renamed the Virginia Company; English stockholders in Virginia Company “The Virginia Colony” Reading & Discussion ●Based upon the reading ○What were the expectations of the early Jamestown colonists? ○What were conditions like during the early years of the Jamestown colony? Entrepreneurs in Virginia ●Jamestown was settled in 1607 along the Chesapeake Bay: work for Chesapeake colonists did not ○the location was& many starved to the common good unhealthy but easy to defend from Spanish ships
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North American Territory The United Kingdom gradually became interested in the North American territory through a series of events. First was their use of privateers to private Spanish merchant ships. Being an island country‚ the United Kingdom also happened to have the most heavily populated empire in the Old world. It’s so populated they began sending people over from the United Kingdom to the New world to reduce the population in their country. This lead to more and more colonists and ultimately
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settle. They were looking for the first permanent place to colonize. The land that the Europeans settled in is now known as Virginia. It’s noteworthy because Jamestown had the same story as Roanoke. They were both attempts for the English to settle but both mysteriously disappeared‚ and both weren’t successful. Before Jamestown and Plymouth rock there was Roanoke. John White sets out on sail to look for this place to colonize. However‚ he did not know that there were already a group of Native
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“Starving Time”—Jamestown struggled to survive 1. The location on the Chesapeake was swampy & located in the heart of the _________Powhatan____________________________ Indian lands 2. Colonists expected immediate wealth from gold‚ failed to plant crops‚ & faced major __starvation____________________________ 3. With the brief exception of ___John Smith _______________________‚ Jamestown lacked leadership to unify the colonists D. Jamestown Survives 1. The Jamestown colonists hoped
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Dates: 1607- King James I gave the permission to start a tobacco colony: North America‚ Virginia‚ Jamestown 1620-pilgrims arrived from England 1630-Puritans arrived MA 1765-Stamp Act: purchase stamps to show you paid taxes on all printed items. Quartering Act: must feed and house soldiers 1773- Boston Tea Party: colonists dressed up as Indians‚ toss 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor 1775- The American Revolution begins this year 1776- Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense”
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Mayflower Compact- the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the Separatists‚ also known as the "Saints"‚ fleeing from religious persecution by King James of Great Britain. Important People * Sir Walter Raleigh- established the colony of Roanoke. * Anne Hutchinson- was forced from Puritan society for my religious beliefs and moved to Rhode Island. * William Bradford- the governor of the Pilgrims in Plymouth for over 30 years. * Squanto-helped the Pilgrims
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and themselves. This colonization affected many people and eventually led to a war between two very powerful countries. The first colonists came over and landed in Jamestown and ran it as business enterprise‚ exporting cash crops‚ rather that growing food to try and survive for a long time there. The people of Jamestown tried to replicate the English way‚ which was every man for himself‚ and people weren’t very involved in the community. The colonists focused on growing tobacco‚ indigo‚ and
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company‚ The London Company‚ received its charter from James I in 1606 they sent 144 men‚ only 104 made it to America. The colonists sailed over to America‚ up a river that they later named the James River and settled on a peninsula they later named Jamestown. Upon‚ their arrival they immediately ran into serious problems. Many colonists were highly vulnerable to local diseases‚ mostly Malaria. The main reason the colonists were there was to find gold‚ lumber‚ tar‚ pitch‚ and iron. They were hoping
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William Bradford were two great leaders in the colonization of Virginia. They both give accounts of their journey and life in the new world. When comparing the two‚ John Smith accredits himself for the progression of Jamestown where William Bradford accredits God for the progression of Plymouth. William Bradford comes from a heavy religious background. Bradford was deeply rooted in the puritan cause. He defined himself as “a person for study as well as action; and hence notwithstanding the difficulties
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England both started as English colonies‚ but by the 1700’s they had already become two completely different societies. The so-called “Chesapeake Region” was born with the foundation of Jamestown in 1607‚ the first English colony in the New World. In the area of New England‚ it all started when the colony of Plymouth was founded in 1630. New England also included colonies that were founded in the following years like the Massachusetts Bay Colony (MBC)‚ Rhode Island‚ New Hampshire‚ Maine‚ and Connecticut
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