The Plan
This person was the successor to Queen Elizabeth I.
Charles I
Charles II
Richard V
James I
James I
This many of the original colony survived until resupply of goods and people arrived.
44
38
7
114
38
This native chief's daughter participated in a ritual that simulated saving John Smith.
Powhatan
Powhatan
Massasoit
Powhatan
Conditions England and the promise making 2 to 3 times more profit led to many poor English people traveling to the New World as what?
Indentured Servants
Enslaved Laborers
Skilled Crafts people
Indentured Servants
After the first Anglo-Powhatan War, what did royal inspectors conclude was the basis for Jamestown's struggles.
Raids by indigenous tribes
Religion & Lack of skills
Mismanagement & disease
Too much idleness
Mismanagement & disease
This joint-stock company was granted 6 million acres in North America
East India Company
Chesapeake Company
Virginia Company
Virginia Company
What were the three ships that brought the original Jamestown settlers
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Tiger, Piñata, Phantom
Susan Constant, Discovery, Godspeed
Susan Constant, Discovery, Godspeed
This indigenous person was taken hostage by the colonists at Jamestown.
John Rolfe
Opechecanough
Pocahontas
Powhatan
Pocahontas
Indenture contracts were often sold once a ship arrived in the new world. What was the average length of an indenture contract?
6-8 years
3-5 years
1 year
4-7 years
4-7 years
What percentage of English colonials came to the Chesapeake Region as indentured servants?
50%
30%
60%
80%
80%
What was not one of the goals of the Virginia Company in the New World?
Grow some valuable exotic crop
Find gold or silver
Raid Spanish treasure ships
Make friends with indigenous tribes
Make friends with the indigenous tribes
This crop helped the original settlers to survive.
Tobacco
Potatoes
Kale
Corn
Corn
Opechancanough launched an assault on Jamestown killing what fraction of the settlers?
1/2
3/5
1/3
1/4
1/3, 347 people
This person famously planted the first colonial tobacco crop.
John Smith
Sam Smith
Sascha Hamilton
John Rolfe
John Rolfe
What was one of the primary items that natives bartered corn and other items for?
Colonial iron
Christian wisdom
Colonial recipes
Building tips
Colonial iron- weapons and other tools
True or False. The original colony of Jamestown was settled by families looking to tend farms and skilled crafts people.
False- settled by all male merchants and gentlemen
This leader of Jamestown initiated a friendship with Powhatan. The friendship and his "no work=no food" attitude saved the colony in its early days.
John Rolfe
John Grisham
John Smith
John Green
John Smith
True or False. The colonists treated the Algonquian as equals and respected their right to barter and the land.
False, if the natives did not barter with them they took what they wanted/needed without asking
True or False. Indentured servants made great labors when contrasted with enslaved laborers
False. They viewed themselves as free- just under contract. They usually had no skills, and were reluctant workers.
By the 1700's the Chesapeake Region consisted of what three current US states
New York, New Jersey, Delaware
Georgia, South Carolina, Florida
North Dakota, Louisiana, Alabama
Virginia, Maryland, northern North Carolina
Virginia Maryland, northern North Carolina
a company which has the capital of its members pooled in a common fund; transferable shares represent ownership interest; shareholders are legally liable for all debts of the company
This was the first western form of government formed in North America, it was modeled after the "House of Commons"
The Senate
The House of Representatives
The House of Burgesses
The Congregation
House of Burgesses
What is the definition of proselytizing?
convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief or opinion to another
What are "freedom dues"?
Why was religion proselytizing not a primary focus of the colonists in the Chesapeake area?
Because the rigorous work of planting tobacco and creating the colony took most of their time and energy. Many were indentured servants so their time was limited.