JAMESTOWN | COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Why England wanted to have a colony in North America - correct answer ✔✔To increase its wealth and
power. England hoped to find silver and gold in America. An American colony would give England raw
materials and open new markets to trade.
Colony - correct answer ✔✔A place that is ruled or controlled by a far away country.
Colonist - correct answer ✔✔A person who lives in a colony
Economic venture - correct answer ✔✔A trip or journey for money
Virginia Company of London - correct answer ✔✔Business that paid for the trip to Jamestown
Jamestown - correct answer ✔✔The first permanent English settlement in America
1607 - correct answer ✔✔The year was Jamestown founded
Places names after King James the I of England - correct answer ✔✔Jamestown, James Fort, and the
James River
King James the I of England - correct answer ✔✔Granted the charter to the Virginia Company of London
What did the charter do for the Virginia Company of London? - correct answer ✔✔It gave them the right
to establish a settlement in North America. It also extended English rights to the settlers.
Charter - correct answer ✔✔A written paper that gives people rights or permission to do something
Why did the settlers pick the site of Jamestown as the location for their settlement? - correct answer
✔✔The settlers believed the location could easily be defended from Spanish attack by sea. The water
along the shore was deep enough for ships to dock. The settlers believed the site had a good supply of
flesh water.
Hardship - correct answer ✔✔Something that gives a person a challenge or a difficulty
Hardships that the settlers of Jamestown had to face - correct answer ✔✔The site they chose was
marshy and lacked safe drinking water. The settlers lacked farming and hunting skills. Many settlers died
of starvation and disease.
What caused the majority of problems for the settles in Jamestown? - correct answer ✔✔Lack of
survival skills
What changes helped the settlers survive at Jamestown? - correct answer ✔✔The leadership of Captain
John Smith and the arrival of supply ships. The emphasis on self-sustaining agriculture and Smith's forced
work program.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Why England wanted to have a colony in North America - correct answer ✔✔To increase its wealth and
power. England hoped to find silver and gold in America. An American colony would give England raw
materials and open new markets to trade.
Colony - correct answer ✔✔A place that is ruled or controlled by a far away country.
Colonist - correct answer ✔✔A person who lives in a colony
Economic venture - correct answer ✔✔A trip or journey for money
Virginia Company of London - correct answer ✔✔Business that paid for the trip to Jamestown
Jamestown - correct answer ✔✔The first permanent English settlement in America
1607 - correct answer ✔✔The year was Jamestown founded
Places names after King James the I of England - correct answer ✔✔Jamestown, James Fort, and the
James River
King James the I of England - correct answer ✔✔Granted the charter to the Virginia Company of London
What did the charter do for the Virginia Company of London? - correct answer ✔✔It gave them the right
to establish a settlement in North America. It also extended English rights to the settlers.
Charter - correct answer ✔✔A written paper that gives people rights or permission to do something
Why did the settlers pick the site of Jamestown as the location for their settlement? - correct answer
✔✔The settlers believed the location could easily be defended from Spanish attack by sea. The water
along the shore was deep enough for ships to dock. The settlers believed the site had a good supply of
flesh water.
Hardship - correct answer ✔✔Something that gives a person a challenge or a difficulty
Hardships that the settlers of Jamestown had to face - correct answer ✔✔The site they chose was
marshy and lacked safe drinking water. The settlers lacked farming and hunting skills. Many settlers died
of starvation and disease.
What caused the majority of problems for the settles in Jamestown? - correct answer ✔✔Lack of
survival skills
What changes helped the settlers survive at Jamestown? - correct answer ✔✔The leadership of Captain
John Smith and the arrival of supply ships. The emphasis on self-sustaining agriculture and Smith's forced
work program.
