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What Were the First English Colonies in the Americas and Their Challenges?

Explore the first English colonies in America - Roanoke (1587) and Jamestown (1607) - their challenges, patterns of colonization, Native American relations, internal dissent, and the impact of events like Bacon's Rebellion.

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What Were the First English Colonies in the Americas and Their Challenges?

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  1. What Were the First English Colonies in the Americas and Their Challenges? United States History and Government 11 Grade Boys/Girls 4 January 2020

  2. The First Colony • 1587: Roanoke Island • 1590: Vanished U.S. History & Government

  3. Patterns of English Colonization • Pioneered by Joint-Stock Companies • 1606: King James granted a charter to Virginia Company • 1607: Jamestown Colony was set in Virginia, funded by Sir Walter Raleigh • John Smith led the colony U.S. History & Government

  4. Jamestown’s Map U.S. History & Government

  5. Challenges of Jamestown • Diseases and lack of food • Colonists were not willing to do farm work • Many settlers died • 1609: 600 New Colonists, 60 survived • Problem with Native Powhatan Tribe U.S. History & Government

  6. Prospects of Jamestown • Strong Leadership and Discipline • New cash crop: Tobacco • 1618: headright system • 50 acres of land for paying journey to Virginia. • New plantations grew • Indentured Servants worked in plantations • 1619: Africans as indentured servants U.S. History & Government

  7. English Patterns of Conquest • English viewed Native Americans as “Wild Irish” • Intermarriages were not allowed • Burning and destruction of native American villages were common • 1624 Virginia was made a royal colony • By 1644, 10,000 English settlers lived in Virginia U.S. History & Government

  8. Internal Dissent & Problems • Clash between wealthy planters and poor frontiersmen • 1675: Clashes between frontiersmen and native Americans • Nathaniel Bacon’s rebellion • 1676 Bacon’s Army destroyed Jamestown. • King James appointed commissioner to look into the problem and solve U.S. History & Government

  9. U.S. History & Government

  10. Homework • Questions 1, 2, & 3 on page 48 U.S. History & Government

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