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O'Reilly's History Quiz
Colonist Life in Jamestown, Virginia
1. On September 10, 1608, who became president of the Jamestown settlement?
John Smith
Pocahontas
John Rolfe
Chief Powhatan
Sir Francis Drake
2. The first colonists to Jamestown suffered many setbacks, including a period they called what?
Rusted muskets
Brackish water
Freezing period
Lost in space
Starving time
3. A soldier before he came to the colonies, John Smith was sold into slavery after he was captured where?
France
Russia
Transylvania
Prussia
Oman
4. Once on Jamestown, Captain John Smith found himself captured again, this time by whom?
Pocahontas
Chief Powhatan
John Rolfe
Captain Gabriel Archer
Captain Christopher Newport
5. Why did John Smith have to leave Jamestown in 1609?
He was asked to leave
Gunpowder wound
Capture
Marriage
Recalled by the crown
6. Colonists were sent to Jamestown by The Virginia Company in order to start industrial enterprises; the most successful of these was started by John Rolfe who developed this first profitable export?
Sassafras
Tar
Lumber
Tobacco
Glass
7. John Rolfe married who in 1614 which helped to secure an era peace for the colony?
Elizabeth I
Pocahontas
Mary Smith
Queen Anne
Virginia Dare
8. Who set up the first English colony in North America?
Vasco da Gama
Walter Raleigh
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Christopher Columbus
Juan Ponce de Leon
9. 9. What is the oldest first permanent settlement in the United States?
Roanoke, Virginia
St. Augustine, Florida
New Orleans, Louisiana
Savannah, Georgia
Charleston, South Carolina
10. 10. Ever the intrepid sailor and explored, Smith mapped the coastline from Penobscot Bay to Cape Cad and named the region what in order to attract more settlers?
New London
Smithtown
New York
Massachusetts
New England
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This week in history, the Jamestown settlement named its first president. Learn some more about the often rough lives of the Jamestown settlers with O'Reilly's History Quiz, posted weekly on Tuesdays.
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