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Colonist Life in Jamestown, Virginia
This week in history, the Jamestown settlement named its first president. Learn some more about the often rough lives of the Jamestown settlers with O'Reilly's History Quiz, posted weekly on Tuesdays.
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1. On September 10, 1608, who became president of the Jamestown settlement?
2. The first colonists to Jamestown suffered many setbacks, including a period they called what?
3. A soldier before he came to the colonies, John Smith was sold into slavery after he was captured where?
4. Once on Jamestown, Captain John Smith found himself captured again, this time by whom?
5. Why did John Smith have to leave Jamestown in 1609?
6. Colonists were sent to Jamestown by The Virginia Company in order to start industrial enterprises; the most successful of these was started by John Rolfe who developed this first profitable export?
7. John Rolfe married who in 1614 which helped to secure an era peace for the colony?
8. Who set up the first English colony in North America?
9. 9. What is the oldest first permanent settlement in the United States?
10. 10. Ever the intrepid sailor and explored, Smith mapped the coastline from Penobscot Bay to Cape Cad and named the region what in order to attract more settlers?



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