1. An English Settlement at Jamestown
S E C T I O N 2
An English Settlement at Jamestown
HOME
KEY IDEA
The first permanent English settlement in North America was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT

2. An English Settlement at Jamestown
S E C T I O N 2
An English Settlement at Jamestown
HOME
OVERVIEW
MAIN IDEA
WHY IT MATTERS 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.
TERMS & NAMES
• headright system
• royal colony
• Nathaniel Bacon
• joint-stock companies
• indentured servant
• John Smith
• Jamestown
• Powhatan
ASSESSMENT

3. An English Settlement at Jamestown
S E C T I O N 2
An English Settlement at Jamestown
HOME
ASSESSMENT
1. List the major developments in the colonization of Virginia.
Event Two
Event One
Event Four
Event Six
Event Eight
Event Three
Event Five
Event Seven
Event Nine
1609 Starving time began.
1618 Headright system introduced.
1622 Chief Opechancanough led raids on settlers.
1675 Fighting erupts between settlers and Native Americans.
1607 Jamestown founded.
1612 John Rolfe developed new strain of tobacco.
1619 First Africans arrived in Virginia as slaves; House of Burgesses first met.
1624 James I made Virginia a royal colony.
1676 Bacon’s Rebellion occurs.
continued . . .

4. An English Settlement at Jamestown
S E C T I O N 2
An English Settlement at Jamestown
HOME
ASSESSMENT
2. The success of tobacco farming in Virginia had wide-ranging effects. Describe its impact on each of these groups: the Jamestown colonists, indentured servants, the Powhatan, the planters. Think About:
• the headright system and indentured servitude
• the colonists’ need for more land
• the conflict between rich and poor colonists
ANSWER
For Jamestown colonists, tobacco revived a failing colony.
For indentured servants, tobacco provided the possibility for work and new life but limited long-term prospects.
For the Powhatan, tobacco required much land, and its success led to colonial expansion, which Powhatan attacks did not deter. Planters gained most of tobacco wealth.
continued . . .

5. An English Settlement at Jamestown
S E C T I O N 2
An English Settlement at Jamestown
HOME
ASSESSMENT
3. The following lines appear in Michael Drayton’s 1606 poem, “To the Virginian Voyage”:
“ When as the luscious smell
of that delicious land
Above the sea that flows
The clear wind throws,
Your hearts to swell”
What do these lines tell you about the expectations many colonists had before they arrived in Virginia?
ANSWER
The poem suggests an idealized land, where rich harvests provided a “delicious” smell, the wind is “clear,” and invigorating but not oppressive, and where hopes and dreams are possible.
End of Section 2