Free Jamestown Word Search (Printable PDF + Answer Key)

Download and print this free Jamestown word search — 15 hidden words from England’s first permanent COLONY in the New World, planted on VIRGINIA marshland in 1607. It’s a free PDF with the answer key included, sized for standard printer paper and built for American-history units, homeschool co-ops, and colonial-era projects.

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The 15 Words in This Puzzle

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Every word anchors the settlement’s story: JOHNSMITH and the SETTLERS behind the PALISADE, the POWHATAN people whose land it was, the FAMINE of the starving time, and the TOBACCO crop that changed everything. Here’s the full word bank you’ll be hunting for:

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About the Jamestown word search

The word list runs medium: FORT, COLONY and DISEASE come quickly, while COLONIZATION, POCAHONTAS and POWHATAN give the grid genuine bite. Best for solvers from about 10 up — right when Jamestown lands in the curriculum.

For a later chapter in American history, see the American Civil War word search, a free 15-word printable PDF with its answer key. Jamestown was founded at the tail end of a much longer story, told in the Age of Exploration word search, a free 15-word printable PDF with its answer key.