jamestown: myths and realities mr. bach accelerated united states history
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Jamestown: Myths and Realities
Mr. Bach
Accelerated United States History
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English Colonization
• The Charter of the Virginia Company:The Charter of the Virginia Company:– Guaranteed to Guaranteed to
colonists the same colonists the same rights as Englishmen rights as Englishmen as if they had stayed as if they had stayed in England.in England.
– This provision was This provision was incorporated into incorporated into future colonists’ future colonists’ documents.documents.
– Colonists felt that, even in the Americas, they Colonists felt that, even in the Americas, they had the rights of Englishmen!had the rights of Englishmen!
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Why did Jamestown nearly fail?
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Goal of a Joint-Stock Company
• Investors would like to see a quick profit
• What would be the best way to realize a quick profit?
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Chesapeake BayChesapeake Bay
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Jamestown Fort & Jamestown Fort & Settlement MapSettlement Map
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Jamestown Fort & Jamestown Fort & SettlementSettlement
(Computer Generated)(Computer Generated)
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Who Were the First Colonists?
Not
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Starving Time
• Only 60 of 400 settlers survive winter of 1610-1611
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So, how was Jamestown saved?
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Captain John Smith
Those who shall not work, shall not eat
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•Forging a “peace” with the Powhatan Confederacy
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Pocahontas “Saves” John Smith
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John Rolfe and the “Savior”
• The “Stinking Weed” makes Jamestown profitable.
• “Virginia’s gold and silver”– Rolfe, 1622
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Jamestown Settlement Pattern
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Powhatan UprisingPowhatan Uprisingof 1622of 1622
Powhatan UprisingPowhatan Uprisingof 1622of 1622
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Jamestown: The Beginning of an American Mythology