Jamestown: Against All Odds - InforMNs

Moments in Time: Jamestown: Against All Odds- VideoName___________________________1. Explain what the historian says about John Smith’s account of how he was almostkilled. Do they think that Smith was telling the truth? Why or why not?2. Why is Jamestown so important?3. What month and year did the Jamestown settlers arrive in Virginia?4. The “Gentlemen” at Jamestown were concerned with their appearance so they useda scoop. What was the scoop used for?5. What did John Smith think of the nobles (the high class, wealthy men)?6. The video suggests that a number of Native tribes might have formed an alliance tofight against the Jamestown settlers? Why would they do this?7. Why did the Natives only kill one settler in their first attack against Jamestown?8. Why is it significant that the archeologists found no farming tools at the Jamestownsite?9. What was the name of the group of Indians that John Smith went to trade with?10. What device amazed the Natives so they didn’t kill him? ______________________

11. When Smith gets back to Jamestown after his captivity with the Indians, what hugechange of fortune happens to him and why?12. What does Kelso, the main archeologist at Jamestown, suggest about the livingsituation at the colony of Jamestown?13. Why might have the local Indians let the settlers stay at Jamestown? (Why was itsort of a joke to them)?14. What happens to John Smith’s leg? Why do you think it happened?15. Why do the Indians stop trading with the settlers? What did the settlers do to angerthe Indians?16. Why was the summer of 1609 so bad for the settlers and Indians?17. Jamestown was almost abandoned. Who showed up and helped turn Jamestownaround?18. What plant saves Jamestown?19. Who made a special blend of tobacco that was very successful in England?20. What are some of the effects that tobacco ends up having on Jamestown?