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Jamestown and Virginia

Jamestown and Virginia. Name the tribe that helped feed the Jamestown settlers their first winter. (Later they fought against the Virginians) What was the invention that saved Jamestown, and who invented it? Explain the headright system.

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Jamestown and Virginia

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  1. Jamestown and Virginia

  2. Name the tribe that helped feed the Jamestown settlers their first winter. (Later they fought against the Virginians) • What was the invention that saved Jamestown, and who invented it? • Explain the headright system. • What was the House of Burgesses, and why was it significant? • What is the importance of Nathaniel Bacon?

  3. What you need to know • Locate & identify Virginia colony • Virginia Company • Powhatan • The crop that saved Jamestown • Importance of House of Burgesses • Nathaniel Bacon

  4. The British Arrive • First attempts • Trying to fight Spain in Americas • 1585—Roanoke Colony (fail) • They quit & went home to England • 1587—Roanoke Colony #2 (epic fail) • Everybody disappeared

  5. Jamestown—1607 • 1st permanent colony • Set up by Virginia Company • English businessmen setting up colony for profit • Get charter from King James I

  6. Yes…that King James.

  7. How were they going to make a profit? • Virginia Company was a joint-stock company • Merchants in London fund the colony • Colony sends merchants goods to sell in London market

  8. They arrive in Jamestown • John Smith led 1st group • 1st group was obsessed with idea of finding gold • Unwilling to do manual labor • Why is this a problem?

  9. You can’t really eat gold

  10. First winterThe “Starving Time” • They didn’t find gold • They didn’t have any food • They got sick • It was really, really cold • Powhatan Indians helped them

  11. Brown Gold • John Rolfe invents a new type of tobacco • Becomes popular in Europe • Makes lots of money • Saves Jamestown

  12. Growing tobacco • Many workers needed for large quantities of tobacco • Headright system • If you pay for (anyone’s) trip to Virginia, you get 50 acres of land

  13. Growing tobacco • Rich men sent many people, got huge estates of land • Land worked by indentured servants • Promised several years of work (usu. 4-7) for travel to America

  14. House of Burgesses • Set up in 1619 • First legislature in America • Citizens elected representatives to write laws • Only wealthy could vote

  15. Transition to Royal Colony • Indian raids created need for more troops • Virginia Company couldn’t pay for necessary security • King took control of colony

  16. Battles between Virginians • Must own land to vote • Most settlers didn’t own land • Had to pay taxes even if they couldn’t vote • Taxes unfairly targeted the poor

  17. Battles between Virginians • Western settlers poorer than coastal settlers • Indians raided westerners • Coastals didn’t help defend

  18. Nathaniel Bacon • Wealthy coastal planter • Raised army of westerners to fight Indians • Without government’s consent • Army marched on Jamestown

  19. Bacon’s Rebellion • Army’s demands: • Equal vote for poor settlers • Protection • Ended when Bacon died

  20. What you need to know • Locate & identify Virginia colony • Virginia Company • Powhatan • Indentured servitude • The crop that saved Jamestown • Importance of House of Burgesses • Nathaniel Bacon

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