Jamestown September th 16 Jamestown Ponce de Leon

Jamestown September th 16

Jamestown • Ponce de Leon 1509 Florida st • St. Augustine… 1 European settlement • Searching for gold • 1539 de Soto explore Florida

Video Notes 9/16 • 1606 Virginia Company of London set sail to New World • Swampy land; malaria • Did not plant veggies or plow…search for gold • John Smith & John Rolfe leaders

Jamestown Notes 9/16 • 1612 discovered tobacco… made profit

Do Now 9/17 • In notebook write haiku about Jamestown • Quiz • Jamestown

Jamestown 9/19 • Virginia Company of London goals: • find gold • Find northwest passage to Pacific ocean to trade w/ Asia • Change Native Americans’ religion

Jamestown* • Dec. 1606 left England: Susan Constant, Godspeed & Discovery • 105 passengers & 39 crewman • John Smith prison • Arrived 1607 • Settled on James River to search for food, trade, crops & keep animals alive

Jamestown* • Chief Powhatan • Encountered Mosquitos, illnesses, • Powhatan instructed Natives not to trade…known as “Starving Time”

Jamestown Colony* • 1619 House of Burgesses made laws in colonial Virginia…. 1 st government in N. America PROBLEMS= Swampy climate, diseases= malaria & dysentery , no experience about wilderness, argued, lack of natural resources &poor leadership, refuse to work

Jamestown Video 9/26 • 3 new ships arrived. . . tools, food, weapons • New leader= Lord De La Warr…Delaware state • Discovered cash crop…tobacco= $$$$ • July 30, 1619 created House of Burgesses= elected officials wrote laws…rep. govt

Essay Question 10 points 9/27 • John Smith was a leader of Jamestown Colony. Select a character trait to describe Smith. • Use text evidence to support your response… this means copy from article & start with… The text states • 4 -6 sentences • John Smith was a leader of Jamestown Colony.

Jamestown Video 9/27 John Smith was a leader in Jamestown Colony. Smith was a determined leader. The text states “ “

Agenda 9/27 • Quiz Review • Jamestown Part 2 • Essay Question