Northwest Passage John Cabot Giovanni Caboto Newfoundland 1497

Northwest Passage? John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) Newfoundland 1497 Never returned from second voyage Henry Hudson River (New York City)

Need for English Settlements To Search for a Northwest Passage. (to China) English Merchants wanted to trade with natives. (What did they want? ________.

Roanoke Island Sir Walter Raleigh (privateer) Island on Outer Banks of North Carolina coast 1 st Attempt (1585) Starvation forced return home 2 nd Attempt (1587) Settlement established 1590 – Supply ship lands on Roanoke, settlers had disappeared Croatoan

Jamestown Charter Colony Certificate of permission from the king Joint-stock company Investors funded the colony Virginia Company Colony on James River (1607) Named for King James I

Early Problems Settlers not used to working Spent time looking for gold Settlement on a swamp Poor leadership Except for John Smith Starving Time (Oct. 1609 -March 1610) Saved by natives Struggles with Natives Paradise? 1623 – 5, 500 settlers come 4, 000 die within a year

Government in Jamestown Who makes the decisions in your house? Do you have a say? Is there a king/queen in your house? Is it you? Define a representative government. Decide if you live in a representative govt? Why or why not?

Government in Jamestown James I revoked charter in 1624 Became a Royal Colony King appointed a governor to live there House of Burgesses Legislature of representatives of the community (DO you have a say in decisions at home? ) First representative government in the New World!

Saved by Tobacco First exported to Europe in 1613 (John Rolfe) Highly Profitable Needed more labor Indentured servants 1619, @20 Africans brought over

Bacon’s Rebellion (1676) Freed indentured servants moved west Promised land Clashed with natives Nathanial Bacon organized an army to push natives out Bacon told by governor Berkeley to stop Bacon attacked Jamestown Bacon’s death ended rebellion Gave encouragement to bring in African slaves