Multiple Choice What was the first permanent English colony in North America? (1 point) Responses Jamestown Jamestown Plymouth Plymouth Roanoke Island Roanoke Island St. Augustine
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Jamestown
Multiple Choice What was the first permanent English colony in North America? (1 point) Responses Jamestown Jamestown Plymouth Plymouth Roanoke Island Roanoke Island St. Augustine
Jamestown
What was the main purpose of the settlers who established Jamestown? (1 point) Responses to trap animals and sell furs to trap animals and sell furs to find gold and silver to find gold and silver to farm tobacco to farm tobacco to collect sweet grass for baskets
to farm tobacco
3 of 4 3 of 4 Items Question Use the following reading to answer the question. The leaders of the Virginia Company recruited more settlers and reorganized the colony. They allowed the new settlers to own land. Those settlers began to grow tobacco, a crop they learned about from the Indians. By 1612, Virginians were shipping tobacco to England, which led other settlers to come over and try their hand at raising the crop. Because growing tobacco required large plots of land, the small tobacco farms grew into large farms, or plantations. Tobacco soon became the backbone of the Virginia economy and the first cash crop grown in America. What is the main idea expressed in the reading? (1 point) Responses the bad effects of growing tobacco the bad effects of growing tobacco the role tobacco played in the economy of Virginia the role tobacco played in the economy of Virginia the attempts of the Virginia Company to recruit settlers the attempts of the Virginia Company to recruit settlers the favorable conditions in Virginia for growing tobacco
the role tobacco played in the economy of Virginia
Use the following reading to answer the question. The leaders of the Virginia Company recruited more settlers and reorganized the colony. They allowed the new settlers to own land. Those settlers began to grow tobacco, a crop they learned about from the Indians. By 1612, Virginians were shipping tobacco to England, which led other settlers to come over and try their hand at raising the crop. Because growing tobacco required large plots of land, the small tobacco farms grew into large farms, or plantations. Tobacco soon became the backbone of the Virginia economy and the first cash crop grown in America. According to the reading, which statement contains a prediction of what might happen as a result of growing tobacco? (1 point) Responses The settlers will not have enough to eat since all their time will be spent growing tobacco. The settlers will not have enough to eat since all their time will be spent growing tobacco. The settlers will leave Virginia. The settlers will leave Virginia. The large plantations will need more workers. The large plantations will need more workers. The market will be flooded with tobacco, causing the price to increase
The large plantations will need more workers.
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