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  1. Which company sponsored the founding of Jamestown in 1607?

    Answer: Virginia Company of London

    The Virginia Company of London financed and organized the Jamestown settlement.

  2. What was the House of Burgesses, established in 1619?

    Answer: The first representative legislative assembly in English North America

    The House of Burgesses was the first elected representative assembly in the English colonies.

  3. Which cash crop, promoted by John Rolfe, made Virginia economically successful?

    Answer: Tobacco

    Rolfe's sweet tobacco became Virginia's main export and made the colony profitable.

  4. What was the main purpose of the Mayflower Compact (1620)?

    Answer: To establish an agreement for self-government among the Pilgrims

    Pilgrim men agreed to make and obey laws for the general good of the colony.

  5. The Magna Carta (1215) influenced American government because it established the idea that:

    Answer: The king was not above the law

    Magna Carta limited the power of the monarch and laid groundwork for rule of law.

  6. Who was the paramount chief of the Powhatan Confederacy when the English arrived at Jamestown?

    Answer: Powhatan (Wahunsenacawh)

    Chief Powhatan led the confederacy of about 30 Algonquian tribes in Tidewater Virginia.

  7. What was a major cause of Bacon's Rebellion (1676)?

    Answer: Frontier settlers' anger over the governor's Native American policy

    Nathaniel Bacon led frontier settlers against Governor Berkeley, who would not fight Native Americans on the frontier.

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