Jamestown

Question 1

First landing

Answer 1

Cape Henry
26 April 1607

Question 2

Jamestown location

Answer 2

Approx 80 miles up Powhatan River from Cape Henry

Question 3

Captain Edward Maria Wingfield and Jamestown colony

Answer 3

Chose location of Jamestown as inland
14 May 1607
Elected president of the Council

Question 4

Captain Wingfield

Answer 4

Only investor in the Company to travel to Virginia
Recruited 40% of the arriving colonists in 1607

Question 5

James River channel

Answer 5

North end of island deep enough for ocean going ships to dock at the riverbank

Question 6

Jamestown fort

Answer 6

Built in 1607
Not located exactly at the deep-water site
Built slightly downstream

Question 7

Captain Gabriel Archer’s choice for inland mooring

Answer 7

Good onshore conditions
River channel not deep enough for seafaring ships

Question 8

Captain Gabriel Archer chose

Answer 8

Archer’s Hope

Question 9

Jamestown island

Answer 9

Part of Paspahegh (Powhatan Confederacy)
Uninhabited; less likely to experience indigenous attack

Question 10

Spanish beliefs about English in Virginia

Answer 10

English on a mission for gold
Expected Spanish raids
Promoted the venture as a means to humble the Spanish empire

Question 11

Settlement

Answer 11

No drinking water - drought in the summer
Brackish salt water
Salt-laden soils
Little woodland cover
Uncultivatable
Mosquitoes

Question 12

Why did Jamestown seem the wrong place to settle today?

Answer 12

Paspahegh did not cultivate or settle there meaning it was not a good place to attempt to start a colony

Question 13

Location of ships following settlement of Jamestown

Answer 13

The Discovery remained in Jamestown for the colonists use
Newport took the Godspeed and Susan Constant back to England

Question 14

Indigenous trade

Answer 14

Some trade with Algonquin for corn and deer

Question 15

First supply mission

Answer 15

Arrived in London August 1607
Gold replaced by supplies

Question 16

September 1607

Answer 16

Council removed Wingfield as President
Imprisoned for 4 months
Believed it was because he over ruled Archer

Question 17

January 1608

Answer 17

Supply mission arrived in Jamestown
38 people remained alive
120 new men arrived in the colony

Question 18

Second supply mission

Answer 18

Left London May 1608
Brought the first women and settlers including non-English people and artisans

Question 19

Year the Jamestown settlement burnt down/was rebuilt

Answer 19

1608

Question 20

Wingfield and Captain John Smith

Answer 20

Tension between them from beginning

Question 21

Smith and Ratcliffe believed

Answer 21

Wingfield had been sequestering food
Worked to have Wingfield removed

Question 22

How many captains were there on the first voyage?

Answer 22

5: Archer, Smith, Wingfield, Ratcliffe, Newport

Question 23

Who was president after Wingfield?

Answer 23

Captain John Ratcliffe
Began constructing a governor’s house
Also accused of hoarding food
Left office July 1608

Question 24

President of Council July 1608 onwards

Answer 24

John Smith