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