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The first colony was made in Jamestown and was planned as a trading settlement by the Virginia Company of London. Jamestown

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The first colony was made in Jamestown and was planned as a trading settlement by the Virginia Company of London

Jamestown

AdventurersThe investors invested (or ventured) their money so that they could make money from lumber gold and furs to fill their lonely oh so lonely lives Poor suckers

Letrsquos venture our poundpoundpound so we can make poundpoundpound from gold and furs and stuff like that

Thatrsquos why itrsquos called adventuring

Maybe now Irsquoll have some friends

King James I

granted a charter for the Virginia

Company

Virginiarsquos boundaries were more than half the United

States

The boundaries were the 34th and 41st parallels from sea to sea but they had no idea how big this was

Virginias indefinite western boarder

would cause problems later on

Woo-hoo

1607- The Virginia companyrsquos recruits (105 men) sailed to Virginia on three ships ndash Susan Constant Discovery and the Godspeed

The men settled 30 miles up the James River on a marshy peninsula Then they would be governed by a council

designated by the Virginia Company

We will name this Jamestown for King James Who are

they

ldquoAccording to King James I I am English

even though I am born in Virginiardquo

ldquoAccording to King James I I am English

even though I am born in Virginiardquo

Virginia became a seedling of liberty for in the Virginia Companyrsquos charter King James I granted Virginians ldquothe same libertieshellipas if they had been abiding and born within this our realm of Englandrdquo

The Virginians built a fort dug for gold and searchedFor a passage to China However they failed to plant Enough crops for food by winter famine and disease Killed all but 38 men

1608-Captin John Smith 27-year-old swashbuckling solider-of-fortune took charge and saved the colony by imposing a

WORK ETHIC (Half the settlers were gentlemen unaccustomed to work) If you donrsquot work

you donrsquot eat So ha

If you donrsquot work you donrsquot eat So

ha

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

But we have never worked

before

But we have never worked

before

Ouch $^^

Ouch $^^

WaterWater

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Meanwhile Powhatan Supreme Chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy (about 9000 Indians) discussed the Englishmen at Werowocomocotook his village fourteen miles from Jamestown

Kill the Englishmen

Kill the Englishmen

YeahYeah

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

What a great

new world

What a great

new world

14

miles

away

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

So Pocahontas saved the Englishmen letting the have food and creating a long friendship called the Peace of Pocahontas

1612-Tobacco became Virginiarsquos ldquogoldrdquo when John Rolfe discovered a new way to cure it Smoking became the rage in England and the Virginia Company prospered by exporting this cash crop

(Virginia)

1614 Pocahontas married tobacco farmer John Rolfe She became a Christian and took the name Lady Rebecca and they went back to London However Pocahontas dies there of disease in 1617 ndash this ends the PEACE of POCAHONTAS

Wersquore going to London)

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

AdventurersThe investors invested (or ventured) their money so that they could make money from lumber gold and furs to fill their lonely oh so lonely lives Poor suckers

Letrsquos venture our poundpoundpound so we can make poundpoundpound from gold and furs and stuff like that

Thatrsquos why itrsquos called adventuring

Maybe now Irsquoll have some friends

King James I

granted a charter for the Virginia

Company

Virginiarsquos boundaries were more than half the United

States

The boundaries were the 34th and 41st parallels from sea to sea but they had no idea how big this was

Virginias indefinite western boarder

would cause problems later on

Woo-hoo

1607- The Virginia companyrsquos recruits (105 men) sailed to Virginia on three ships ndash Susan Constant Discovery and the Godspeed

The men settled 30 miles up the James River on a marshy peninsula Then they would be governed by a council

designated by the Virginia Company

We will name this Jamestown for King James Who are

they

ldquoAccording to King James I I am English

even though I am born in Virginiardquo

ldquoAccording to King James I I am English

even though I am born in Virginiardquo

Virginia became a seedling of liberty for in the Virginia Companyrsquos charter King James I granted Virginians ldquothe same libertieshellipas if they had been abiding and born within this our realm of Englandrdquo

The Virginians built a fort dug for gold and searchedFor a passage to China However they failed to plant Enough crops for food by winter famine and disease Killed all but 38 men

1608-Captin John Smith 27-year-old swashbuckling solider-of-fortune took charge and saved the colony by imposing a

WORK ETHIC (Half the settlers were gentlemen unaccustomed to work) If you donrsquot work

you donrsquot eat So ha

If you donrsquot work you donrsquot eat So

ha

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

But we have never worked

before

But we have never worked

before

Ouch $^^

Ouch $^^

WaterWater

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Meanwhile Powhatan Supreme Chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy (about 9000 Indians) discussed the Englishmen at Werowocomocotook his village fourteen miles from Jamestown

Kill the Englishmen

Kill the Englishmen

YeahYeah

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

What a great

new world

What a great

new world

14

miles

away

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

So Pocahontas saved the Englishmen letting the have food and creating a long friendship called the Peace of Pocahontas

1612-Tobacco became Virginiarsquos ldquogoldrdquo when John Rolfe discovered a new way to cure it Smoking became the rage in England and the Virginia Company prospered by exporting this cash crop

(Virginia)

1614 Pocahontas married tobacco farmer John Rolfe She became a Christian and took the name Lady Rebecca and they went back to London However Pocahontas dies there of disease in 1617 ndash this ends the PEACE of POCAHONTAS

Wersquore going to London)

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

King James I

granted a charter for the Virginia

Company

Virginiarsquos boundaries were more than half the United

States

The boundaries were the 34th and 41st parallels from sea to sea but they had no idea how big this was

Virginias indefinite western boarder

would cause problems later on

Woo-hoo

1607- The Virginia companyrsquos recruits (105 men) sailed to Virginia on three ships ndash Susan Constant Discovery and the Godspeed

The men settled 30 miles up the James River on a marshy peninsula Then they would be governed by a council

designated by the Virginia Company

We will name this Jamestown for King James Who are

they

ldquoAccording to King James I I am English

even though I am born in Virginiardquo

ldquoAccording to King James I I am English

even though I am born in Virginiardquo

Virginia became a seedling of liberty for in the Virginia Companyrsquos charter King James I granted Virginians ldquothe same libertieshellipas if they had been abiding and born within this our realm of Englandrdquo

The Virginians built a fort dug for gold and searchedFor a passage to China However they failed to plant Enough crops for food by winter famine and disease Killed all but 38 men

1608-Captin John Smith 27-year-old swashbuckling solider-of-fortune took charge and saved the colony by imposing a

WORK ETHIC (Half the settlers were gentlemen unaccustomed to work) If you donrsquot work

you donrsquot eat So ha

If you donrsquot work you donrsquot eat So

ha

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

But we have never worked

before

But we have never worked

before

Ouch $^^

Ouch $^^

WaterWater

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Meanwhile Powhatan Supreme Chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy (about 9000 Indians) discussed the Englishmen at Werowocomocotook his village fourteen miles from Jamestown

Kill the Englishmen

Kill the Englishmen

YeahYeah

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

What a great

new world

What a great

new world

14

miles

away

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

So Pocahontas saved the Englishmen letting the have food and creating a long friendship called the Peace of Pocahontas

1612-Tobacco became Virginiarsquos ldquogoldrdquo when John Rolfe discovered a new way to cure it Smoking became the rage in England and the Virginia Company prospered by exporting this cash crop

(Virginia)

1614 Pocahontas married tobacco farmer John Rolfe She became a Christian and took the name Lady Rebecca and they went back to London However Pocahontas dies there of disease in 1617 ndash this ends the PEACE of POCAHONTAS

Wersquore going to London)

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

Woo-hoo

1607- The Virginia companyrsquos recruits (105 men) sailed to Virginia on three ships ndash Susan Constant Discovery and the Godspeed

The men settled 30 miles up the James River on a marshy peninsula Then they would be governed by a council

designated by the Virginia Company

We will name this Jamestown for King James Who are

they

ldquoAccording to King James I I am English

even though I am born in Virginiardquo

ldquoAccording to King James I I am English

even though I am born in Virginiardquo

Virginia became a seedling of liberty for in the Virginia Companyrsquos charter King James I granted Virginians ldquothe same libertieshellipas if they had been abiding and born within this our realm of Englandrdquo

The Virginians built a fort dug for gold and searchedFor a passage to China However they failed to plant Enough crops for food by winter famine and disease Killed all but 38 men

1608-Captin John Smith 27-year-old swashbuckling solider-of-fortune took charge and saved the colony by imposing a

WORK ETHIC (Half the settlers were gentlemen unaccustomed to work) If you donrsquot work

you donrsquot eat So ha

If you donrsquot work you donrsquot eat So

ha

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

But we have never worked

before

But we have never worked

before

Ouch $^^

Ouch $^^

WaterWater

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Meanwhile Powhatan Supreme Chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy (about 9000 Indians) discussed the Englishmen at Werowocomocotook his village fourteen miles from Jamestown

Kill the Englishmen

Kill the Englishmen

YeahYeah

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

What a great

new world

What a great

new world

14

miles

away

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

So Pocahontas saved the Englishmen letting the have food and creating a long friendship called the Peace of Pocahontas

1612-Tobacco became Virginiarsquos ldquogoldrdquo when John Rolfe discovered a new way to cure it Smoking became the rage in England and the Virginia Company prospered by exporting this cash crop

(Virginia)

1614 Pocahontas married tobacco farmer John Rolfe She became a Christian and took the name Lady Rebecca and they went back to London However Pocahontas dies there of disease in 1617 ndash this ends the PEACE of POCAHONTAS

Wersquore going to London)

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

The men settled 30 miles up the James River on a marshy peninsula Then they would be governed by a council

designated by the Virginia Company

We will name this Jamestown for King James Who are

they

ldquoAccording to King James I I am English

even though I am born in Virginiardquo

ldquoAccording to King James I I am English

even though I am born in Virginiardquo

Virginia became a seedling of liberty for in the Virginia Companyrsquos charter King James I granted Virginians ldquothe same libertieshellipas if they had been abiding and born within this our realm of Englandrdquo

The Virginians built a fort dug for gold and searchedFor a passage to China However they failed to plant Enough crops for food by winter famine and disease Killed all but 38 men

1608-Captin John Smith 27-year-old swashbuckling solider-of-fortune took charge and saved the colony by imposing a

WORK ETHIC (Half the settlers were gentlemen unaccustomed to work) If you donrsquot work

you donrsquot eat So ha

If you donrsquot work you donrsquot eat So

ha

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

But we have never worked

before

But we have never worked

before

Ouch $^^

Ouch $^^

WaterWater

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Meanwhile Powhatan Supreme Chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy (about 9000 Indians) discussed the Englishmen at Werowocomocotook his village fourteen miles from Jamestown

Kill the Englishmen

Kill the Englishmen

YeahYeah

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

What a great

new world

What a great

new world

14

miles

away

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

So Pocahontas saved the Englishmen letting the have food and creating a long friendship called the Peace of Pocahontas

1612-Tobacco became Virginiarsquos ldquogoldrdquo when John Rolfe discovered a new way to cure it Smoking became the rage in England and the Virginia Company prospered by exporting this cash crop

(Virginia)

1614 Pocahontas married tobacco farmer John Rolfe She became a Christian and took the name Lady Rebecca and they went back to London However Pocahontas dies there of disease in 1617 ndash this ends the PEACE of POCAHONTAS

Wersquore going to London)

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

We will name this Jamestown for King James Who are

they

ldquoAccording to King James I I am English

even though I am born in Virginiardquo

ldquoAccording to King James I I am English

even though I am born in Virginiardquo

Virginia became a seedling of liberty for in the Virginia Companyrsquos charter King James I granted Virginians ldquothe same libertieshellipas if they had been abiding and born within this our realm of Englandrdquo

The Virginians built a fort dug for gold and searchedFor a passage to China However they failed to plant Enough crops for food by winter famine and disease Killed all but 38 men

1608-Captin John Smith 27-year-old swashbuckling solider-of-fortune took charge and saved the colony by imposing a

WORK ETHIC (Half the settlers were gentlemen unaccustomed to work) If you donrsquot work

you donrsquot eat So ha

If you donrsquot work you donrsquot eat So

ha

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

But we have never worked

before

But we have never worked

before

Ouch $^^

Ouch $^^

WaterWater

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Meanwhile Powhatan Supreme Chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy (about 9000 Indians) discussed the Englishmen at Werowocomocotook his village fourteen miles from Jamestown

Kill the Englishmen

Kill the Englishmen

YeahYeah

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

What a great

new world

What a great

new world

14

miles

away

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

So Pocahontas saved the Englishmen letting the have food and creating a long friendship called the Peace of Pocahontas

1612-Tobacco became Virginiarsquos ldquogoldrdquo when John Rolfe discovered a new way to cure it Smoking became the rage in England and the Virginia Company prospered by exporting this cash crop

(Virginia)

1614 Pocahontas married tobacco farmer John Rolfe She became a Christian and took the name Lady Rebecca and they went back to London However Pocahontas dies there of disease in 1617 ndash this ends the PEACE of POCAHONTAS

Wersquore going to London)

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

ldquoAccording to King James I I am English

even though I am born in Virginiardquo

ldquoAccording to King James I I am English

even though I am born in Virginiardquo

Virginia became a seedling of liberty for in the Virginia Companyrsquos charter King James I granted Virginians ldquothe same libertieshellipas if they had been abiding and born within this our realm of Englandrdquo

The Virginians built a fort dug for gold and searchedFor a passage to China However they failed to plant Enough crops for food by winter famine and disease Killed all but 38 men

1608-Captin John Smith 27-year-old swashbuckling solider-of-fortune took charge and saved the colony by imposing a

WORK ETHIC (Half the settlers were gentlemen unaccustomed to work) If you donrsquot work

you donrsquot eat So ha

If you donrsquot work you donrsquot eat So

ha

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

But we have never worked

before

But we have never worked

before

Ouch $^^

Ouch $^^

WaterWater

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Meanwhile Powhatan Supreme Chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy (about 9000 Indians) discussed the Englishmen at Werowocomocotook his village fourteen miles from Jamestown

Kill the Englishmen

Kill the Englishmen

YeahYeah

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

What a great

new world

What a great

new world

14

miles

away

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

So Pocahontas saved the Englishmen letting the have food and creating a long friendship called the Peace of Pocahontas

1612-Tobacco became Virginiarsquos ldquogoldrdquo when John Rolfe discovered a new way to cure it Smoking became the rage in England and the Virginia Company prospered by exporting this cash crop

(Virginia)

1614 Pocahontas married tobacco farmer John Rolfe She became a Christian and took the name Lady Rebecca and they went back to London However Pocahontas dies there of disease in 1617 ndash this ends the PEACE of POCAHONTAS

Wersquore going to London)

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

The Virginians built a fort dug for gold and searchedFor a passage to China However they failed to plant Enough crops for food by winter famine and disease Killed all but 38 men

1608-Captin John Smith 27-year-old swashbuckling solider-of-fortune took charge and saved the colony by imposing a

WORK ETHIC (Half the settlers were gentlemen unaccustomed to work) If you donrsquot work

you donrsquot eat So ha

If you donrsquot work you donrsquot eat So

ha

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

But we have never worked

before

But we have never worked

before

Ouch $^^

Ouch $^^

WaterWater

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Meanwhile Powhatan Supreme Chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy (about 9000 Indians) discussed the Englishmen at Werowocomocotook his village fourteen miles from Jamestown

Kill the Englishmen

Kill the Englishmen

YeahYeah

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

What a great

new world

What a great

new world

14

miles

away

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

So Pocahontas saved the Englishmen letting the have food and creating a long friendship called the Peace of Pocahontas

1612-Tobacco became Virginiarsquos ldquogoldrdquo when John Rolfe discovered a new way to cure it Smoking became the rage in England and the Virginia Company prospered by exporting this cash crop

(Virginia)

1614 Pocahontas married tobacco farmer John Rolfe She became a Christian and took the name Lady Rebecca and they went back to London However Pocahontas dies there of disease in 1617 ndash this ends the PEACE of POCAHONTAS

Wersquore going to London)

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

1608-Captin John Smith 27-year-old swashbuckling solider-of-fortune took charge and saved the colony by imposing a

WORK ETHIC (Half the settlers were gentlemen unaccustomed to work) If you donrsquot work

you donrsquot eat So ha

If you donrsquot work you donrsquot eat So

ha

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

GRRRR Fine we will go do some work

But we have never worked

before

But we have never worked

before

Ouch $^^

Ouch $^^

WaterWater

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Meanwhile Powhatan Supreme Chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy (about 9000 Indians) discussed the Englishmen at Werowocomocotook his village fourteen miles from Jamestown

Kill the Englishmen

Kill the Englishmen

YeahYeah

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

What a great

new world

What a great

new world

14

miles

away

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

So Pocahontas saved the Englishmen letting the have food and creating a long friendship called the Peace of Pocahontas

1612-Tobacco became Virginiarsquos ldquogoldrdquo when John Rolfe discovered a new way to cure it Smoking became the rage in England and the Virginia Company prospered by exporting this cash crop

(Virginia)

1614 Pocahontas married tobacco farmer John Rolfe She became a Christian and took the name Lady Rebecca and they went back to London However Pocahontas dies there of disease in 1617 ndash this ends the PEACE of POCAHONTAS

Wersquore going to London)

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

Ouch $^^

Ouch $^^

WaterWater

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Every time ye curse I splash ye A bucket

per curse muahahaha

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Rough work made the workers angryhellip

Meanwhile Powhatan Supreme Chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy (about 9000 Indians) discussed the Englishmen at Werowocomocotook his village fourteen miles from Jamestown

Kill the Englishmen

Kill the Englishmen

YeahYeah

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

What a great

new world

What a great

new world

14

miles

away

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

So Pocahontas saved the Englishmen letting the have food and creating a long friendship called the Peace of Pocahontas

1612-Tobacco became Virginiarsquos ldquogoldrdquo when John Rolfe discovered a new way to cure it Smoking became the rage in England and the Virginia Company prospered by exporting this cash crop

(Virginia)

1614 Pocahontas married tobacco farmer John Rolfe She became a Christian and took the name Lady Rebecca and they went back to London However Pocahontas dies there of disease in 1617 ndash this ends the PEACE of POCAHONTAS

Wersquore going to London)

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

Meanwhile Powhatan Supreme Chieftain of the Powhatan Confederacy (about 9000 Indians) discussed the Englishmen at Werowocomocotook his village fourteen miles from Jamestown

Kill the Englishmen

Kill the Englishmen

YeahYeah

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

No lets wait to see if theyrsquoll trade

What a great

new world

What a great

new world

14

miles

away

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

So Pocahontas saved the Englishmen letting the have food and creating a long friendship called the Peace of Pocahontas

1612-Tobacco became Virginiarsquos ldquogoldrdquo when John Rolfe discovered a new way to cure it Smoking became the rage in England and the Virginia Company prospered by exporting this cash crop

(Virginia)

1614 Pocahontas married tobacco farmer John Rolfe She became a Christian and took the name Lady Rebecca and they went back to London However Pocahontas dies there of disease in 1617 ndash this ends the PEACE of POCAHONTAS

Wersquore going to London)

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Thanks for saving us little

girl

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Have all this food

and we can all

be friends

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

Yea lets hope our

friendship is forever

So Pocahontas saved the Englishmen letting the have food and creating a long friendship called the Peace of Pocahontas

1612-Tobacco became Virginiarsquos ldquogoldrdquo when John Rolfe discovered a new way to cure it Smoking became the rage in England and the Virginia Company prospered by exporting this cash crop

(Virginia)

1614 Pocahontas married tobacco farmer John Rolfe She became a Christian and took the name Lady Rebecca and they went back to London However Pocahontas dies there of disease in 1617 ndash this ends the PEACE of POCAHONTAS

Wersquore going to London)

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

1612-Tobacco became Virginiarsquos ldquogoldrdquo when John Rolfe discovered a new way to cure it Smoking became the rage in England and the Virginia Company prospered by exporting this cash crop

(Virginia)

1614 Pocahontas married tobacco farmer John Rolfe She became a Christian and took the name Lady Rebecca and they went back to London However Pocahontas dies there of disease in 1617 ndash this ends the PEACE of POCAHONTAS

Wersquore going to London)

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

1614 Pocahontas married tobacco farmer John Rolfe She became a Christian and took the name Lady Rebecca and they went back to London However Pocahontas dies there of disease in 1617 ndash this ends the PEACE of POCAHONTAS

Wersquore going to London)

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

The House of Burgesses started meeting in July 1619 in Jamestown About 157 years later in 1776 the leaders from the Virginia assembly grew accustomed to political freedom and would lead the other colonies to independence from England

Lets create freedom

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone gets 100 acres of

landhellip thatrsquos what I have

I have 100 acres plus 100 more because

for every person you broght from England

you get 50 acres more I moved

and got 50 acres free

I have lots of landhellip I brought over lots of

people and was rewarded

You were aloud to have private ownership of land Each pre-1616 settler got 100 acres of land free For every person you brought in from England you got 50 acres of land and that person gets 50 acres of land too

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1619 they were the wives for the Jamestown settlers Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for

his bride`s passage

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

20 Africans were sold to Jamestown settlers from a Dutch captain They were told they would be free after several years but they were turned into slaves

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

In 1622 tragedy struck VirginiaOn good Friday Powhatan Indians led by OPECHANCANOUGH massacred 347 Virginians (14 of the entire colony) in a noontime Surprise Attack

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

I DO NOT like representative government I used Virginiarsquos

financial problems and the massacre as an EXCUSE I wanted

to REVOKE the Companyrsquos charter and make Virginia a

ROYAL COLONY I dismissed the House of Burgesses but they met

anyway

Chill out King

James Ihellip

Chill out King

James Ihellip (1624)

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

I reinstated the HB I am King

Charles I and my dad is King James Ihellip

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

Virginia prospered

under a ROYAL

RULE but they still

had rights to

LEGISLATIVE SELF

GOVERNMENT

1639

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally appointed governors of Virginia

Although an able ruler he had no use for liberty

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

I am the first Ha ha ha hahelliphellip

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

LibertyThatrsquos ridiculous

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

I thank god there are no free schools nor printinghelliphellipfor learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government God keep us from both

Or in modern day terms

Omg I m like way happy that like there isnt ny like free schools or printing Learning like makses peple like not listenprinting hs like made da world split And I like hope that god like prevents these from happening for evr

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

Governor Berkeley levied taxes while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading Indians in 1670 Also in the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the rule of Governor Berkeley

No Irsquom too special

HELP

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned

Well I guess the rebellion is overhellip

Grrrr

Oh no im sickim dyinghellip (crashes to ground)

HUH

1676 ndash Baconrsquos RebellionNathaniel Bacon led frontiersman in a rebellion against Gov Berkeley Baconrsquos wins but dies of a sudden illness and the rebellion ends However the damage is done Within in 20 years the capital of Virginia is moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and Jamestown is abandoned