Q 01/05

In what year was Jamestown established?

A) 1587

B) 1607

C) 1620

D) 1630

Answer · why

B) 1607

It followed failed English attempts such as the 1585 Roanoke Colony, which vanished around 1590.

Q 02/05

What distinction does Jamestown hold?

A) First European settlement in North America

B) First capital of the United States

C) First permanent English settlement in the Americas

D) First English colony in the Caribbean

Answer · why

C) First permanent English settlement in the Americas

Spain, Portugal and France had all moved faster; the English did not try until decades after John Cabot.

Q 03/05

Who established Jamestown?

A) The Massachusetts Bay Company

B) The Virginia Company of London

C) The Hudson's Bay Company

D) The Plymouth Company

Answer · why

B) The Virginia Company of London

Its investors expected returns and sent written demands for gold, a route to the South Sea and a lost Roanoke colonist.

Q 04/05

Which three ships carried the first Jamestown colonists?

A) Mayflower, Speedwell, Fortune

B) Sea Venture, Deliverance, Patience

C) Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery

D) Mary and John, White Lion, Treasurer

Answer · why

C) Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery

All sailed under Captain Christopher Newport on a four-month voyage via the Canaries and Puerto Rico.

Q 05/05

Who captained the 1607 fleet to Virginia?

A) Christopher Newport

B) John Smith

C) George Somers

D) Samuel Argall

Answer · why

A) Christopher Newport

Newport later commanded the ill-fated Sea Venture on the third supply mission.