2.1 Quiz

In 1624 King James took control of the Virginia colony and made it a royal colony.

Many farms and plantations in the southern colonies grew these.

He gained control of Jamestown in 1608 and pushed settlers to work hard & build better housing.

Founded in 1607, this was the first permanent English settlement in North America.

Choose an example of a Joint Stock Company.

Burgesses were Jamestown elected representatives that enacted local laws

In a ______, investors buy shares in a company in the hope of sharing future profits.

Who was the first English child born in the American Colonies?

When the Virginia Company sent men to Jamestown, marriage and children became a part of life in Virginia

John White thought the Roanoke settlers moved to ______?

Why did John White not return to Roanoke for three years?

Which crop saved Jamestown and started making the colony money?

What did the colonists of Jamestown call the winter of 1609 to 1610?

This group made an agreement with John Smith and taught the Jamestown settlers to grow corn.

They were in large demand in the South due to the need for a large agricultural workforce.