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

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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)

5. 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

6. 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
Jan
Oct
Summer
Aug
Sept
April , 145

7. 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.