1. VIRGINIA

2. Founder: The Virginia Company; and John Smith
Founded: 1607
Founder: The Virginia Company;
and John Smith

3. Reason: To start a successful English colony in America
VIRGINIA
Reason: To start a successful English colony in America

5. St. Augustine vs. Jamestown
-30 gentlemen
-12 tradesmen
-6 carpenters
-3 soldiers
-1 preacher
-7 councilors
20 “Various”
Whatever supplies are left on the boat
St. Augustine
-100 farmers
-100 sailors
-300 soldiers
-Supplies for 1 year
-500 settlers (including women, children, tradesmen)
-12 priests
-100 horses
-200 calves
-400 hogs
-400 sheep

6. Jamestown Notes First “successful” English colony in the New World
The colony lost 440 of 500 original settlers by 1610, especially during “The Starving Time.”
In 1612, tobacco was introduced by John Rolfe – this made the colony successful.
1619: First House of Burgesses is elected, the representatives of the people who made laws for the colony
1619, the colony imported the first African slaves in English America.

7. Capital: Jamestown, later Williamsburg
VIRGINIA
Capital: Jamestown, later Williamsburg

8. Name: For Queen Elizabeth (The “Virgin Queen”)
VIRGINIA
Name: For Queen Elizabeth
(The “Virgin Queen”)
Keep your snarky comments about my nickname to yourselves.

9. Agriculture & Economy: Tobacco (introduced by John Rolfe)
VIRGINIA
Agriculture & Economy:
Tobacco (introduced by John Rolfe)
John Rolfe
Rebecca Rolfe
(AKA, Pocahontas)

10. Other Stuff: Bacon’s Rebellion against the royal governor (1676)
VIRGINIA
Other Stuff:
Bacon’s Rebellion against the royal governor (1676)

11. House of Burgesses- first elected assembly in America
VIRGINIA
Other Stuff:
House of Burgesses- first elected assembly in America