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2.2 – English Settlement at Jamestown

Main Idea. Essential Question. What factors helped Jamestown succeed as a colony?. 2.2 – English Settlement at Jamestown. Objectives. The Business of Colonization. Joint Stock Companies –

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2.2 – English Settlement at Jamestown

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  1. Main Idea • Essential Question What factors helped Jamestown succeed as a colony? 2.2 – English Settlement at Jamestown

  2. Objectives

  3. The Business of Colonization Joint Stock Companies – King James I of England granted a royal charter to the Virginia company to establish a settlement in America The Virginia company financed the establishing Jamestown. For their investment, stockholders would receive 4/5 of all the gold and silver found by the colonists. The remaining 1/5 went to the King Jamestown –

  4. English Settlers Struggle in North America • Powhatan – • Increase of English population and demand for more land created hostilities with the Powhatans • Settler unprepared for survival, many were wealthy and unaccustomed to hard labor. Spent time searching for gold instead of building up a surplus of crops for the harsh winter • Starving Time- • John Smith – • Mandatory farming imposed on settlers, or they were punished and

  5. English Settlers Struggle in North America

  6. Jamestown Begins to Flourish Tobacco becomes a cash crop as demand grows in Europe for the new mixture. The promise of wealth draws a new crowd of settlers to the new world Headright System – Indentured Servant – As Jamestown residents grow in wealth, the first African laborers are sent to North America

  7. How did the growing of tobacco affect Jamestown? 1 2 3

  8. Settlers Clash with Native Americans • English did not wish to live amongst Natives like the Spanish. They forced Natives off any land claimed by the English Monarch • English never forgot Powhatan’s hostility during the starving time. They demanded tributes, or imposed punishments • Native princess Pocahontas marries wealthy colonist John Rolfe, results in a temporary truce • True does not last, as increased violence forces English King to revoke charter and reestablish Jamestown as a royal colony • Royal Colony –

  9. What Were the Causes of Bacon’s Rebellion? 1 2 3

  10. Economic Differences Split Virginia • Social hierarchy begins to develop in Jamestown, with poor settlers on bottom, wealthy planters on top • House of Burgesses – • Planters occupied the top positions in local government, enacted laws to benefit themselves • Governor Berkeley refuses to use tax money to fund defense against natives for frontier settlers • Bacon’s Rebellion – • Rebellion successful, later crushed by Berkeley’s reinforcements.

  11. What Factors Helped Jamestown Succeed?

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