SECTION 1 VOCAB COLONIZATION JAMESTOWN TOBACCO CULTIVATION JOHN ROLFE JOHN SMITH BACON’S REBELLION

Georgia Sent Cops Not the Commissioner for Michael Vick.

1 VIRGINIA’S DEVELOPMENT 1607: 1 st English colony in North America: Jamestown, Virginia FOUNDED BY: joint-stock company, Virginia Company PURPOSE: mercantilism, find/send riches back to England; mostly settled by men ( Britain is the owner and colonists are the tenants) 1608 JOHN SMITH: leader of Jamestown who implored settlers to plant and sow

JAMESTOWN Jamestown almost failed: –Full of illness, starvation, laziness and NO GOLD –John Smith arrived later to Jamestown and quickly became the leader, noting the slogan “He that will not work, shall not eat!” Chief Powhatan- leader of Native Americans who previously settled land now called Jamestown – Daughter of Chief Powhatan Pocahontas later married Rolfe –HEY DISNEY: POCAHONTAS DID NOT MARRY JOHN SMITH!

Virginia’s Social Structure Large Landowners Poor White Farmers Indentured Servants slaves Bacon’s Rebellion

JAMESTOWN continued: HOUSE OF BURGESSES legislative assembly that was similar to parliament –1 st European-style of representative government in New World –Mirrored British parliament

VIRGINIA COLONY Economic differences split Virginia colony  1676 BACON’S REBELLION: Led by Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy Aristocrat and planter Poor who lived in the frontier felt oppressed by Gov Berkley & rich: high taxes & no protection from natives

BACON’S REBELLION 1.revealed power of former servants 2.Virginia House of Burgesses passed laws to regulate slavery so poor whites would no longer side with slaves against rich white colonists

TOBACCO: JOHN ROLFE  major $ crop/labor- intensive. Cultivated by Indentured servants  4 to 7 years of servitude in exchange for passage to New World. Later used slaves POWHATAN: initially helped colonists but later began raiding/attacking colonists due to cultural conflicts(settlers wouldn’t have survived the first winter without the help of the Native Americans) Rolfe married Pocahontas, Disney says it was John Smith

A Plantation Economy Arises The Rural Southern Economy Fertile soil leads to growth of agriculture Farmers specialize in cash crops grown for sale, not personal use Long, deep rivers allow planters to ship goods directly to markets

Georgia as a Buffer colony/state James Oglethorpe –Oglethorpe University Tensions between Spain and England over LAND DISPUTES Most Fighting took place in Georgia

1.Jamestown was founded by ________. 2.Jamestown was primarily settled by _____________________. 3.“He that will not work, shall not eat.” 1.Who stated that above quote? 2.Why? 4. Name the five southern colonies? 5.What was the 1 st legislative government in the new world? 6.Who first cultivated tobacco? 7.What were the English looking for? 8.Why did Jamestown almost fail?