3.1 Settling Jamestown Quiz

What was the primary reason the Virginia Company sent settlers to the Americas?

To attain riches through trade or the extraction of raw materials.

Select all that apply: What are some difficulties early Virginian settlers had to overcome?

a poor landscape with swampland, mosquitos, and disease;

the lack of food due to the settlers' unwillingness to farm;

they did not easily find the riches they sought to extract from the land;

How did John Smith become the primary leader of Jamestown?

Most of the other leaders on the ruling council died or returned to England

True or False: The Powhatan surprise attack on the English colonists in the Uprising of 1622 caused the Virginia Company to lose its charter over the Virginia Colony to the King of England.

True

True or False: Pocahontas likely saved John Smith out of love and admiration for him.

False