American History: Jamestown Settlement

Choose a study mode

Play Quiz
Study Flashcards
Spaced Repetition
Chat to Lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson
Download our mobile app to listen on the go
Get App

Questions and Answers

The first permanent English settlement in British North America in 1607 was _____.

  • Richmond
  • Williamsburg
  • Jamestown (correct)

England hoped to find ____ and ____ in America.

  • Silver and gold (correct)
  • Rivers and lakes
  • furs and pottery

The settlement at Jamestown would provide England with _____ while opening new markets for trade.

  • American Indians to be used as labor
  • the power to control government
  • raw materials (correct)

Jamestown was chosen for a settlement because the water along the shore was _____ for ships to dock.

<p>deep enough (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The _____ of the Virginia Company of London financed the settlement of Jamestown.

<p>stockholders (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The king of England granted ____ to the Virginia Company of London to define physical boundaries of the colony.

<p>charters (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The charters extended English ____ to the settlers.

<p>rights (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The site the colonists chose to live on was ___ and lacked ____ drinking water.

<p>marshy, safe (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The native people showed the settlers how to plant _____ and harvest _____.

<p>corn and tobacco (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The native people traded mainly food, fur and leather with the English in exchange for _____, _____ and _____.

<p>tools, pots and guns (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Flashcards are hidden until you start studying

More Like This

Use Quizgecko on...
Browser
Browser