WorksheetsJamestown Settlement
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Colonists establish Jamestown for economic gain. What is the meaning of the word establish?
locate a settlement
start a settlement
trade with others
survive
Pocahontas traveled to ______ to tell about her tribe and her life as an American Indian.
the Popham Colony
the Jamestown Colony
England
America
Why did Elizabeth Key have to sue for her freedom after living many years in America?
She was an indentured servant, but she should have been given her freedom.
She was taken by the American Indians would not let her go.
She was born into slavery and wanted to be free.
She was married and did not want to be married.
An indentured servant was a person who
was a slave
got married
contracted to work for a certain time and then set free after time was up
traveled to live in a new country
Pocahontas married an Englishman from the Jamestown Colony named _____.
Elizabeth Key
Chief Powhatan
King James
John Rolfe
What is one concern and worry that Chief Powhatan talks about when Jamestown colonists first came to America?
survival because they didn't know how to prepare for winter.
houses burning down
too much food
What year did the colonist settle in Jamestown?
1607
1706
1608
1886
Who was John Smith
leader of the new colony
travel guide of the new found land
banker from London
farmer
The winter of 1609-1610 became know as the
early voting season
wedding season
starving time
white winter
True or false: In 1607, Jamestown became the first permanent English settlement in North America
true
false
