Jamestown Review

What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America?

• Virginia

• Jamestown

• Werowocomoco

• Richmond

Why did they select Jamestown as the site for settlement? (choose 3)

• Deep water by shore (could dock ships)

• Gold was there

• Plenty of water

• Easily defended against attack

Who helped Jamestown survive with rules (don't work, don't eat)?

• John Brown

• The King

• Pocahontas

• Captain John Smith

What was one major hardship that caused a decline in population for settlers?

• Disease

• Strep throat

• The flu

• attacks from French

What is something the English settlers did with the Powhatan?

• Danced

• Build houses

• traded

What was the main reason for settlement in North America?

• To look for oil

• To increase wealth and power

• To explore

• To tame the Indians

Who financed the Jamestown venture?

• Africans

• The Virginia Company of London

• Women without jobs

• The King

Over time the relationship with the Powhatans negatively changed because---

• John Smith returned to England.

• the settlers took more of the Powhatan’s land.

• the settlers learned how to grow corn.

• Pocahontas married an English settler.

Why did so many settlers die?

• they died of starvation and disease
• they died of a lonely heart
• they died from eating too much food

The Jamestown settlement was established in ___.

• 1600

• 1807

• 1800

• 1607