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SETTLEMENT!. Q: How did some European countries, including England, want to increase their wealth and power?. A: By expanding their empires to America. SETTLEMENT!. Q: When was Jamestown first established?. A: 1607. SETTLEMENT!.
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Q: How did some European countries, including England, want to increase their wealth and power? • A: By expanding their empires to America.
Q: When was Jamestown first established? • A: 1607
Q: What was the first permanent English settlement in North America? • A: Jamestown
Q: Jamestown was founded as an— • A: Economic venture
Q: What was England hoping to find in America? • A: Gold and silver
Q: An American settlement would furnish what for England? • A: Raw materials
Q: Why did England want a colony that could furnish raw materials? • A: It would provide materials that could not be grown or obtained in England.
Q: Who financed the settlement of Jamestown? • A: The stockholders Virginia Company of London.
Q: What is a stockholder? • A: A person who owns a share in a company.
Q: A resource in its natural state, such as wood, that can be used to manufacture a product is called a— • A: raw material
Q: What two things influenced the decision to settle at Jamestown? • A: location and physical characteristics
Q: When the settlers arrived in 1607, Jamestown was located on a— • A: narrow peninsula
Q: In 1607, Jamestown was on a narrow peninsula bordered on 3 sides by— • A: the James River
Q: Today, Jamestown is located on an— • A: island
Q: One reason the settlers chose Jamestown was because it could be defended from what kind of attack? • A: Sea attack (from the Spanish)
Q: The settlers chose Jamestown as a site because it could be easily defended by sea from the— • A: Spanish
Q: Why did the Jamestown settlers need the water near Jamestown to be deep? • A: So they could dock their ships.
Q: The Jamestown settlers believed they had a good supply of fresh what? • A: water
Q: The site the Jamestown settlers chose lacked safe— • A: drinking water
Q: Why couldn’t the Jamestown settlers provide for themselves at first? • A: They lacked the necessary skills.
Q: Many of the early Jamestown settlers died of— • A: Starvation and disease
Q: The arrival of what helped the Jamestown settlers survive? • A: Two supply ships
Q: What leader helped Jamestown survive? • A: Captain John Smith
Q: What did John Smith start that helped settlers in Jamestown survive? • A: A forced work program.
Q: The emphasis on what kind of agriculture helped to ensure the survival of the Jamestown colony? • A: Self-sustaining
