Social Studies Name: Directions: Complete the Following Questions

Social Studies Name:

Directions: Complete the following questions using the websites listed below.

http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown

1. According to the website, which European nation dominated the race to establish colonies in the Americas?

2. What occurred in 1606?

3. What did the Virginia Company plan to search for in the Americas?

4. Roughly colonists left England in late December 1606 on three ships ( ) and reached Chesapeake Bay late the next April.

5. Who was John Smith?

7. By what various names was the new settlement called?

8. Describe the basic layout of the settlement.

9. What occurred in 1607?

10. Describe life for the settlers who remained behind in 1607.

11. An understanding reached between Powhatan and John Smith led the settlers to establish . Though skirmishes still broke out between the two groups, the Native Americans traded

, who would depend on this trade for sustenance in the colony’s early years.

12. What new system of laws did Sir Thomas Gates and Gates’ second-in command, Sir Thomas Dale enact?

13. Who was Powhatan?

14. How did the native peoples impact the settlement?

16. According to the website, why did the colony thrive?

17. What occurred in 1619?

18. What strained the relationship between the natives and settlers?

19. What happened in March 1622?

20. In an effort to take greater control of the situation, King James I dissolved the Virginia Company and with Jamestown as its capital, in 1624. The New Town area of Jamestown continued to grow, and the .