Lesson one: Roanoke and Jamestown Chapter 3 Lesson one: Roanoke and Jamestown

Chapter 3 vocabulary words used in this lesson Charter- a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony Joint-stock company- a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of its future profits Headright- a 50-acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way Burgess- elected representative to an assembly

The Mystery of Roanoke Established in 1585 Explorers drew pictures and made observations They gave up after a difficult winter Re-established in 1587 The leader, John White, returned to England for supplies. When he returned, the other settlers had disappeared from the island.

The Virginia company A joint-stock company They hoped to find gold and get rich King James I gave them a charter (permission to start a colony)

Jamestown Survives In 1607, English investors tried to make a new settlement They named it Jamestown Why Jamestown was successful: The leadership of John Smith Growing and selling tobacco

Jamestown statistics Why they died off: Mortality rates Lack of food Lack of clean drinking water Conflict with Native Americans Exposure to weather(cold, extreme heat) Disease Disobedience Mortality rates May 1607 – 104 Dec 1607- 40 Jan 1608- 140 Oct 1608- 200 Summer 1610- 131 Aug 1610- 280 Sept 1619- 612 April 1621- 2, 145

More settlers come to Virginia With the success of Jamestown, more people went to Virginia. The Virginia Company gave land grants (headrights) to settlers who paid their own way. A government made up of elected officials called burgesses ran the colony. The House of Burgesses became the first elected law-making group in North America.