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QuizMultiple Choice

The Southern Colonies

Question 7 • SVHS US History and Constitution #FA

Read the excerpt from an account of life in Jamestown, Virginia.“Now all of us at James Town, beginning to feel that sharp prick of hunger . . . fed upon horses and . . . dogs, cats, rats, and mice . . . boots, shoes, or any other leather. . . . And now famine beginning to look ghastly and pale in every face that nothing was spared to maintain life.”Which part of the early colonial era does the excerpt describe?

Answer
A
The First Thanksgiving
B
The Tuscarora War
C
The Yamasee War
D
The Starving Time

Explanation

The excerpt describes severe famine in Jamestown, where people ate animals and even leather to survive. This refers to the winter of 1609–1610, known as the Starving Time. The other choices name events that do not match this account of hunger in early Jamestown.

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