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Jamestown, Virginia

Jamestown, Virginia. For whom, was the settlement at Jamestown named for?. What? When?. Jamestown. 1 st permanent English settlement in N. America 1607. WHO?. King James I. became King of England in 1603 succeeded Queen Elizabeth I

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Jamestown, Virginia

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  1. Jamestown, Virginia For whom, was the settlement at Jamestown named for?

  2. What?When?

  3. Jamestown • 1st permanent English settlement in N. America • 1607

  4. WHO?

  5. King James I • became King of England in 1603 • succeeded Queen Elizabeth I • Authorized and financed the translation of the Bible into English • Granted a charter to the Virginia Company to organize a settlement in Virginia http://www.nightimeuk.com charter- official document that gives certain rights to an individual or a group

  6. The Virginia Company • A joint-stock company (investors bought stock in return for a share in profits) • Hoped to find gold • Hoped to establish a trade in fish and fur Apva.org

  7. The Colonists • 105 Englishmen and boys • Mostly “gentlemen”

  8. Why?

  9. MotivesReasons Purpose • Mostly to get rich • Gold, iron • Timber • Northwest passage to Asia • Prevent the Spanish from settling there • Limit spread of Catholicism • Convert the natives to Christianity • Look for Roanoke Colonists

  10. How?

  11. The Voyage • 3 ships • Susan Constant • Discovery • Godspeed • 144 Days

  12. Where?

  13. Location • Island provided a deep water port (easier for ships) • Easily defendable because it was surrounded on three sides by water and swamp on the fourth.

  14. Major Difficulties ensued… • Food shortages • Disease and illness • Relationship with the Powatan • Lack of skilled labor • Only 4 carpenters, two bricklayers, 1 mason and 1 blacksmith arrived with the first settlers • 1 tailor, 1 barber, 2 surgeons After 8 months, only 38 of the original 104 had survived

  15. Women? • a year later Mistress Forrest and her maid arrived • Most women who followed were wives of men already there • 1620, 90 women came to serve as wives with 50 more following in 1621

  16. Government • first representative assembly in North America • capitol of Virginia until 1699 when it was moved to Williamsburg.

  17. Check this out! • Virtual Jamestown -http://www.virtualjamestown.org/page2.html • JR - http://apva.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=67

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