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Roanoke/Jamestown Study Guide
1. What was England’s first permanent settlement in North America?
2. Why did John Smith return to England in 1609?
3. People who chose to work in another place and signed a contract were called what?
4. Give 3 examples of a primary source.
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5. Who was allowed to be members of the House of Burgesses in Jamestown?
6. Why do you think Raleigh tried a second time to establish a colony at Roanoke so soon after the first
one failed?
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7. What do you think the word plunder means in the sentence below?
The captain wanted to look for Spanish ships to plunder.
8. Who was the first president of Jamestown?
9. Why did Sir Walter Raleigh decide that Roanoke would be a good place for a colony?
10. Who granted to Virginia Company the charter for land in Virginia and had the colony named after him?
11. Who grew tobacco seeds from the Caribbean Islands and started the first cash crop in Jamestown?
12. Whom did John Rolfe marry?
13. What do you think happened to the colonists at Roanoke?
14. Describe the life of an indentured servant in Jamestown.
15. Why was Jamestown’s location a poor choice for a settlement?
16. Who was John Smith and why was he important to Jamestown?
17. What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?