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In The Beginning…

Explore the history of Native Americans, early European explorers, and the Jamestown settlement, encompassing the interactions, challenges, and developments that shaped the course of colonization in America.

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In The Beginning…

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  1. In The Beginning… • Native Americans • Europeans • Jamestown • Joint-Stock Companies

  2. Native Americans • First people showed up in America about 22,000 years ago • Adena & Hopewell in Ohio River Valley • Mississippian in Tennessee • Anasazi & Hohokam in Southwest • Spread to many tribes by the 1400s

  3. Europeans • Leif Erikson • 997 • Christopher Columbus • 1492 • Began to establish Spanish trade routes • Began to decimate the N.A. population • Brought slavery to the New World

  4. Jamestown • First permanent English settlement in the New World • Set up in Virginia • Part of a joint-stock company

  5. Joint-Stock Company • New explorations were not funded by the state • Funded by investors • Investors would yield the profit of any money made by the colony • Had to obtain a charter from the controlling government • Gave some of the profit to the gov’t

  6. Jamestown cont. • April 1607 • 150 colonists created Jamestown • Spent more time looking for gold than looking for food • Only 35 of original 150 survived the winter • 1609 – 300 new settlers arrived • Local N.A. tribes became concerned over the # of people moving in

  7. Jamestown cont. • N.A. began killing colonists’ livestock and destroying farms to get colonists to leave • Only 60 of the group of 600 survived • Almost gave up when a new set of colonists arrived • New rule • More harsh • More work

  8. Jamestown cont. • Began to grow tobacco • “Brown Gold” • Europeans loved tobacco • Unrest in VA between settlers and NA led to King James revoking the Virginia Company’s charter • King took control of the colony • Created a royal colony • Led to British control of the area

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