JAMESTOWN 1607 Story of US Jamestown http safeshare

JAMESTOWN 1607 Story of US Jamestown http: //safeshare. tv/w/Cb. ZFOWOzrh

What should you know about Jamestown? • 1 st successful English colony in America

Why was it founded? • King James I • Economic wealth and gold

Who founded Jamestown? • Virginia Company of England • A joint stock company • Given a charter to start an English settlement in North America

Who founded Jamestown? • 144 settlers left from England • Mostly men • 40 died during the journey

Where was Jamestown settle? • VIRGINIA • Along the James River • Near Chesapeake Bay • Southern colonies

HARDSHIPS • • 1. HARSH WINTERS 2. DISEASE 3. FAMINE 4. LACK OF WATER

HARDSHIPS • Mosquitoes • Swampy land • Colonists not skilled for manual labor

KEY PEOPLE • Captain John Smithleader of the colony until 1609 • Experience soldier and explorer • “Policy of rigid discipline” NO WORK = NO FOOD!

NATIVE AMERICANS – Attacked colonist at first – Wanted colonist to leave – Jamestown intruded on Indian’s traditional hunting grounds. – Very afraid of guns/cannon – Later, helped colonist grow corn

NATIVE AMERICANS • Chief Powhatan of the Algonquian tribe • Powhatan’s men captured John Smith – Later returned him to Jamestown • Pocahontas – Powhatan’s daughter

Pocahontas • Pocahontas and John Smith were not in love

Pocahontas • 1612 - Kidnapped by the English • 1614 - Changed her name to Rebecca and married John Rolfe • 1616 - had a son named Thomas • 1617 - died at age 22

KEY PEOPLE • JOHN ROLFE – INTRODUCED TOBACCO CROP – GREAT ENTERPRISE – SOLD FOR PROFIT • USED AS CASH CROP – SAVED JAMESTOWN

POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS • House of Burgesses- elected representatives to an assembly VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES • Make local laws for the colony • 1 st form of representative government

Story of US Jamestown http: //safeshare. tv/w/Cb. ZFOWOzrh Jamestown, founded in 1607, was the first successful English colony in North America.