Jamestown Beginnings
Who granted the charter for the Virginia Company in 1606?
Answer: King James I
During the Starving Time, many colonists died because they drank bad water, failed to farm, and suffered these.
Answer: Native attacks
He married Pocahontas, which helped ease tensions with Native Americans.
Answer: John Rolfe
The Pilgrims first left England for Holland mainly because of this problem.
Answer: Religious persecution
This 1675 war killed thousands of Native Americans and many colonists.
Answer: King Philip’s War
The Virginia Company was organized as this type of business.
Answer: Joint-stock company
He forced colonists to work by saying “He that will not work, shall not eat.”
Answer: John Smith
Legend says Pocahontas saved this English leader’s life.
Answer: John Smith
In 1620, the Pilgrims signed this agreement before settling in Plymouth.
Answer: Mayflower Compact
He was the Native American leader who united tribes against the colonists in that war.
Answer: Metacom / King Philip
The first permanent English settlement in America, founded in 1607.
Answer: Jamestown
John Rolfe introduced this crop that became the foundation of Virginia’s economy.
Answer: Tobacco
This Native American taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn and catch fish.
Answer: Squanto
John Winthrop was the governor of this New England colony.
Answer: Massachusetts Bay Colony
In 1692, several people were executed after being accused of this crime.
Answer: Witchcraft
Settlers chose Jamestown Island partly because it was hidden from this European rival.
Answer: The Spanish
This year marks the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia.
Answer: 1619
Contrast the leadership of John Smith in Jamestown with John Winthrop in Massachusetts.
Answer: Smith emphasized survival and labor discipline (“work or starve”), while Winthrop emphasized religious vision and moral example (“city upon a hill”).
At town meetings, colonists practiced this style of democracy.
Answer: Direct democracy
Puritan leaders often expelled colonists who showed this kind of behavior.
Answer: Religious dissent
Name two reasons Jamestown’s location was good and one reason it was harmful to the settlers.
Answer: Good—protection from Spanish, deep water for ships. Harmful—swampy land bred disease and made farming difficult.
Explain how tobacco both saved Jamestown and also created new problems.
Answer: Saved Jamestown by providing a cash crop and profits; created problems because it was labor-intensive, leading to more indentured servants and eventually slavery.
He was chosen as the first president of Jamestown’s council in 1607.
Answer: Edward Maria Wingfield
Compare the economy of New England to Virginia’s. What made them different?
Answer: New England relied on small farms, fishing, shipbuilding, and trade; Virginia relied on large plantations and cash crops like tobacco.
In King Philip’s War, what were the long-term consequences for Native Americans in New England?
Answer: Thousands were killed, survivors were sold into slavery or forced off their land, and Native resistance in New England was permanently broken.