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Jamestown Colony

Jamestown Colony. Captain John Smith . Strong leader, yet faced opposition from the colonists Why??. Jamestown Colony timeline . Established 1607 Looking for gold Encountered many problems Settlers did not know how to farm Water became contaminated Winter 1607 38 out of 150 alive

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Jamestown Colony

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  1. Jamestown Colony

  2. Captain John Smith • Strong leader, yet faced opposition from the colonists • Why??

  3. Jamestown Colony timeline • Established 1607 • Looking for gold • Encountered many problems • Settlers did not know how to farm • Water became contaminated • Winter 1607 • 38 out of 150 alive • “To live, you must work” ~ John Smith • 1609 more settlers arrive • Powhatan alarmed and start pillaging the settlement of their food

  4. “Brown Gold” • John Rolf experiments with tobacco • Virginia Company finally had a product! • Remember the goal of English settlement…. • Significance or effects • Headright system • Indentured servants • Immigration boom • Slave trade

  5. English Conquest • English angered of treatment at Jamestown • Demanded tribute for food/labor and burned villages • Battles with Native Americans • 350 colonists died • King James revokes the charter • Virginia becomes a royal colony

  6. “Bacon’s Rebellion” • Causes • Berkeley won’t support Frontiersmen • Bacon and Frontiersmen battle Native Americans • Bacon desires representation in government • Effects • Bacon marches on Jamestown and burns it down • Berkeley “fired”

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