1. An English Settlement at Jamestown
Coach Martin

2. The first permanent English settlement in North America is founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
Big Idea

3. English Settlers Struggle in North America
Business of Colonization
English colonies were funded by Join-Stock Companies
Several investors pooled their money to support colonies
1607 Virginia Company sends 150 people to found Jamestown
English Settlers Struggle in North America

4. Founding Jamestown Disastrous Start Help from the Powhatan
The colonists focused solely on searching for Gold despite advice for John Smith
The colonists quickly begin to suffer from hunger and disease
Help from the Powhatan
The Powhatan tribe provides aid/food to the colonists
Colonists still suffer huge deaths/ 60 out 600 survive
Founding Jamestown

5. Jamestown Begins to Flourish
New leadership Leads to Stability
New leaders begin hanging those neglecting their work
People suddenly more motivated
“Brown Gold” leads to profits
Colonists begin exporting 1.5 million pounds of tobacco
Good farming conditions provide a big opportunity for profit with tobacco
Jamestown Begins to Flourish

6. “Brown Gold” and Indentured Servants
Good farming conditions provide a big opportunity for profit with tobacco
Key Missing Ingredient- Laborers
Headright System
Anyone who came to Jamestown received 50 acres
Many who came brought indentured servants
Servants worked the fields in exchange for food and shelter from 4-7 years
“Brown Gold” and Indentured Servants

7. The First African Laborers
First African laborers arrived in 1619
Treated as indentured servants and later received freedom
Slaves cost 4 times as much as servants
As wealth accumulated more slaves were brought to the Americas
The First African Laborers

8. Settlers Clash with Native Americans
Fighting breaks out between colonists and Powhatan
The fighting ends temporarily with the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
The battles lead to the king making Virginia a royal colony
Settlers Clash with Native Americans

9. Economic Differences Split Virginia
3 Main Reasons for Hostility
1) Former indentured servants= cant vote and forced to pay high taxes
2) Poor Whites vs. Wealthy Landowners= wealthy land owners don’t help fight natives
3) Governor fails to support fight against natives
Where was the money for taxes going?
Economic Differences Split Virginia

10. Bacon’s Rebellion Nathaniel Bacon raised an army to fight natives
Governor Berkeley declared this illegal and shut down the army
Bacon responded by setting fire to Jamestown
Bacon’s Rebellion