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Jamestown, Virginia. For whom, was the settlement at Jamestown named for?. What? When?. Jamestown. 1 st permanent English settlement in N. America 1607. WHO?. King James I. became King of England in 1603 succeeded Queen Elizabeth I - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Jamestown, Virginia
For whom, was the settlement at Jamestown named for?
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What?When?
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Jamestown • 1st permanent English settlement in N. America
• 1607
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WHO?
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King James I • became King of England in 1603
• succeeded Queen Elizabeth I
• Authorized and financed the translation of the Bible into English
• Granted a charter to the Virginia Company to organize a settlement in Virginia
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charter- official document that gives certain rights to an individual or a group
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The Virginia Company • A joint-stock company (investors bought stock in return for a share in profits)
• Hoped to find gold• Hoped to establish a
trade in fish and fur
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The Colonists • 105 Englishmen and boys
• Mostly “gentlemen”
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Why?
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Motives Reasons
Purpose
• Mostly to get rich– Gold, iron– Timber– Northwest passage to
Asia• Prevent the Spanish
from settling there– Limit spread of
Catholicism• Convert the natives to
Christianity• Look for Roanoke
Colonists
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How?
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The Voyage • 3 ships– Susan Constant– Discovery– Godspeed
• 144 Days
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Where?
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Location• Island provided a deep water port (easier
for ships)• Easily defendable because it was
surrounded on three sides by water and swamp on the fourth.
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Major Difficulties ensued…
• Food shortages• Disease and illness• Relationship with the
Powatan• Lack of skilled labor
• Only 4 carpenters, two bricklayers, 1 mason and 1 blacksmith arrived with the first settlers
• 1 tailor, 1 barber, 2 surgeons
After 8 months, only 38 of the original 104 had survived
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Women? – a year later Mistress Forrest and her maid arrived
– Most women who followed were wives of men already there
– 1620, 90 women came to serve as wives with 50 more following in 1621
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Government • first representative assembly in North America
• capitol of Virginia until 1699 when it was moved to Williamsburg.
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Check this out!
• Virtual Jamestown -http://www.virtualjamestown.org/page2.html
• JR - http://apva.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=67