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Settling the South. US History: Mrs. Lacks. Exploring Virginia. 1606: Bartholomew Gosnold’s joint-stock company, known as the Virginia Company of London , received a charter from King James I of England for a settlement in the New World. . Susan Constant.
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Settling the South US History: Mrs. Lacks
Exploring Virginia • 1606: Bartholomew Gosnold’s joint-stock company, known as the Virginia Company of London,received a charter from King James I of England for a settlement in the New World.
Susan Constant • 104 Settlers (men & boys) • Led by Captain Christopher Newport • Primary purpose: economic (sought riches in the new world) Discovery Godspeed
Exploring Virginia (Apr 1607) Possible 2nd Settlement, Hog Island Jamestown First Landing, Cape Henry (VA Beach)
Jamestown • Life was more than difficult • Settlers faced lack of food, rampant disease, and Indian attacks • they fought amongst each other for political power, and work load • Didn’t know the landscape of Virginia • Not educated in how to plant crops here
Starving Time • Winter of 1609-10 • Disease, famine, and Indian attacks led to the deaths of most (only 60 of 500 survived) • Crazed for food, some settlers were reduced to cannibalism
Capt John Smith • One of original 7 councilmen at Jamestown • saved Jamestown by making friends with the Powhatan • “He who will not work, will not eat” • Many myths
John Rolfe • Tobacco seed • Save Jamestown (gave it a cash crop) • Married Pocahontas
John Gadsby Chapman, The Baptism of Pocahontas (1840) 1616 Engraving
Tobacco • Was planted on every available acre of VA land • Londoners soon went mad over it • Jamestown survives, and colonists start moving out to establish farms
Indentured Servitude • First slaves in the New World • Poor Englishmen & women • Most were never freed, or died when freedom came HeadrightSystem Indentured Contract, 1746
1619: A Pivotal Year • 1. Virginia House of Burgesses established • 2. First women to colony • 3. First slaves to North America
African Slavery • Existed in Africa since the beginning of time • Started with Arabs (Med Sea & Red Sea) • Atlantic trade started by Dutch, continued by Spanish • African kings traded people for goods (as they did with other African nations) • Imported to New England • Slow to catch on in colonies
Bacon’s Rebellion, 1676 Nathaniel Bacon GovernorWilliam Berkeley
Bacon’s Rebellion, 1676 • Western farmers • Problems with Natives in western VA • Upset they weren’t adequately represented in the House of Burgesses • Governor Berkeley wouldn’t help • Bacon & other farmers attacked Williamsburg • Berkeley fled to ESVA • Williamsburg burned • 1st colonial rebellion against government
Maryland • 4th English colony; Land granted to Lord Baltimore by King Charles I in 1632 • Plantation colony, considered southern • Haven for Catholics
St. Mary’s City, MD (1634) Lord Baltimore
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 • What about it? • Supported by the Catholics in MD. • Guaranteed toleration to all CHRISTIANS. • Decreed death to those who denied the divinity of Jesus [like Jews, atheists, etc.]. • In one way, it was less tolerant than before the law was passed!!
Created in 1670 • Named after King Charles I • North Carolina split off in 1712 – known for its defiance (colony of stricken outcasts and religious dissenters; helped pirates)
Georgia • Founded in 1733 (126 yrs after VA), named for King George II • The last of the 13 colonies • Protected the valuable Carolinas from the Indians, Spaniards, and French • First produced silk and wine; had no tolerance for slavery (stalled plantation economy)
The American South • Tobacco and rice were biggest cash crops • Slow to have cities, churches, and schools due to isolation of plantations and farms • Mostly supported the Church of England (Anglican) • Had continued conflicts with Native Americans