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

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

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 . . .

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 . . .

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