History of Virginia for the Use of Schools (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION. 1. In what year did these events take place? 2. What Whs the original extent of Virginia? 3. Why is Virginia called ihe " Mother of States"? 4. How were North and South Virginia divided? 5. What divisions were afterwards made? 6. With what particular portion of this country has our history to do ? 7. Give the story of Captain Smith's early life. 8. How did he make his escape from the Turks ? 9. What privileges were granted to the London and Plymouth Companies? 10. Who did the London Company send to Virginia? 11. Give an account of the voyage until they landed at the West Indies. 12. Give an account of the rest of the voyage. 13. What circumstance prevented the return of Newport to England ? 14. What names did they bestow upon the four first points of land they reached ? 15. What name did they give the river, and what account did the Indians give of the country ? 16. Where did they land, and what name did they give to their first settle ment ? 17. What were the first acts of the new colony ? 18. Give an account of Smith's expedition up the river. 19. In what condition did they find the colony upon their return? 20. How was Captain Smith treated by the colony ? 21. How did he behave?,22. How did the difficulties end ? CHAPTER III. ' 1607.?Continued. COLONY REDUCED TO WANT?CAPTAIN SMITH COMMANDS AN EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF FOOD?ADVENTURES WITH THE INDIANS? MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INDIANS. President Wingfield.?From the peaceful ending of the last chapter you might suppose that the troubles of our colony were at an end, but this was far from being the case; for not only had they to encounter the naturaldifficulties of a new settlement in the midst of treacherous enemie...