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Which best describes what happened at Jamestown during the winter of 1609–10?

Colonists survived the winter well and had adequate food supplies.

Colonists survived the winter with the help from Virginia Company.

Colonists suffered greatly and called the winter the “Starving Time.”

Colonists had adequate food but caught diseases from unsafe water.

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The House of Burgesses in Virginia was founded to

establish rules about working.

communicate with the Virginia Company.

make laws for the colony.

establish the tobacco trade.

Which of the following best describes what happened to the Roanoke colonists?

They were never found, and no one knows what happened to them.

They were found living on nearby Croatoan Island.

They were found living with American Indians.

They were found dead, apparently killed by a storm.

One of the main things that tobacco did for Jamestown was to

foster peace between the English and the Powhatan.

save the colony by providing a source of income.

finance the formation of the House of Burgesses.

make the Virginia Company a financial success.

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