Question 1
The Virginia Company
A. had its charter revoked by James I.
B. was absorbed by the crown because it was becoming too powerful.
C. never sanctioned military action against the Native Americans of Virginia.
D. deeply opposed the importation of Africans to the colonies.
E. found most of its Virginia ventures to be very profitable.
Question 2
Warfare between Englishmen and Powhatan Indians in Virginia
A. was first triggered by the kidnapping of Pocahontas.
B. continued without interruption until the early eighteenth century.
C. was primarily a result of religious tensions between natives and settlers.
D. was uncommon until the early eighteenth century.
E. included an Indian attack on Jamestown that killed hundreds of colonists.
Question 3
The Powhatan Indian Pocahontas
A. was kidnapped by John Rolfe.
B. married Englishman John Smith.
C. refused to convert to Christianity.
D. was the cause of a war between the Powhatan Indians and Virginian colonists.
E. created an interest in England in civilizing Indians.
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