Hungry 4 History Level 3

Question 1

The current VA General Assembly dates back to __with the establishment of the General Assembly,

Accepted Answer

1619

Question 2

The arrival of Africans made it possible to expand which economy?

Accepted Answer

tobacco

Question 3

The King Of England had the power to grant ____ allowing settlement in North America.

Accepted Answer

charters

Question 4

The settlers lacked some skills so they could not ___ for themselves.

Accepted Answer

provide

Question 5

__ sailors captured African men and women from present day Angola.

Accepted Answer

Portuguese

Question 6

What was the first elected legislative body in English America called?

Accepted Answer

The first General Assembly

Question 7

What did England hope to find in America?

Accepted Answer

Silver and gold

Question 8

The charters extended _____ _____ to the settlers.

Accepted Answer

English rights

Question 9

Today, Jamestown is located on a _ in the James River.

Accepted Answer

Island

Question 10

Who had the right to take part in the General Assembly in 1619?

Accepted Answer

certain free adult men

Question 11

The charters from the king gave the VCOL the right to establish a _____ in North America.

Accepted Answer

settlement

Question 12

Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?

Accepted Answer

The stockholders of the Virginia Company of London

Question 13

Jamestown became a more diverse colony by what year?

Accepted Answer

1620

Question 14

What did they call citizen representatives sent to the first General Assembly?

Accepted Answer

burgesses

Question 15

What became the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607?

Accepted Answer

Jamestown

Question 16

An American settlement would furnish _ _ That could not be grown or obtained in England.

Accepted Answer

Raw materials

Question 17

The governor of Virginia called a meeting of the first General Assembly in which year?

Accepted Answer

1619

Question 18

Jamestown was chosen for settlement because the water was deep enough along shore for the _to_.

Accepted Answer

Ships to dock

Question 19

In what year did additional women arrive in Jamestown?

Accepted Answer

1620

Question 20

Who arrived in Jamestown against their will in 1619?

Accepted Answer

Africans

Question 21

What legislative body gave the settlers the opportunity to control their own government?

Accepted Answer

The first General Assembly

Question 22

By the 1640's, the burgesses became a separate body called the ____.

Accepted Answer

House of Burgesses

Question 23

The King of England granted charters to the _______ ______ of ________.

Accepted Answer

Virginia Company of London

Question 24

What influenced the decision to settle at Jamestown?

Accepted Answer

Location and physical characteristics

Question 25

Name 3 reasons why the settlers chose the site at Jamestown.

Accepted Answer

water along the shore was deep enough for ships to dock, good supply of fresh water, easily defended from attack by the sea (Spanish)

Question 26

European countries were in competition to increase their ?and? by expanding their empires.

Accepted Answer

wealth and power

Question 27

The settlers were instructed to go _ to find a suitable place for their colony.

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inland

Question 28

As Jamestown grew, its system of ___________ evolved.

Accepted Answer

government

Question 29

Settlers arrived and founded Jamestown on a peninsula bordered on three sides by the _ River.

Accepted Answer

James River

Question 30

Jamestown was chosen for settlement because it could be easily defended from attack by the _.

Accepted Answer

Sea (Spanish)

Question 31

Another reason Jamestown was chosen was they believed the site had a good supply of fresh.....

Accepted Answer

water

Question 32

The English settlers found life in Jamestown ____ than they had expected.

Accepted Answer

harder

Question 33

Jamestown was primarily an _ venture.

Accepted Answer

Economic

Question 34

Which assembly in 1619 included 2 reps from each division of VA, governor's council & governor?

Accepted Answer

first General Assembly

Question 35

Many settlers died of ____ and ____.

Accepted Answer

disease, starvation

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