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Notes and your Binder

Notes and your Binder. First English colony in the new world Joint stock company Colonists unhappy AGAIN Remember to update your Table of Contents. Warm up activity . WRITE THE FOLLOWING QUESTION On a sheet of notebook paper……..

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Notes and your Binder

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  1. Notes and your Binder • First English colony in the new world • Joint stock company • Colonists unhappy AGAIN • Remember to update your Table of Contents.

  2. Warm up activity • WRITE THE FOLLOWING QUESTION On a sheet of notebook paper…….. What dangers might you face as a settler in a new land? List no less than 5 answers Conflict between settlers Protection from wild animals Security needs Crop failure Protection from “hostiles” Severe weather Serious illness or injury Failure to cooperate w/others

  3. The first English settlement in the New World… Jamestown 1607

  4. First Colony: Roanoke • Sir Walter _______ gave money for the English first colony founded at “______,” in _______, but it had a mysterious ending. • The founder left for England to get supplies and when he returned, the colony, _____________ and any trace of them were ________! • No one ever found out what happened to the settlement or the people, to this day…no one knows… Raleigh Roanoke Virginia all the people GONE

  5. How do they get the money? • When the Roanoke colony disappeared, Sir Raleigh lost all his __________, his _______! • So the English decided that many people should “___________” to help fund any more colonies…this way, if the colony is successful and makes money, each person who helped start the colony will get a ___________________. investment money go in together “share” of the profit

  6. How do they get the money? financial loss • BUT also, this way if the colony disappears again, the ______________ doesn’t hurt as much, since many people, not just one, put up money for the project…any ______________ • This system is called, a “___________” company • Each investor puts money in the company expecting to _____________. losses are smaller joint-stock make a profit

  7. New Joint-Stock Company: The Virginia Company 1607 • In _____, the Virginia Company of London received a charter (_________ __________) approving their wish to begin a new colony in Virginia. • More than 100 colonists made the first trip to the new colony, expecting to get rich by finding ____ in the new world, just like the ________ did. contract from the King gold Spanish

  8. Work disease and starvation video

  9. Jamestown: 1607 • From the start, it was a disaster… • The site they settled was _______ and full of __________, which gave the colonists ________. The drinking water was _____ and there was no place fit for _________. • By 1608, only ____of the original settlers survived! swampy mosquitoes malaria dirty farming 38

  10. to the rescue! John Smith • When ___________ arrived at the miserable colony, he took control and said, “He that will not work _________ ________!” • He organized work crews to __________ and traded for food with the local natives, the ___________ tribe. • But the natives became nervous about the “white man” and began ________ the colony… shall not eat build shelters Powhatan attacking

  11. Colonists were too terrified to leave the colony fort and many survived only by eating ___________________ • Although _____ more settlers had arrived that year, only ____survived the “______________.” rats, snakes, and mice. 800 60 starving times

  12. John Smith saves Jamestown from failure

  13. Finally, success! tobacco • By 1610, the settlers had discovered that ________ grew very well on Virginia land… • Conflict with the settlers developed because the ______________ treated them like ________, when they wanted a “share” of the tobacco _________! • The company decided to allow settlers to _________ small plots of land to farm themselves. Virginia Company employees profits purchase

  14. Great, but who will work the land? indentured servants • They got “___________________” from England to work the land. These are ____________ who ___________ sold their labor to colonists in exchange for the __________ to the new world. • The first _______ from ________ were also brought to the new world in 1619 (much more on this subject later) temporarily poor people boat ticket slaves Africa

  15. Colonists unhappy AGAIN! strict rule governor • The colonists soon became annoyed at the ____________ of the colony’s ___________, who represented ONLY the ______________. • To get more ____________, the colonists developed a group of ___________________ to help govern the colony, called the House of ____________… • this was the very _____________________ in the new world and gave colonists the ability to rule themselves _____________________. Virginia Company local control elected representatives Burgesses first representative body WITHOUT the King

  16. On Page 18 of your spiral, look back in your notes concerning the joint-stock company. In your own words, write the definition of a joint stock company. Then draw an illustration that explains it.

  17. Pocahontas Reality… Disney version…

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