Why Was Jamestown Burned to the Ground in the Seventeenth

question 73

Multiple Choice

Why was Jamestown burned to the ground in the seventeenth century?

• A) the spread of the witch trials
• B) to contain a smallpox outbreak
• C) a revolt by Nathanial Bacon
• D) as revenge for an Indian village destroyed
• E) as part of the Glorious Revolution

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