A N E N G L I S H S E T T L E M E N T I N J A M E S T O W N

C H A P T E R 2 S E C T I O N 2

Mr. Clifford

US 1

MAIN IDEA& WHY IT MAT TERS NOW

The first permanent English

settlement in North America was

founded at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607

English colonies in Virginia developed

into the present states of the southern

United States.

CHAPTER 2 SECTION 1KEY TERMS

John Smith

Joint-stock companies

Jamestown

Powhatan

headright system

Indentured servant

Royal colony

Nathaniel Bacon

C O L O N I Z A T I O N I S A B U S I N E S S

King James: granted a permit charter to two joint

stock companies: Virginia companies of (London &

Plymouth) http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/videos/america-the-story-of-

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Virginia Company: lured financial support by telling

investors they would receive a percentage of all the

profit they would receive from: gold, silver, cash crops.

The English monarch would receive 20% of all the

profit from Virginia Company,

DISASTER IN JAMESTOWN

- CAUSES: (WHY DIDN’T THE COLONY WORK?)

1.) Settlers focused on finding gold and planting

tobacco and not on SURVIVAL !

2.) Settlers were not used to working hard

(Many came from rich, noble families who did not know

how to clear fields, plant crops, build shelter, etc.)

3.) Disease from infected river killed many.

(dysentery) Hunger soon followed

DISASTER IN JAMESTOWNEFFECTS

1.) 38 out of 150 colonists remained alive by winter 1607

2.) Jon Smith takes control of colony; colony begins to

improve

3.) The Powhatan Tribe begins to help settlers

4.) Smith implements new law: NO WORK, NO FOOD

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JOHN SMITH DOES NOT LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER

Smith returns to England after he gets burned

in a fire and Jamestown begins to crumble

-SPRING 1609: Another 600 colonists arrive

(women & children)

-Powhatan Tribe and English settlers begin to

quarrel. How did Powhatan Tribe sabotage

Jamestown settlement?

TOBACCO A .K.A . (BROWN GOLD) SAVES JAMESTOWN !

- John Rolfe: English colonists who came to Jamestown

to profit from tobacco.

- Why does tobacco become popular?• Rolfe created a potent form of tobacco. People in

Europe are already addicted.

- How does tobacco save JAMESTOWN?• The high demand for tobacco in Europe would help

Jamestown become one of the most successful clip in the New World.

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HOW DOES JAMESTOWN GET WORKERS?

Headright System & Indentured

Servitudee

First African laborers were treated as

Indentured Servants. WHY?

A decrease in indentured servants would

lead to WHAT? Howard Zinn - Chapter 3

C L A S H E S W I T H N AT I V E A M E R I C A N S

More and more settlers and indentured servants

come to Jamestown for freedom and prosperity.

English settlers begin to push Powhatan and other

Native American tribes off their lands.

White settlers and Native Americans clash and

violence ensues

ENGLISH PATTERN OF CONQUEST

Learned conquering technique from their conquest of

Ireland.

Use superior weapons and fighting techniques to conquer

and drive away native peoples (total and complete conquest)

English colonists were forbidden to intermarry with Native

Americans

English colonists were forbidden to create a mestizo

population

Settle land and develop plantation economy using

indentured servants then slaves.

ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES SPLIT VIRGINIA

As the Jamestown colony grew, an influx of poor indentured

servants migrated to the colony. Once their service ended,

white and black former indentured servants traveled to the

western to build their own homes and plantations.

Two societies came about:• Wealthy, land owning planter society located in the

eastern part of the colony.• Poor, black & white indentured servant class located

in the western section of the colony.

NATHANIEL BACON’S REBELLION

Who was Nathaniel Bacon?

Why were the poor, former, indentured servant class upset

with the handling of Native Americans by the rich ruling

class in Jamestown?

NATHANIEL BACON’S REBELLION

NATHANIEL BACON decided to take charge:

(WHAT DOES HE DO)

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Governor William Berkely and the rich

landowners call Bacon’s army illegal. (WHY)

NATHANIEL BACON’S REBELLIONH T T P : / / W W W. Y O U T U B E . C O M / W A T C H ? V = D 6 K E 7 V D F 9 8 Y

BACON’S ARMY DECIDES TO MARCH INTO

JAMESTOWN (WHAT HAPPENS?) • Bacon’s army sets fire to the town.• William Berkley flees Jamestown and requests that

the King send troops to quell the violence.• When Berkley returns with troops, Nathaniel Bacon

had died of dysentery and the rebellion had ended. Berkley executed members of the rebellion.

• African slavery would increase and indentured servitude would eventually end.