THE ENGLISH SETTLE IN AMERICA I FIRST ATTEMPT

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THE ENGLISH SETTLE IN AMERICA

THE ENGLISH SETTLE IN AMERICA

I. FIRST ATTEMPT – THE LOST COLONY A. WHERE? ROANOKE ISLAND, OFF THE COAST

I. FIRST ATTEMPT – THE LOST COLONY A. WHERE? ROANOKE ISLAND, OFF THE COAST OF THEN VIRGINIA, TODAY NORTH CAROLINA B. WHEN: 1585 -87 C. RESULT: THE COLONY DISAPPEARED BY 1590? ? ? ? D. SIGNIFICANCE: THE FAILURE SHOWED THAT

II. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES A. WHAT: COMPANIES THAT ALLOWED SEVERAL INVESTORS TO POOL $$$$ TO

II. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES A. WHAT: COMPANIES THAT ALLOWED SEVERAL INVESTORS TO POOL $$$$ TO SUPPORT A COLONY IN THE HOPE OF MAKING A PROFIT. B. THEY HAD TO GET A CHARTER

III. FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH COLONY A. WHERE & WHEN: JAMESTOWN, VA IN 1605 B.

III. FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH COLONY A. WHERE & WHEN: JAMESTOWN, VA IN 1605 B. PURPOSE: TO MAKE LOTS OF $$$$$$$ C. MAJOR PROBLEMS: 1 - BUILT ON SWAMP LAND 2 - THE INITIAL COLONISTS WERE ONLY CONCERNED WITH FINDING

IV. JOHN SMITH TAKES CONTROL A. MAKES AN DEAL WITH THE NEARBY NATIVE AMERICANS

IV. JOHN SMITH TAKES CONTROL A. MAKES AN DEAL WITH THE NEARBY NATIVE AMERICANS (THE POWHATAN) FOR FOOD B. HE FORCES COLONISTS TO WORK OR THEY GET NO FOOD, SOME ARE EVEN EXECUTED C. HE HEADS BACK TO ENGLAND AFTER AN INJURY, HE WILL NEVER GO BACK TO JAMESTOWN.

V. JAMESTOWN ALMOST FAILS IN 1609 A. THE POWHATAN START TO ATTACK AS THE

V. JAMESTOWN ALMOST FAILS IN 1609 A. THE POWHATAN START TO ATTACK AS THE NUMBER OF COLONISTS STARTS TO GROW B. A FAMINE KNOWN AS THE “STARVING TIME” HITS JAMESTOWN C. ONLY 60 OUT OF 600 ARE STILL ALIVE D. THOSE LEFT ALIVE DECIDED TO ABANDON JAMESTOWN, BUT

VI. JAMESTOWN BEGINS TO FLOURISH A. WHY? IN 1612, JOHN ROLFE INTRODUCES TABACCO TO

VI. JAMESTOWN BEGINS TO FLOURISH A. WHY? IN 1612, JOHN ROLFE INTRODUCES TABACCO TO JAMESTOWN. SOON “BROWN GOLD” BECOMES A HUGE CASH CROP. B. ROLFE WILL MARRY POCAHONTAS

C. As Jamestown flourish there was a need for more laborers. D. Indentured servants

C. As Jamestown flourish there was a need for more laborers. D. Indentured servants from England came to work. E. to In Jamestown 1619, the first African laborers came Jamestown. (They wereset NOT F. to Also in 1619, Jamestown up the slaves) House of Burgesses (the first example of a form of representative government

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