Which of these is an accurate comparison between the Jamestown and Plymouth settlements?

Question

a. Both settled in areas that had very low Indian populations.
b. Both brought entire families in the early years of their settlements.
c. Both had a "starving time" within the first three years of settling.
d. Both came seeking freedom to worship in the manner they chose

Answer 1

C is the answer

Wrong answers:
A. Prince Phillip's War with the Puritans was one of the bloddiest on record.
B. Jamestown was settled in 1607. The first women weren't brought until a year later
D. Jamestown people were looking for gold & riches not religious freedom.

Answer 2

you must ask yourself what you already know about the 2. Why did the Pilgrims come here? Why was the Viriginia Company established? (hint: Company=money) If you can answer this question you can knock out one answer.

next, what do you know about Indians and Pilgrims? This should knock out another answer.

Now you have 2 answers left.
Look at the original manifest of Jamestown settlers at:
http://www.apva.org/history/orig.html
Do you see families listed?

Why did the Pilgrims have a thanksgiving? Because they had plenty? Or because they didn't have plenty then were blessed with food becuase they were friends with the indians? That should eliminate another answer.

you should be left with one answer now.

I could just give you the answer, but how, in the long run is that going to help you? You must learn to eliminate all the wrong answers on a standardized test or else you will have a hard time passing. As you can tell I am a teacher, so I believe in learning answers, not taking them.

Answer 3

A is wrong there were significant Indian populations
b is wrong because the entire families would come later --small groups settled first
d is wrong -- Plymouth was for religious and Jamestown was not

C. correct 1620 and 1607-1608 were bad times for settlers .

Answer 4

Oh man. D I think. I'm in between that and B.

Answer 5

This sounds like a loaded question.

Answer 6

C