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Exploring Jamestown, Virginia: A Historical Quiz

Test your knowledge about the history and significance of Jamestown, Virginia, through this engaging quiz that covers archaeological discoveries, historical events, and key figures.

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1 Starting in 1994, a major archaeological campaign at Jamestown known as the ________ project has been conducted by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (now APVA Preservation Virginia) in preparation for the quadricentennial of Jamestown's founding.

2 Over a million artifacts have been recovered by the ________ project with ongoing archaeological work, including a number of exciting recent discoveries.

3 Paul Hudson, (1957) at ________

4 What does the following picture show?  The 3 points of Colonial Virginia's Historic Triangle, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown are linked by the National Park Service's scenic Colonial Parkway.   1854 image of the ruins of Jamestown showing the tower of the old Jamestown Church built in 1639   The Jamestown Virginia USA tree at Runnymede. Enlarge for description   Jamestown quadricentennial commemorated on the Virginia State Quarter.

5 Colonial National Monument was authorized by the ________ on July 3, 1930.

6 In 1934, the ________ obtained the remaining 1500 acre (6.1 km²) portion of Jamestown Island which had been under private ownership by the Vermillion family.

7 It again became a significant point for control of the James River during the ________ (1861–1865), and then slid back into seeming oblivion.

8 Jamestown, located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony, was founded on May 14, ________.

9 Another reason was because it was not inhabited by the local ________.

10 Vice-President ________, and Virginia's Governor at the time Tim Kaine delivered the "State of the Commonwealth" speech.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Ajacan Mission, a failed attempt by Spanish Jesuit priests to bring Christianity to the Native Americans of the Virginia Peninsula, predated the establishment of Jamestown by about 36 years.
  • the Virginia Capital Trail connects three historic capitals of Virginia (Williamsburg, Jamestown and Richmond) with a 54-mile (87 km) long paved bicycle and pedestrian trail.
  • Tsenacommacah was the name of the territory in eastern Virginia which was controlled by the Powhatan Confederacy at the time of the arrival of English colonists at Jamestown in 1607.
  • Nathaniel Butler introduced the first potato found by Europeans in North America to Jamestown, Virginia.
  • Historic Jamestowne is a National Historic Site on Jamestown Island on the James River at Jamestown, Virginia operated by the Colonial National Historical Park of the U.S. National Park Service.
  • Jamestown Rediscovery is an ongoing archaeological project of the APVA which discovered the long-lost remains of the first fort built by the settlers at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony.
  • Fort Story at Cape Henry in Virginia Beach, Virginia was the site of the first landing of the Jamestown settlers in 1607, and the Cape Henry Lighthouse, first in the U.S., in 1792.
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