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Jamestown Colony

Chapter 3: pg. 86-88

1607-1705

**Present day Virginia

Jamestown-Named after King James

Susan Constant

Discovery

Godspeed

•In 1606, King James I gave permission to the Virginia Company of London to try a colony.

-Joint-stock company-business in which investors pool their wealth in order to turn profit (shares)

•Christopher Newport led the three ships, Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery to Jamestown.

•**Jamestown colony=First permanent settlement in North America•Present day Virginia

Founded in 1607Charter- a written contract, issued by a government, giving the holder the right to establish a colony

Climate: •swampy and full of Malaria carrying mosquitoes•many colonists also became sick from drinking the water. Summers were harsh and winters cold and bitter1607-100 colonists1608-38 colonists

http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/departments/espm/env-hist/espm160/assignments/jamestownall/james_nt.mov

Virtual Tour of Jamestown Colony

In 1608 with only 38 colonists alive John Smith took over

“He that will not work shall not eat”

Ordered a wall extending around Jamestown

Persuaded the Powhatan tribe to trade corn

Injured 1609 in a gun power explosion and returned to England800 more settlers arrived in

Jamestown

John Smith-Soldier and adventurer

Because of growing tension with Native Americans the Powhatans stopped trading food and attacked settlersSettlers were forced to

eat rats, mice, and snakes.

Only 60 colonists remained alive

In 1610 two ships arrived and the “starving time” was over

“Starving Time”

John Rolfe John Rolfe in 1614 found a way to harvest tobacco. This quickly became the cash crop of Virginia. He also married Pocahontas in 1614 and created peace with the Powhatan Native Americans for 8 years. •Because of the cash crop of tobacco more laborers were needed•Indentured servants- a person who sold his/her labor in exchange for passage to America

Colonists were annoyed with strict rule of governor of the Virginia company of England

House of BurgessesCreated in 1619, became the first

representative assembly in American Colonies

House of Burgesses

Met once a year in an assembly

Conflicts with the PowhatanThe expanding tobacco plantations took over more and more Powhatan land

In 1622 the Powhatan killed hundreds of colonists of Jamestown

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