Jamestown
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- Q1Which region of VA was first settled by Europeans?Valley and RidgePiedmontCoastal Plain/TWAppalachian Plateau30s
- Q2England wanted to establish colonies in VA in the 1600s to...trade with American Indiansincrease its power and wealthstart a new religionsell England's raw materials30s
- Q3Which statement describes Jamestown's location in 1607?Jamestown is located on a peninsula near the James RiverJamestown was located on a narrow peninsula bordered on 3 sides by The James RiverJamestown was bordered on 1 side by the James RiverJamestown was located on a peninsula bordered on 2 sides by the James River30s
- Q4The English chose to settle at Jamestown because..Chief Powhatan gave the land to the English coloniststhey found gold and silver buried near the shore of the James Riverthe water was too shallow for ships to attack the colonythey believed they had a good supply of drinking water30s
- Q5In 1607, Jamestown was a peninsula. Jamestown became an island because...erosion caused by weather and water wore away the landSpanish ships crashed into the peninsulabattles between the English and Indians created a ditchthe colonists created the island to be safe30s
- Q6What was the first elected legislative body in American called?The VA Company of LondonThe VA Council of BurgessesThe House of BurgessesThe Governor's Council30s
- Q7Membership in the House of Burgesses in 1619 was open to ...both free men and free womenfree men and enslaved African Americansfree womenfree men30s
- Q8Additional women arrived in Jamestown in..160714921620161930s
- Q9Which was NOT a change that resulted in the survival of Jamestown?arrival of supply shipsEmphasis on agricultureunsafe drinking waterforced work program of Captain John Smith30s
- Q10The following were hardships faced by the Jamestown colonists EXCEPT...the men did not have the skills needed to survivemany settlers died of starvation and diseasethe site they chose to live on was marshythe settlers did not know how to read maps30s
- Q11Why did the native peoples begin to dislike the English settlers?the settlers ran out of goods to tradethe settlers gave the native peoples all the goods they neededthe English settlers stole all of their foodThe native peoples worried they would lose their land30s
- Q12The King of England granted charters to the VA Company of London to..buy tobacco from the settlersavoid having to travel overseaspay for the charts and maps used by the settlersextend English rights to the settlers30s
- Q13What did English trade to the native peoples?food, furs, and leathersleather, canoes, and beadstobacco, food, and gunstools, pots, and copper30s
- Q14A settlement in North America would NOT provide England with...silver and golda new kingnew markets of traderaw materials30s
- Q15Who would have side 'we must provide them with ships and supplies for the journey and settlement'.King James IsettlersStockholdersCaptain John Smith30s