“The Colony of JAMESTOWN” (1 st successful English colony)

JAMESTOWN (successful new colony) 20 years later after the failure at Roanoke, England would try to establish another colony in _______.

The Virginia Charter In 1606, The Virginia Company of London England received a royal _______ from King ________ to settle a new colony in N. America. The Virginia Company hereby has permission from the king of England to settle North America - ________- is a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company to settle an area.

Virginia Charter 1606 The First Virginia Charter April 10, 1606 James, by the grace of God [King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith], etc. Whereas our loving and weldisposed subjects, Sir Thomas Gates and Sir George Somers, Knightes; Richarde Hackluit, Clarke, Prebendarie of Westminster; and Edwarde Maria Winghfeilde, Thomas Hannam and Raleighe Gilberde, Esquiers; William Parker and George Popham, Gentlemen; and divers others of our loving subjects, have been humble sutors unto us that wee woulde vouchsafe unto them our licence to make habitacion, plantacion and to deduce a colonie of sondrie of our people into that parte of America commonly called Virginia, and other parts and territories in America either appartaining unto us or which are not nowe actuallie possessed by anie Christian prince or people, scituate, lying and being all along the sea coastes between fower and thirtie degrees of northerly latitude from the equinoctiall line and five and fortie degrees of the same latitude and in the maine lande betweene the same fower and thirtie and five and fourtie degrees, and the ilandes thereunto adjacente or within one hundred miles of the coaste thereof;

Charter Rights The Royal Charter gave the Virginia Company the right to settle lands in the region of present-day Virginia. The Royal Charter also guaranteed that even though colonists would be in another land, they would still have the same ______ as English citizens.

English Colonists Arrive English settlers arrive in ____ and establish the colony of ____________.

The settlers build Jamestown on a ________ so they can defend it from attack. James River

Main Reason for Colonization Economic Reasons: The Virginia Company was supposed to look for ____ & attempt to establish trade with the Native Americans in fish & furs. gold

Hardships in Jamestown Jamestown was a successful colony, but only after facing many hardships. 1._____________Jamestown was located in a _______ area. The water was unhealthy, and mosquitoes spread ________. Many suffered and died from disease. 2. ________

3. _____________________ _____ did little to plan for the colony’s future. 4. __________ Colonists faced starvation because people wanted only to dig for gold and were not planting enough crops. 5._____________________ ___________

½ of colonists die of hunger & disease Winter of Winter of Trouble with Native Americans and not enough food led to a period known as the “Starving Time” in Jamestown. John Smith (leader) is hurt & must return to England Better Leadership & more settlers arrive at Jamestown to help the colony survive Tobacco is grown, which helps the colony gain wealth. *Things beginning to get better for the colony. *Starving Time reduced a population of about five hundred to barely sixty

Jamestown Colony Recovers Captain ___________, an experienced soldier/explorer helped save the colony. He set up strict _____ that forced colonists to work if they wished to eat. You better start helping to plant or you won’t eat!!!

Colonists began growing _________ after learning it from the Native Americans. This made Jamestown a very _______ colony. ________ brings wealth to Jamestown