Chapter 3 Section 1

 King Philip II (Catholic Spanish king) hated Queen Elizabeth (Protestant English queen)  Sir Francis Drake – attacked Spanish ports and was knighted for his efforts  1588 – the defeat of the Spanish Armada  Signaled the end of Spanish sea dominance  Opened the route for England to the Americas

 Sir Humphrey Gilbert – officially claimed Newfoundland for the British  Sir Walter Raleigh – sent by the Queen to explore the Americas  Attempted to settle on Roanoke Island (off NC)  John White – mapmaker on the second trip with Raleigh, father of the first English child born in America (Virginia Dare)  Traveled back to England for supplies  War with Spain delayed return  Upon return, Roanoke was deserted (only “Croatoan”)

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 Charters – the rights to organize settlements in an area  King James I – King of England in 1606  The Virginia Company  Joint-Stock Company – company in which investors bought stock, or partial ownership, in the company for a share of future profits  3 ships entered the Chesapeake Bay and founded a city named Jamestown ▪ Mosquitos, bad farm land, and lack of immediate wealth ▪ Of 144 settlers, 38 were left within 2 years

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 Captain John Smith – governor of Jamestown for the first 2 years  Established hard work, peaceful relationships with the Native Americans (Chief Powhatan)  Left after two years when a new group came  Winter of = “the starving time”  John Rolfe – learned to grow tobacco  Pocahontas – daughter of Chief Powhatan, married John Rolfe  Headright – the company’s land grant  50 Acres for each family member over 15 years old

 Burgesses – two representatives from each colony sent to the company  House of Burgesses – (July 30, 1619) the assembly that had the right to make laws for the colonies  90 Women and 20 Africans came in 1619  Servants – engaged in work for a set time period  William Tucker – first African American; free  Slavery in Virginia law in 1660  1624 – King James cancels the charter for the company and states Jamestown as the first official English colony in America

Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. Checking for Understanding __ 1.elected representatives to an assembly __ 2.a document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area __ 3.a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits A.charter B.burgesses C.joint-stock company Define Match the terms on the right with their definitions on the left. B A C