Love And Hate In Jamestown

Question 1

1. What were the three ships that first went to Jamestown?

Answer 1

Susan Constant
Godspeed
Discovery

Question 2

2. How did the Powhatans feel about the Spanish?

Answer 2

They were weary and generally hostile towards the Spanish

Question 3

3. What was inside the sealed boxes each ship carried?

Answer 3

-Names of Gov. council
-Instructions on how to establish the colony
-Directions for defense and survival

Question 4

4. Who were the Caribs?

Answer 4

A group of indigenous people who originally inhabited parts of the Caribbean and northern South America.

Question 5

5. Who was Christopher Newport? How did his first meeting with the natives go?

Answer 5

He was the captain of the expedition to Jamestown. His first meeting went cautiously but peacefully.

Question 6

6. What kind of military leader/trainer was Powhatan?

Answer 6

Political and diplomatic

Question 7

7. What role did “apathy” play upon Newport’s departure?

Answer 7

Work ethic declined and settlers became reliant on trade with indigenous peoples.

Question 8

8. What happened to George Cassen?

Answer 8

He was captured by the Powhatans and interrogated and executed.

Question 9

9. What reason did John Smith give for Pocahontas saving his life?

Answer 9

Compassion, political consideration, and strategic value.

Question 10

10. What rationale did the colonists use for sentencing Smith to death?

Answer 10

Mismanagement and failure to lead the colony during the starving times.

Question 11

11. What was “gilded dirt”?

Answer 11

The unfulfilled promises and misleading expectations of the Virginia company regarding the potential wealth of the new world.

Question 12

12. What “deadly adversary” did Smith encounter while fishing?

Answer 12

A shark

Question 13

13. Powhatan believed that the colonists came “not for trade but” for what?

Answer 13

For conquest

Question 14

14. How did Pocahontas save John Smith the second time?

Answer 14

He was captured by the Powhatans and made to face execution, but Pocahontas threw herself over him and begged her father to spare him.

Question 15

15. Who was Sir Thomas Gates and what role did he serve the company?

Answer 15

He was appointed as the governor of the colony during the starving time.

Question 16

16. In what strange way was Smith injured while sleeping onboard a boat?

Answer 16

A gunpowder bag exploded by mistake

Question 17

17. What was referred to as “gluedy porridge”?

Answer 17

Grains, seeds, and food scraps.

Question 18

18. What importance did Governor West give to Smith for the colony’s survival?

Answer 18

Strong leadership, establishing trade with the Powhatans, mapping and exploration, military defense, and crisis management.

Question 19

19. Who was married in April 1614?

Answer 19

Pocahontas and John Rolfe

Question 20

20. How did Smith try to make Pocahantas’s stay in London better?

Answer 20

He wrote a letter to Queen Anne advocating for her wellbeing

Question 21

21. What did Pocahantas die from?

Answer 21

Pneumonia, tuberculosis, or dysentery.

Question 22

22. How did John Rolfe make his money in the colony?

Answer 22

Tobacco

Question 23

23. Why is the ship White Lion significant?

Answer 23

It marked the introduction of African slavery.

Question 24

24. What was the status of the first Africans in Virginia?

Answer 24

They were more indentured servants than slaves.

Question 25

25. Who became “leader in fact” of the natives after the death of Powhatan?

Answer 25

Opechancanough

Question 26

26. What caused Smith’s “labyrinth of melancholy”?

Answer 26

Disappointment in Jamestown, frustration with the Virginia colony, health issues, and returning to England.

Question 27

27. What did King James order on May 24, 1624?

Answer 27

The arrest of Pym, Hampden, Haselrig, and Holles

Question 28

28. What were the two potential attributes of the New World envisioned by Smith?

Answer 28

Economic prosperity and strategic and political importance