English Exploration

Question 1

Because it was a joint-stock company, the Virginia Company relied heavily on

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investors.

Question 2

Who sponsored an attempt to settle Virginia with English colonists in 1587?

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Sir Walter Raleigh

Question 3

When Captain John Smith led the Jamestown colony, he insisted that the colonists

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work for food.

Question 4

For the Virginia Company, the risk of losing money from a failed expedition was shared

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by all stock owners.

Question 5

The formation of the House of Burgesses was based on

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the government of the English.

Question 6

Why did Jamestown’s location cause hardship for the colonists?

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Its swampy location had a lot of disease.

Question 7

The first English settler to grow tobacco successfully in Virginia was

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John Rolfe.

Question 8

The Virginia Company chose the inland site for Jamestown because it was

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easy to defend from the Spanish.

Question 9

The House of Burgesses was significant because it was

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America’s first English-style representative government.

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