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Jamestown
Quiz Thursday January 21
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History
5th Grade
01/19/2010
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A group of English merchants formed the Virginia Company. What did they want to do?
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They wanted to make money by starting trading posts in Virginia.
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What was the name of the colony sponsored by the Virginia Company that settled along the James River in 1607?
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-The location was a poor choice. It was a wet area that was full of disease carrying mosquitos. 

-The colonists didn't know how to farm or how to fish

-They had conflicts with the Native Americans.
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Who was John Smith?
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He was a strong leader of the Jamestown Colony. He helped them to become successful by forcing them to work. He said if they did not work that they could not eat.
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Who was Pocahantas?
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Legend tells us that she was a Native American girl that saved the life of John Smith and eased the tension between the Indians and the colonists. 
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