Jamestown

a written contract issued by a government giving the holder the right to establish a colony.

• charter

• cash crop

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

Jamestown is the first _______________ settlement.

• Irish

• English

• Welsh

• Royal

The practice of farming.

• brackish

• agriculture

• palisade

• cash crop

What was the name of the group of men who were financially investing in the colony?

• King James Industries

• Captain Smith and Sons

• The Virginia Company of London

• The Jamestown Initiative

What year did the colonist settle in Jamestown?

• 1607

• 1706

• 1608

• 1886

The state where Jamestown is located is the state of ___________.

• Maryland

• New Jersey

• Pennsylvania

• Virginia

What kind of crop grew well around Jamestown and became the colony's first cash crop to England?

• tabacco

• cotton

• corn

• rice

The House of Burgesses gave the colonists in Virginia the opportunity to control _______________

• their own government
• the First Americans
• the Royal Governor
• the King of England

A person who sold his or her labor in exchange for passage to America.

• Pilgrims

• Puritans

• Indentured Servant

• Anne Hutchinson

The English formed colonies. A colony is ___________________.

• A large group of people living together.

• A place where people go to work.

• A small community of people.

• A place to raise livestock.