year did the Virginia Company get a charter and set sail?
1605
1606
1607
1608
How many settlers were a part of the Virginia Company?
164
154
144
134
What bay did the settlers end up by?
Delaware Bay
Raritan Bay
Hudson Bay
Chesapeake Bay
The Virginia Company called the land they settled on Jamestown in honor of...
James Brown
James Bond
King James I
King James II
The Jamestown colonists did not find gold or riches but instead...
found silver and bronze
suffered hardships such as disease & hunger
found a new water route to the Pacific Ocean
found the Northwest Passage
The Jamestown Colony survived due to the efforts of this man
John Smith
John White
John Brown
John Rolfe
The Jamestown colonists became friendly with these Native people
Lenni Lenape Natives
Delaware Natives
Iroquois Natives
Powhatan Natives
In 1609, John Smith gets injured and goes back to England. During this time the native people stopped providing food to the Jamestown colonists. This time is known as...
the bad times
the hungry times
the starving time
the hunger games
Define expand
to increase
to decrease
to subtract
to stay the same
Relations with the Powhatans improved when this man married the daughter of the chief
John Smith
John White
John Brown
John Rolfe
Who was the daughter of the Powhatan chief?
Maria Tallchief
Pocahontas
Sacagawea
Lozen
When women were sent to Virginia, ________________ and _______________ became a part of society
voting, politics
education, reading
marriage, children
fishing, farming
What is a headright?
a land grant
a document that allows you to settle
a part of a ship
a charter
What happened in the year 1619 in Virginia?
The people ran out of food
People found new lands to settle inland
People began to build schools for the children
Land owning male colonist cast ballots for burgesses
Define Burgess
a doctor
a representative
a lawyer
a farmer
What happened in the year 1624 in Virginia?
Because it was making so much money, investors made a lot of money
Women were given the right to vote
Because it wasn't making money, it became a royal colony
Everyone was given the right to vote
What is a royal colony?
a colony that is in direct control of the government/ruler
a colony that makes a lot of money
a colony run by a group of people that owns the land
a colony that is run by local representatives
