Social Studies Weekly Week 4 5th grade | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 10 Public

Jamestown

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What was the main goal of the Virginia Company?

To make a profit (Money)

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What is one reason John Smith was a good leader of Jamestown?

He understood the importance of hard work and he was not raised as a gentleman.

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What was the purpose of a charter?

Find Gold, wealth, and convert Indians to Christianity

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What were the reasons the Jamestown settlers felt that they had found the perfect spot for a colony?

The river had deep waters, they were close to the ocean.

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What crop did John Rolfe bring to Jamestown?

tobacco

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How did the Jamestown settlers view land?

The land all belonged to the king.

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Why couldn’t the Jamestown colonists leave the fort to hunt?

The Powhatan attacked anyone who went out

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Who was allowed to vote in the first Virginia government?

adult men

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The House of Burgesses was a step toward what

rules and order

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Why did an indentured servant have to work for seven years?

to pay off their trip to Jamestown

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