By Miss O.
What do you NOTICE? What do you KNOW? What QUESTIONS do you have?
List the reasons why: What words do you not know that you find on the page? Why was putting a colony in Virginia important for England?
Capital city of England England is also known as Great Britain (today United Kingdom) Parliament Building
Some men in London wanted to send settlers to Virginia, but none of them was rich enough to start a colony by himself. So all of them put their money together and owned a little part of the company. This little part of a company is called a “share” or “stock.” Virginia Company’s “official” seal from the King (after they got their charter)
The Virginia Company of London wanted to send men to Virginia to find gold and make money for their company. If they could make money from their colony in Virginia, their company would become wealthy!!
Ruling monarch of England after Queen Elisabeth died He claimed that Virginia belonged to him, because he was England’s king.
England wanted to establish an American colony to increase its wealth and power. They hoped to find silver and gold. A colony in America could furnish raw materials that could not be grown or obtained in England. A colony in America would open new markets for trade. Why would King James say “Yes”!?
1. England hoped to find silver and gold in America.
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3. England wanted to open new markets for trade. Raw materials from the Virginia to other countries that don’t have much England gets all the $ or stuff from other countries in return!
King James grants the Virginia Company a charter. This charter gave permission to start a colony along the Chesapeake Bay area.
Listening Quiz
The following advertisements were found in British newspapers in the early years of the Jamestown settlement ( ). Work with a partner to list at least 3 ideas in each part of the graphic organizer. What do you notice? What do you know? What reasons are given to go? Is the ad successful in convincing? Why or why not? What questions do you have?
What effects did these advertisements cause between the years of ? What happened because of them?
How are these advertisements similar and different from one another?
Which of the 5 advertisements do you think is the best or most convincing to get people to go to Jamestown?
What realities were left out about the conditions in Jamestown?
What changes might you have made to make these advertisements more convincing or compelling?
Each student will design an advertisement poster, entreating volunteers to sign up for the voyage to Virginia for the purpose of finding riches and establishing a permanent settlement. Posters must be include the three reasons for colonization, be colorful, include at least 4 other facts, and be persuasive.
Today, all three of them would look very small to us, but they were strong and could ride the storms across the Atlantic Ocean. Glue your ship coloring picture in your VA Studies Notebook.
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The stockholders hoped to make a lot of money for themselves and England—that’s the economic part. A venture is a business that is risky or dangerous. The stockholders found 104 men willing to go on this trip.
ort.com/ Ship captain of the “fleet” that took the English settlers to Jamestown in Famous for sailing with Sir Francis Drake in many sea battles against the Spanish. Lost his right arm in battle (the “real” Captain Hook)
Known as the Admiral of Virginia Came back on numerous voyages to Jamestown to re- supply the starving colonists Later, When the Sea Venture was shipwrecked on Bermuda during a hurricane, Newport organized 150 colonists to build two new vessels for their deliverance to Jamestown. A Virginia college is named after him today!
The settlers first landed at Cape Henry, which is today’s Virginia Beach.
1. Unfriendly Indians 2. Rough water (ocean waves crashing) difficult for ships to dock 3. Instructions (from the charter) told the settlers to go inland and find a suitable place for their colony.
In 1607, when settlers arrived, Jamestown was located on a narrow peninsula bordered on 3 sides by the James River.
1. easily defended from attack by sea by the Spanish.
2. The water along the shore was deep enough for ships to dock. harbor
3. They believed they had a good supply of fresh water.
What natural resources would they have used to make the palisade walls? Why would the settlers have made a palisade?
woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.
Became the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607.