BRITISH FIGHT AND FLIGHT IN THE NEW WORLD

Claiming the Continent

Problems in the Colonies

DiseaseRelations with the IndiansFoodSuppliesWinter

Aristocrat who wanted to get rich quick

Gained money from Queen Elizabeth to start a colony

Named the Colony Virginia after the unmarried queen

Sir Walter Raleigh

First attempt at a colony was in 1585

Sir Raleigh set out to colonize the small island

Located in present day North Carolina

Roanoke: Take 1

Success or Failure?

Roanoke Take 2

Fights with Indian tribes and lack of food made the colonists return back to England.

Two years later they tried againHowever, this time the colony vanished. No

one knows exactly what happened to the colonists

Third Time is the Charm

Jamestown

Founded in 1607Located in present day VirginiaFinally, the English would establish a lasting

colony

Colonist Activities

Farming cash crops TOBACCO transformed the colonies, because they

could not find gold. The colonists relied on the money earned from tobacco to expand the colony.

-The colonists discovered that tobacco was easily grown in Virginia.

-Europeans loved this new leisure activity.-“Up the snuff.”

Tuesday 9/21

Tuesday Tunes

Review

Finish Jamestown

Start In-Class Writing

What did they eat?

Corn The colonists had to learn how to grow and farm corn

from the local Indians. The Indians shared the secrets of growing corn to the

starving colonists

What did the colonists eat before they learned about corn?

Rodents Snakes

John Smith

Took control of the failing colonyBrought order to Jamestown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82duIzjU5oI

“He who works not, eats not.”

Funding the Colonies

Colonists needed someone to support them with money, and in turn they would develop the land and send material back to the INVESTOR.

Called a JOINT STOCK COMPANY

If the colonists failed at developing the company, the investor would lose money.

Tuesday 9/22

Turn in your essay for homework points

Discuss the Virginia Company and House of Burgesses

Begin Plymouth settlement

The Virginia Company

Funded the colony at Jamestown

Charter Capital

Allowed the Virginia Company to settle Jamestown

Almost a rent/lease agreement, since the land still belonged to the Crown

The sum of all money and assets that a business has.

The Virginia Company used this money to fund the colonies

More on Joint-Stock

Governing Jamestown

Called the House of Burgesses

Allowed colonists to purchase land and earn money.

Also the first elected government in the colonies.

What group of voters are missing?

Were not part of the original settlement.

Came over from Europe to help “settle” the men down.

Imagine not living around any women

Women

The Need for Another Colony

Successes at Jamestown gave the British the confidence to start a new Colony.

What colony was this?

Plymouth

Getting a charter

King James I granted their land charter in 1620

Colonists were originally hoping to land in Virginia, but ended up in present day Massachusetts

The Puritans

Were very religious

Their entire lives were centered around praising God

Left England in search of an easier way to practice their religion

The Mayflower

The ship that was used by the colonists to reach the New World

Took them a little over two months to reach their destination

Plymouth Rock

What do you know about Plymouth Rock?

Discovery Ed clip

The Mayflower Compact

Was signed by the people on the Mayflower

Was a “pact” for the members of the new colony to stick together

In Class Activity