2nd period story
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Jamestown Virginia Englands first permanent colony
in America. Planned as a trading settlement by
Virginia Company of London. The purpose was to
make money for the 650 people who invested in it
and paid 12 pounds and ten shillings per stock in the
Virginia company
We want to make
money!!
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When they reach Virginia, they
had a plan to profit from all the
valuable resources.
we can profit from
all
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King James granted the Virginia Company a
charter which set boundaries along the 41st
and 34st parallels. Since no one knew the
distance of the New World, their borders went
on forever.
VIRGINIA
King James says
we get all this
land.forever
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Wow, that was quick!
All right, lets motor, baby!
105 men and boys of the Virginia Company set
sail on three ships: Susan Constant, Discovery,and Godspeed. They landed April 26, 1607!
Jamestown
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The men settled 30 miles up the James River on a marshy peninsula. They would be governed by a council of seven men,designated among them by the Virginia Company.
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Sir George Percy wrote there
wee landed and discovered
faire meadows and goodly
tall trees: with such fresh
water running through thewoods as I was almost
ravished at the first sight of
thereoff
Who are they ?
Lets call thisJames town
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Virginia became a seedling of liberties for in the Virginia company's charter King James I granted
Virginians with the same liberties that they would have been born into in England.
Virginia England
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The Colonists built a triangular fort at Jamestown
They Dug
For Gold
They Tried ToFind A Path To
China
But They Didnt PlantEnough Crops For
Food
And During Winter, Many
Were Killed By Disease
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In 1608, Captain John Smith took charge and saved the colony by imposing a work ethic since half
the settlers were gentlemen who werent used to working.
You gentlemen need to
work harder to help this
colony prosper. He that will
not work, shall not eat!
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When the men would work, there hands would become
painful and they would swear out loud. Smith didnt like this,
so to discipline them he would pour cold water down there
sleeves.
Awww.myhands S@#$!
Hey, no
swearing!!!
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Meanwhile, Powhatan, chief of the
Powhatan Confederacy, discussed the
English at Werowocomocotook, his
capital village fourteen miles from
Jamestown.
Maybe we
should wait
and see if we
can trade with
them.
I think we
should
attack them.
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Pocahontas persuades tribe to befriend Englishmen when she saved
Captain John Smith, and began the Peace of Pocahontas.
Friend.
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Tobacco is Horrible!
King James
Says Tobacco is
Bad for you. Itis HAZARDOUS
to your health!
But look at howwell the sales
are doing!In 1612, even
though no one in
Jamestown liked to
use tobacco, it
became theirversion ofgold.
The Virginia
Company gained
profit from this, and
everyone back in
England loved it.
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Lets get out of here, Pocahontas!
In 1614, John Rolfe married Pocahontas. She became a Christian that day. She
changed her named Lady Rebecca and was taken to King James by the Virginia
Company. When Pocahontas died, in 1617, the Peace of Pocahontas ended.
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The House of Burgesses m
1619 for the first time in J
Virginia. Five generations l
the Virginia assembly lead
grown accustomed to poliwould eventually lead col
independence from Engla
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The Headright System allowedprivate ownership of land (as opposed
to company ownership) Each pre-1616 settler received 100 acres of free
land. Each thereafter received 50 acres, plus another 50 acres for every
person brought to England.
Amazing! Im
going to bring
over my son, so I
can have another
50 acres!
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NINETY ADVENTUROUS WOMEN ARIVED IN 1619, SENT
BY THE VIRGINA COMPANY AS WIVES FOR THE
JAMESTOWN SETTLERS. EACH GROOM PAID 120
POUNDS OF TOBACCO FOR HIS BRIDES PASSAGE
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In 1619, the same time the Virginiacompany extended freedom to the
colony, groups were brought to
virginia.20 Africans were sold to
settlers. They were freed many years
later, but in the 1600s, slavery came
back
Yay!
Slaves!
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In 1622, tragedy struck Virginia! On good Friday indians suprise attacked colonists
wiping out of the colony But 1000 of the 9000 indiands survived
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In 1624- King James I, who didnt like the representative government, used the massacre and the Virginia Companys
financial problems as an excuse to revoke the Companys Charter and make Virginia a royal colony. He dismissed the
house of Burgesses, but the members met anyway. King James I, son in 1639 King Charles I reinstated the House of
Burgesses. Virginians prospered under royal rule, but they guarded their right to legislative self government.
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Sir William Berkeley served as one of the first royally
appointed governors of Virginia (1642). Although an
able ruler, he had no use for freedoms.
I thank God there are no free schools, nor
printingfor learning has broughtdisobedience, and Hersey, and sects into the
world, and printing has divulged them, and
libels against the best Government. God
keeps us from both.
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In the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia
rebelled against the autocratic rule of Governor
Berkeley. He levied high taxes, while denying
frontiersmen a voice in the government and
protected against invading Indians
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Time to stir up a
rebellion! I am
tired ofGovernor
Berkeley! In 1676 Nathaniel
Bacon stirred a
rebellion, and threw
Governor Berkeley out.
Jamestown was
burned, but King
Charles soon restored
order.
BurnJamestown,
Burn!!