English Colonization-Jamestown
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English Colonization-Jamestown
Term 1. Define it!!
2nd Roanoke The Lost Colony
Jamestown
Spanish Armada
2. Why is it important?
1st Roanoke
Date
John Smith
Jamestown Content Frame
Term 1. Define it!!
Slaves
Tobacco
2. Why is it important?
House of Burgesses
Date
Free Enterprise/Capitalism
European Countries began setting up
colonies in the New World.
Spain was able to claim the most land first.
Land = Money for the Mother Country using
“Mercantilism”
Mercantilism=The Mother Country takes the resources of the Colony
to make products,
then sells the products
back to the Colony
England wanted what Spain had….Spain had colonies in the Americas
which provided them with gold, silver, sugar cane from plantations, etc…
Gold, sugar and the rest=$$$$$$$=POWER=Number 1 in the World!
England wanted to Be #1!
England realized that setting up colonies would earn them more money in the long run. They began directing their resources toward establishing permanent colonies.
Colonization is where the REAL money is made
15851. This was England’s 1st
attempt to start a colony.
The 1st colony was destroyed when the
Natives realized that the English wanted their land
and they stopped replenishing the English
food supply.2. Colony failed and
surviving members of the colony returned to England in 1586.
1st Roanoke Island
Sir Walter Raleigh starts the first colony at Roanoke Island.
15871. Colony started by
John White & his family. His granddaughter was the first English child (Virginia Dare) born in North America. Ran out of supplies so White sailed and left family at Roanoke (1588)..
2. White returned in 1590 but the colony had disappeared. No one knows what happened to them.
2nd Roanoke“The Lost Colony”
King James I issued a charter in 1606 to set up a
colony that he hoped would make money for
England. This is an ECONOMIC reason for
setting up a colony.1. Jamestown was the first
permanent English Colony in NORTH AMERICA.They named the colony Jamestown in honor of
King James I.2. Was set up for
Economic Reasons-to make money
The colonists immediately ran into trouble.
Jamestown
First day in Jamestown
1607
On May 14, 1607, colonists from England selected a piece of land on a large peninsula for a new settlement. The Peninsula was surrounded on 3 sides by rivers. The settlement was set up near deep water, making it easy to get big ships close to the settlement. However, the
island was swampy, isolated, offered limited space and was plagued by mosquitoes (that gave settlers malaria)
and brackish river water unsuitable for drinking. In addition the settlers arrived too late in the year to get
crops planted. Many in the group were not used to hard, physical work. Their servants didn’t know how to or
want to farm and labor as hard as it would take either. In a few months, were dead; some of the survivors were deserting to the Indians whose land they had invaded.
Jamestown – “Never Give Up, Never Surrender!”
Jamestown was started for economic purposes…to make $$$$$$$$ for the company, the settlers and the
king but it failed at first.
1608At first JT was settled by young men who wanted to find gold. They refused to plant crops or hunt for food. Within the first
year over 75% died of starvation and disease. JT was going to fail like Roanoke. By 1608 only 38
colonist were still alive in Jamestown.
1. John Smith took over the colony. Convinced colonists to work and was able to trade with the Powhatan tribe for corn. He announced that, “He that will not work shall not eat.”
2. His leadership saved the colony.
John Smith
Pocahontas saving John
Smith
Jamestown Fort
Problems at Jamestown:In the beginning everyone was supposed to farm together, then put what they had into a common
storehouse. From there, each person would be given what it was decided he needed. In reality, the ones that
worked ended up providing for the ones that didn’t. Since only a few were putting food in the common-storehouse,
the supply quickly ran out.
1609–1610In 1609 Smith was injured
and he returned to England.
Hundreds of new colonist arrived. They took Native American land, angering
the local tribe. By 1610 Powhatan Indians stopped trading with the colonists. Indian attacks
escalated.Only 61 of the 500
colonists survived the period
The Starving Time!!
Only 60 colonists survived.
Colonist ate dogs, rats,
mice….
The Starving Time
16121.John Rolfe brought
a high quality tobacco plant that became the cash crop for JT. Cash Crop=crops you grow to sell.
2.Tobacco could be sold for a lot of money in England. Tobacco saved Jamestown! It was profitable and more people moved to JT to live.
Tobacco
1. Under capitalism, you are allowed to participate in the profits
2. Free Enterprise (Capitalism) increased the colonist’s productivity
How Jamestown Survived:The Virginia Company (investors) & leaders of JT decided to give each man a parcel of land and allow them to keep some of the profit from the sale of their tobacco. When
people knew they were responsible for their own survival and that they could make a profit by selling their excess, most got to work. Jamestown was the start of the FREE
ENTERPRISE system in North America
Free Enterprise/Capitalism-After 1610
Colonist (mostly white) who could not pay their way to America, agreed to
work for an owner for a certain number of years if the owner would
pay their way to the New World.After a number of years of servitude
the colonist could make their own way at Jamestown or another colony.
Interesting Fact:The first slave owner in the colonies
was an African American man who had started out an indentured
servant. He earned his freedom, paid to bring over his own servants and
went to court to have them made into his slaves. Court gave him a black
man to be his slave for life.
Indentured Servants
1619 1. A person who is the property of
another person. 2. Provided an inexpensive labor force.They were used to harvest tobacco for English
plantation owners.This was the beginning of slavery in America.
Slaves
1. King of England2. Parliament (Like
our Congress)Problems:
2000 miles away from America
Had to appoint a governor for local control
3. Virginia Company of London-Investors. Too far away
So Colonists came up with and the King
allowed:
Who would set the rules for colonists
in Virginia?
Colonist need LOCAL government .
1. Local Control. Representatives were elected by the people of the colony. Assembly could meet once a year.
2. The House of Burgesses helped develop representative democracy in the colonies because it was the first representative assembly in the American colonies.
House of BurgessesVery Important!!!
1619
House of BurgessesVery Important!!!
Term Define it!!
2nd Roanoke-The Lost Colony
Jamestown
John Smith
Spanish Armada
Why is it important?
1st Roanoke 1585
Date
England’s 1st attempt to start a colony Colony failed.
Colony started by John White & his family Colony disappeared
Spain attacked England with 130 warships
Spain defeated. England is able to colonize in
America
First permanent English colony
Was set up for Economic Reasons-to make money
Convinced colonists to work and was able to trade for corn. “He that will not
work shall not eat.”
Saved the colony.
1587
1588
1607
1608
Jamestown Content Frame-Key
Term Define it!!
Free Enterprise/Capitalism
Tobacco
Why is it important?Date
John Rolfe brought tobacco plant that became the cash crop for JT. Cash Crop=crops you grow to
sell.
Tobacco saved Jamestown
You are allowed to participate in the profits
Increased the colonist’s productivity
1612
1610
Slaves 1619 A person who is the property of another
person.
Provided an inexpensive labor force
House of Burgesses 1619 Local ControlHelped develop
representative democracy in the colonies because it
was the first representative assembly in the American
colonies.
1. Draw a line down the center of your paper.
2. Cut out your pictures.3. Glue them into your spiral. 2-3
per page.4. Write in the Date, the Name of
the Event, Define It and Why is it Important. Must have all of this on your timeline.
5. When finished, you may color the pictures
Jamestown Timeline
15851st Roanoke Island
England’s 1st attempt to start a colonyColony failed
15872nd Roanoke
Colony started by John White & his
familyThe colony disappeared
Example:
1st Roanoke Island
Spanish Armada
Jamestown
1607
2nd Roanoke Island-The Lost Colony
Tobacco
John Smith
Free EnterpriseCapitalism Slaves
House of Burgesses
Concept Definition Map
1607
Key Event
Reason it was started
Item that helped colony survive
Leader who kept colony
from starving
Workers brought to
work plantations 1st
Representative Government
Concept Definition Map
1607
JamestownEconomic Reasons
Tobacco
John Smith
SlavesHouse of Burgesses