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Use your imagination to make a list of 5 important Use your imagination to make a list of 5 important

settlers’ jobs that would make Jamestown settlers’ jobs that would make Jamestown

successful. Explain your reasons for each choice.successful. Explain your reasons for each choice.

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Grants a charter to the Grants a charter to the Virginia Company in 1606 Virginia Company in 1606 to settle & civilize to settle & civilize America America

Wants to prevent Spanish Wants to prevent Spanish advancements in the New advancements in the New World & find a Northern World & find a Northern passage to Asiapassage to Asia

Joint stock company Joint stock company

Group of wealthy Group of wealthy investors are investors are shareholdersshareholders

Plan to establish Plan to establish settlements in settlements in America for a profitAmerica for a profit

Sought economic Sought economic opportunitiesopportunities

Expected wealth Expected wealth from gold & from gold & mineralsminerals

In December 1606, 105 In December 1606, 105 settlers & entrepreneurs set settlers & entrepreneurs set off for Americaoff for America

Arrive in Virginia in April 1607Arrive in Virginia in April 1607

Edward Maria Wingfield Edward Maria Wingfield elected president of elected president of governing council & governing council & selects the island locationselects the island location

Far enough inland to Far enough inland to hide from the Spanishhide from the Spanish

Deep water anchor for Deep water anchor for the shipsthe ships

Swamp and river Swamp and river offers protection from offers protection from local Native local Native AmericansAmericans

About 14,000 Powhatan About 14,000 Powhatan Indians lived in the Indians lived in the Virginia areaVirginia area

Chief Powhatan’s Chief Powhatan’s daughter was the daughter was the famous Pocahontasfamous Pocahontas

We bathe and We bathe and shave our faces shave our faces

every day, every day, unlike the unlike the English.English.

We worship We worship the great the great spirits in spirits in

nature, not in a nature, not in a church of any church of any

kind.kind.

We practice We practice communal land communal land

ownership. We don’t ownership. We don’t really believe in really believe in

“owning” land. We “owning” land. We share it as a share it as a community.community.

Many of the settlers Many of the settlers unaccustomed to workunaccustomed to work

Didn’t plan for such Didn’t plan for such harsh wintersharsh winters

Too much time spent Too much time spent searching for gold & searching for gold & mineralsminerals

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DiseaseDisease from the infected river from the infected river

HungerHunger from not planting crops from not planting crops

AttacksAttacks by local Native Americans by local Native Americans

Supposedly saved by Supposedly saved by Pocahontas Pocahontas

Takes leadership of Takes leadership of the colonythe colony

““He that will not He that will not work, shall not eat.”work, shall not eat.”

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1612 - John Rolfe creates a smoother breed of tobacco

Becomes very popular in England

Eventually even Eventually even more labor is needed more labor is needed to keep up with to keep up with demanddemand

First Africans First Africans brought to brought to Jamestown in 1619 & Jamestown in 1619 & institution of slavery institution of slavery beginsbegins

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