11/2/21 Quiz

Question 1

Jamestown had poor farmland, with mosquitoes causing what disease?

Answer 1

Malaria

Question 2

Who was the very strict leader in which issued a rule in 1608?

Answer 2

Captain John Smith

Question 3

What was the rule John Smith issued?

Answer 3

“He who works not, eats not”

Question 4

Who arrives in 1614 with tobacco seeds?

Answer 4

John Rolfe

Question 5

Why did tobacco thrive in Jamestown?

Answer 5

the land was swampy and that’s what tobacco needs

Question 6

Jamestown started out as what type of colony?

Answer 6

a proprietary colony

Question 7

What is a colony with a private owner?

Answer 7

a proprietary colony

Question 8

What was the first Representative Government?

Answer 8

the House of Burgesses

Question 9

In 1215, who was forced to sign the Magna Carta?

Answer 9

King John I

Question 10

What is the document that limited the King’s power called?

Answer 10

the Magna Carta

Question 11

What did the Magna Carta unallow him to do?

Answer 11

The Magna Carta meant that he couldn’t make taxes without the Great Council’s consent.

Question 12

What was the original name for Parliament?

Answer 12

Great Council

Question 13

In 1620, which joint stock company gets a charter from the King?

Answer 13

Plymouth Company