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We’re Coming to America!. The settling of Jamestown. Before Jamestown there was Roanoke. In 1585, the English started a colony named Roanoke (Current day North Carolina). The colony was financed (that means paid for) by Sir Walter Raleigh. Before Jamestown there was Roanoke.
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We’re Coming to America! The settling of Jamestown
Before Jamestown there was Roanoke • In 1585, the English started a colony named Roanoke (Current day North Carolina). • The colony was financed (that means paid for) by Sir Walter Raleigh
Before Jamestown there was Roanoke • The colony failed and everyone went back to England • Sir Walter Raleigh tried again in 1587, but it too was a failure.
Settling of Jamestown • Founded in 1607 along the James River next to Chesapeake Bay Texas is this way, Y’all Jamestown (its in Virginia)
Settling Jamestown • Funded by the Virginia Company of London • This is a joint stock company which is a business where people put their money all to together in order to turn profit (make money.) • The colony is named after King James I of England
Hardships faced by the Settlers • Disease • Laziness • Indians • Weather
John Smith to the Rescue • Became the leader of Jamestown in 1608 • Announced “He that will not work shall not eat.” • Made friends with the Powhatan Indian tribe and Chief Powhatan • Built a fort around Jamestown to protect from unfriendly Indians.
Tobacco Changes Jamestown • In 1612, John Rolfe developed a type of tobacco that could grow in Jamestown • Colony made money by selling tobacco to England • The Virginia Company allowed settlers to own land.
Tobacco Changes Jamestown • Indenturedservants (people who sold their labor in exchange for passage to America) moved to America • English brought African slaves to work on tobacco plantations
Conflicts with the Powhatans • At first, Powhatan traded food with colonists • 1622 Powhatan Indians killed hundreds of Jamestown residents for taking their land. • John Rolfe marries Chief Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas (daughter of Chief Powhatan and peacemaker between Indians and colonists)
House of Burgesses • Colonists angry with the strict rule of the Virginia Co. of London. • First representative assembly in the American colonies • Elected representatives would provide control and resolve issues in Virginia. • Representatives meet once a year in an assembly
Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676 • Nathaniel Bacon was an upset citizen of Jamestown. • Two reasons Nathaniel Bacon and followers were angry at Governor Berkley: 1. His failure to protect Jamestown from Indian attacks 2. Governor liked the wealthy, high taxes, and low tobacco prices.
Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676 (continued…) • Bacon and his followers took control of the House of Burgesses and burned Jamestown to the ground • Governor Berkley hung Bacon’s followers and Berkley was sent back to England • After the Rebellion, the House of Burgesses passed a law preventing a royal governor from assuming so much power.