6th period story
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Jamestown, the first colony in
America, was a trading
settlement of the Virginia
Company of London. The trip
was funded by 650 investors.
We got money from the our stocks
Jamestown
Woohoo
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The investors were called, because they were venturing their , money to make more
money
We can profit from thegold, furs, lumber, and
fish That will be worth
venturing out capital!
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Land
Ho!Lets go
explore
our
land!The Virginia Companys charter, granted
by King James I, created Virginias
boundaries along points of the 34th and
41st parallels, running from sea to sea,
west and north west. No one had any
idea of the distance from sea to sea.
Virginias indefinite western border
caused problems later on.
Virginia
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Wow, that was quick!
All right, let¶s motor, baby!
105 men and boys of the Virginia Company set
sail on three ships: Susan Constant, Discovery,and Godspeed. They landed April 26, 1607!
Jamestown
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The men settled 30 miles up the
James River so they would
never be attacked by Spain!
They were counseled by seven
men by the Virginia company!
WE WILL
NOT BE
ATTACKED!!!
JAMESTOWN
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eorge Percy, wrote:
re wee landed and
overed Fair meadows
goodly tall trees: with
fresh waters runningugh the woods.
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James I, King of England,allowed the citizens of
Virginia the same liberties of English citizens.
Incredible! I be
an Englishman,
and you of the
colonies havethe same
rights!
Yes!
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In Jamestown the first thing the Virginians did was they built a fort. After that they dug for gold. Finally
they searched for a passage to china. Sadly, the Virginians did not plant enough crops for food so by
winter many men died from disease and in the end only 38 men were left.
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In 1602, Caption John Smith smartly started making the gentlemen work just like the
lower classmen.
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When the men would work, there hands would become
painful and they would swear out loud. Smith didnt like this,
so to discipline them he would pour cold water down there
sleeves.
Awww.myhands S@#$!
Hey, no
swearing!!!
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Meanwhile, Powhatan, who was a supreme Chieftain of the Powhatan
Confederacy, Discussed the Englishmen's whereabouts at
Werowocomocotook.
Chief,we
should
kill them
before
we lose
ourland!
Nonsense.You are just
being
Foolish.Maybe
youre
right
Ouch.
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Indian Princess
Pocahontas, his thirteen
year old daughter,
befriend the Englishmen-
after saving Captain JohnSmith¶s life when he was
captured. The friendship
began a period of good
relations called the Peace
of Pocahontas.
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In 1612 John Rolfe
brings tobacco to
Virginia. The
Virginia Company
prospered because
of this cash crop.
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Lets get out of here, Pocahontas!
In 1614, John Rolfe married Pocahontas. She became a Christian that day. She
changed her named Lady Rebecca and was taken to King James by the Virginia
Company. When Pocahontas died, in 1617, the Peace of Pocahontas ended.
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First meeting of the House of Burgesses in July 1619.
The House of
Burgesses was the
local Virginia
assembly. It firstmet at
Jamestown!
Hi
there!
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� The HEADRIGHT SYSTEM allowed private ownership of land (as opposed to company
ownership). Each pre-1616 settler received 100 acres of free land. Each thereafter received 50
acres, plus 50 acres for every person he brought from England!
I like this capitalist system. I nowhave its three basic parts: the
right to own property, the right to
work as I please, and the right to
make a profit.
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90 adventurous women arrived in 1619, sent by the Virginia
Company as wives for the Jamestown settlers. Each groom
paid 120 pounds of tobacco for his brides passage.
Thanks
for the
tobacco!
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Want
some
slaves?
Twenty kidnapped Africans were sold to the Jamestown settlers by the
captain of a Dutch ship. As indentured servants, they probably were
freed after sevral years. But by the late 1600s black servitude turned to
black slavery.
Sure
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1622, Tragedy struck Virginia
347 Virginians were killed
By 1700 only 1,000 of 9,000Powhatan Indians survived
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1624-King James 1-did not like the representative government and used the massacre
and the Virginia Companys financial issues as a reason to revoke the Companys
charter and make Virginia a royal colony. Then he got rid of the House of Burgesses.1639- King Charles 1 reinstated House of Burgesses.
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Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally
appointed governors of Virginia (1642). Although an
able ruler, he had no use for freedoms.
I thank God there are no free schools, nor
printingfor learning has broughtdisobedience, and Hersey, and sects into the
world, and printing has divulged them, and
libels against the best Government. God
keeps us from both.
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Sir William Berkeley served asone of the first royallyappointed governor of Virginia (1642) Althoughan able ruler, he didntuse any liberty.
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In the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the autocratic rule of Governor Berkeley.
He levied high taxes, while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading
Indians.
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In 1676, Nathaniel Bacon, a farmer, lead a rebellion againstGovernor Berkeley, making him leave Jamestown, and
burning the town. Bacon suddenly died from an illness andwith that, so did the rebellion. King Charles II replacedBerkeley, making the colony run harmoniously again.