Question of the DayRead and consider the quote below while viewing the following panorama. Based on what you see and hypothesize why do you

think the law is so harsh?-----------------------------------

“Any man or woman who robs any garden, public or private, while weeding it or who willfully

pulls up any root vegetable, herb, or flower to spoil or waste or steal it, or robs any vineyard or

gathers the grapes, or steals any ears of corn . . . shall be punished with death.”

- Sir Thomas Dale, ‘Dales' Laws’

Essential Questions:1.How can you characterize the first attempt at English New World colonization?2.What is the history of Jamestown?3.What is the ‘starving time’?4.How can the English-Native American relationship be characterized?5.What was Bacon’s Rebellion?

England Arrives at Roanoke First English attempt at colonization

Financed by Sir Walter Raleigh The first attempt failed

Second attempt (1587) 117 settlers Led by John White

White tried to mend relations with nearby tribes but had no success He returned to England for help

Left behind 115 settlers and, His granddaughter Virginia Dare

First English child born in the Americas

In 1590 White was able to return He found no trace of the colonists "Croatoan" carved in post

The Settlement Jamestown followed the "Lost

Colony"

In 1606, English entrepreneurs led by John Smith, set sail to start a colony

In 1607, the captain selected Jamestown Island on the James River for the colony

It was inland from the Atlantic Ocean and it wasn't inhabited by Native American tribes

Settlers started to take over the area

Trouble Begins Powhatan (the local leader) instead

of attacking welcomed the settlers Attempted to form an alliance and

trade relations

But he found the settlers more interested in expansion and conquest War erupted & John Smith was

captured It lasted until the English

captured Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas

By 1607 the colony was in trouble Smith forced the 38 colonists to

farm Smith returned to England when

he was burned in an explosion

The Starving Time 1609, 600 new colonists arrived

1609-1610 was the “Starving Time” 80% of the colonists perished Of 600 colonists only 60

survived Due to strained relations, the

Natives didn't trade food The colonists never intended

to grow their own food, instead they relied on trade

Survivors were saved only when a supply mission from London arrived

Jamestown: The Colony Flourishes First representative assembly

established in America (1619) Known as the House of

Burgesses

The colony continued to grow Largely through growth of

tobacco

Powhatan Confederacy attempted to eliminate the English colony (1622) Attack killed over 300 settlers Known as Indian Massacre of

1622

King James sent troops to conquer the Powhatan

By 1644, nearly 10,000 English lived in Virginia

Bacon’s Rebellion By 17th century elite farmers owned the

land Small farmers could only afford land

in the backcountry Lands that were vulnerable to attacks

Nathanial Bacon led a campaign against these hostile tribes

But he seized friendly native tribes

Bacon returned and conflicts arose with Governor Berkeley

Bacon marched on Jamestown Rebels burned the town Many planters, and Berkley, fled by

ship

The first rebellion in the American colonies

Jamestown: An Overview

500 NationsThe Powhatan Confederacy