Jamestown

joint-stock company

• a company that produces extra thick cardstock

• when people invest in a company in order to earn profits

• when two or more companies join together

• to take stock of, or see how much a company is worth

the Virginia Company

• the joint-stock company that began the settlement of Roanoke

• a company established in Jamestown to sell handmade goods

• the joint-stock company that began the settlement of Jamestown

• a company in Virginia that sells cardstock

charter

• a written contract that gave a company or a person the right to establish a colony

• a cable company

• a voyage

• a company that helps people voyage across oceans

How did the English finance Jamestown?

• joint-stock company

• wealthy English aristocrat

• gold reserves

• bake sale

What was the first problem the English settlers had to solve?

• where to settle

• who their leaders would be

• what to grow for crops

• when to return to England

​ ​ ​ Who appointed the new leaders of Jamestown?

• The Virginia Company

• King James

• Queen Elizabeth

• John Smith

What was the first thing the settlers of Jamestown did?

• ate dinner with Natives

• took a nap

• built a fort

• planted crops

The selected location for Jamestown was a good choice.

• true

• false

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