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- Q 1/10Score 0What statement describes the purpose of this list?29locate an island free from wild vegetationfind land that would avoid conflict with native peoplelocate an area with many precious metalsfind land situated along buffalo migratory routes
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- Q1What statement describes the purpose of this list?locate an island free from wild vegetationfind land that would avoid conflict with native peoplelocate an area with many precious metalsfind land situated along buffalo migratory routes30s
- Q2I was responsible for "saving" the colony of Jamestown. My mantra "He who works not, eats not" became the law of the colony. Who am I?John WhitePowhatanJohn SmithJohn Rolfe30s
- Q3Which crop was responsible for turning the Jamestown colony into a million dollar company?corntobaccoricesugar30s
- Q4Which of the following served as a primary motivation for English colonization of the New World?fear of failureOverpopulationdesire to learn about Native American culture.The rise of the middle class30s
- Q5How did the Powhatan Confederacy help the Jamestown colonists?The Powhatan showed the colonists how to build better housing with adobe.The Powhatan worked as indentured servants on plantations and farms.The Powhatan introduced a rare kind of tobacco that became popular in England.The Powhatan taught the colonists to grown North American crops such as corn.30s
- Q6I was the leader of Jamestown that brought prosperity to the colony. i helped install America's first cash crop and turned the colony into a million dollar machine. Who am I?John SmithJohn RolfeJohn WhitePowhatan30s
- Q7I am one of the more important figures of the Jamestown colony and I was so before my 13th birthday. I was the daughter of the Powhatan chief and would later marry John Rolfe. Who am I?SquantoJohn RolfePowhatanPocahontas30s
- Q8What was a significant accomplishment of the Jamestown colony?It became a haven of tolerance for many different groups of people.It was the first permanent English colony.It served as a "buffer" colony to protect Virginia.It established a colonial government run as a theocracy.30s
- Q9Why did the Virginia Company sell stock in the Jamestown colony?to raise money to pay the costs of establishing a colonyto buy land from King James I of England.to free English debtors from prison so they could help settle the colony.30s
- Q10Which word best describes the relationship between King James I of England and the Jamestown colony in 1606?cooperationconflict30s
