2An English Settlement at Jamestown

The first permanent English settlement in North America was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.

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The first permanent English settlement in North America was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.

English colonies in Virginia developed into the present states of the southern United States.

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• headright system

• royal colony

• Nathaniel Bacon

• joint-stock companies

• indentured servant

• John Smith

• Jamestown

• Powhatan

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1. List the major developments in the colonization of Virginia.

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1609 Starving time

began.

1607 Jamestown

founded.

1618 Headright

system introduced.

1622 Chief

Opechancanough led raids on

settlers.

1675 Fighting erupts

between settlers and Native Americans.

1612 John Rolfe

developed new strain of tobacco.

1619 First Africans

arrived in Virginia as slaves; House of Burgesses first

met.

1624 James I made Virginia a royal

colony.

1676 Bacon’s

Rebellion occurs.

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2. The success of tobacco farming in Virginia had wide-ranging effects. Describe its impact on each of these groups: the Jamestown colonists, indentured servants, the Powhatan, the planters. Think About:

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•For Jamestown colonists, tobacco revived a failing colony. •For indentured servants, tobacco provided the possibility for work and new life but limited

long-term prospects. •For the Powhatan, tobacco required much land, and its success led to colonial expansion,

which Powhatan attacks did not deter. Planters gained most of tobacco wealth.

• the headright system and indentured servitude • the colonists’ need for more land

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• the conflict between rich and poor colonists

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3. The following lines appear in Michael Drayton’s 1606 poem, “To the Virginian Voyage”:

“ When as the luscious smellof that delicious land

Above the sea that flowsThe clear wind throws,Your hearts to swell”

What do these lines tell you about the expectations many colonists had before they arrived in Virginia?

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The poem suggests an idealized land, where rich harvests provided a “delicious” smell, the wind is “clear,” and invigorating but not oppressive, and where hopes and dreams are possible.

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