1 / 25

Jamestown, Virginia America’s First Permanent English Settlement 1607

Jamestown, Virginia America’s First Permanent English Settlement 1607. Chesapeake Bay. Albemarle Sound. The Virginia Company. Joint- Stock Companies were companies backed by investors. King James I granted charters( for right to establish an American colony to the following companies):

fredericka-gaines
Download Presentation

Jamestown, Virginia America’s First Permanent English Settlement 1607

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Jamestown, VirginiaAmerica’s First Permanent English Settlement1607

  2. Chesapeake Bay Albemarle Sound

  3. The Virginia Company • Joint- Stock Companies were companies backed by investors. • King James I granted charters( for right to establish an American colony to the following companies): • Virginia Company of London • Virginia Company of Plymouth

  4. Tidewater Virginia1607-1650 Jamestown

  5. Questions to Think About? • About how long was the Jamestown settlement after the Lost Colony, 1587? • How was the Jamestown site similar or not similar to Roanoke Island?

  6. Captain John Smith • By January, 1608 only 38 of the 100 original settlers were alive “Starving Time” • During the “Starving Time” the settlers ate rodents and reverted to canabalism. • John Smith brought order and government to Jamestown. • He told settlers, “He that will not work, will not eat.” • In 1609-injured in a gunpowder accident and had to return to England.

  7. Lord Delaware Arrives • Lord Delaware arrives as new governor with supplies and women: • “The Brides Ships” bring women from England for Jamestown marriages.

  8. John Rolfe and Tobacco • He developed a high- grade tobacco that the colonists learned to grow and could be exported to England.

  9. Africans Arrive in Jamestown • The Dutch bring Africans to Jamestown for slave labor in 1619.

  10. Indentured Servants Come to Jamestown • These were Englishmen who had their passage paid to the colonies by an individual for whom they would have to work for 7 years. Would this amount of time be worth coming to America? Why?

  11. Who Was the Real Pocahontas?

  12. Pocahontas “Playful Little Girl” • Daughter of Indian Chief • About 12 years old when English Arrived at Jamestown in 1607 • Married John Rolfe • Went to England • Died Tuberculosis at Age 22 before leaving England • 2 children

  13. Baptism of Pocahontas, 1614Portrait Hangs in Rotunda of US Capitol

  14. Marriage of John Rolfe and PocahontasApril, 1614

  15. Virginia House of Burgesses • Created in 1619 to provide an assembly of elected representatives. This was the first representative assembly in the American colonies. Do you think a less democratic form of government would Have been better at Jamestown?

  16. Jamestown Expands by 1620

  17. Bacon’s Rebellion, 1676 • Former indentured colonists in Virginia protested against high taxes and not being able to settle on the western frontier • Nathaniel Bacon and enraged settlers took over the House of Burgesses and burned Jamestown. • Important in American history: One of the first protest against English authority in the British American colonies

  18. Bacon’s Rebellion, Virginia 1676Early Protest Against English Authority

  19. Virginia Capital Moves to Williamsburg, 1699 House of Burgesses Bruton Parish Church

  20. College of William and Mary1693America’s 2nd Oldest CollegeWilliamsburg, Virginia

  21. Historic Jamestown, Virginia Today

  22. Example of Jamestown Home

More Related