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Colonial Beginnings

Colonial Beginnings. Roanoke The Lost Colony. Gov. John White made 2 trips to Virginia 1 st trip – check out the area 2 nd trip – bring 100 settlers for settlement Food was scarce …many starved to death. Roanoke The Lost Colony. White returned to England to get supplies

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Colonial Beginnings

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  1. Colonial Beginnings

  2. RoanokeThe Lost Colony • Gov. John White made 2 trips to Virginia • 1sttrip – check out the area • 2ndtrip – bring 100settlers for settlement • Food was scarce…many starvedto death

  3. RoanokeThe Lost Colony • White returned to England to get supplies • When he returned, he found NOTHING…no signs of civilization • The only clue…“CRO” carved in tree CRO

  4. Jamestown, Virginia • Why is Jamestown so important? It was the 1st permanent English settlement • Named in honor of King James • Chartered by the Virginia Company • Motivation for settlement – gold/silver

  5. Problems: • Area low-lying/swampy (mosquitos carried malaria) • Summers– hot & humid • Winters– bitter cold; settlers arrived too late to plant crops • Attacksfrom the Natives

  6. By the end of the first year only 38of 103 settlers were alive • Gentlemen were “too good”to work…they were there to search for gold($$$) • The colony desperately needed leadership…and John Smith stepped up

  7. JOHN SMITH • Ruthlessman • Arrived during the 2ndwinter(1608) • Created work ethic among the colonists – “Workor die” during this “starving time”

  8. Smith kept notes that were made into a book • He was capturedby the Powhatan Indians. His life was sparedwhen he befriended Pocahontas. • A gunpowderaccident caused John Smith to return to England.

  9. JOHN ROLFE • John Rolfe takes over and brings 800more settlers with him to Jamestown • He becomes the 1st successful European tobacco farmer • Tobacco caused increasedproblems with the Natives. • Why? Planting tobacco fields meant expandingthe size of the Jamestown colony

  10. John Rolfe meets and marries Pocahontas • She becomes a Christianand is baptized as Rebecca • Rolfe returns to Englandwith Rebecca when he is summoned by the Virginia Company

  11. Jamestown Housing

  12. House of Burgesses • 1st representative government in the New World – allowed for elected officials to represent colonists • Created local laws • Dutch ships bring in Africans to work tobacco crops in Jamestown

  13. DELETE!!! Cross out the following portion of your notes: BACON’s REBELLION (#31-40)

  14. Separatists • Better known as the Pilgrims • Separated from the Church of England • Fled to Holland…and were dissatisfied w/ Holland • Contacted the Virginia Company regarding sailing to New World

  15. Mayflower • 35of the 102 passengers were Separatists (the others were commoners from England) • Leader – William Bradford • Sailed for 66days • What did they have to eat? Nothing but cheese, hard bread, fish, beer • Were sailing to Plymouth

  16. Mayflower Compact • A stormblew them off course, and they landed outsidethe Virginia Company limits in which later became Massachusetts – this meant their charter was no good • A compactwas created – established lawsfor the good of the colony • Created self-government(majority rule) – ”civil government” • 8 males did not sign – they were under 15 or indentured servants

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