1. By John, Ibby, Isaiah, Aniruddha
Jamestown: Block 2
By John, Ibby, Isaiah, Aniruddha

2. Key Vocabulary Virginia Company John Rolfe John Smith Powhatan Empire
House of Burgesses
democratic assembly
Starving Time
tobacco
indentured servitude
headright system
business venture
Anglican Church
Free Practice Rule
Pocahontas
Anglo-Powhatan Wars
Thomas West (Lord De La Warr)

3. History Why? Who? Early Problems - Search for gold/silver
Route to the Orient
Surplus population in England
Establish English colonial empire
Who?
John Smith ( )
investor/leader
King James I ( )
King of England
John Rolfe ( )
planter/early settler/diplomat
Virginia Company
joint-stock company that funded the voyage
Early Problems -
Conflict with the Powhatan empire
Difficulties cultivating food
Sickness spread rapidly between the colonists
Dependence on trade with the Powhatan to acquire foodstuffs
Over-focused on gold
Map of the local of JT on the VA coast

4. Government Who could participate?
White landlords (men) above 21 years of age - burgesses
White men could vote
Significance?
First representative assembly in the colonies
First democratic assembly in the colonies
Type of Charter?
Self-governing charter colony (Virginia Company)
Revoked by King James 1
Royal colony
What?
House of Burgesses
Structure?
22 burgesses - elected officials
An assembly speaker
Numerous committees on different topics

5. Economy Who? John Rolfe Planter and early colonist What?
Experimented with Spanish tobacco
Largest export from Jamestown
Why?
Pleasant and milder taste
Popular demand in England
Labor supply?
Indentured Servants
Why?
Cheap labor for tobacco farming
Replaced by what?
Slavery
Landowners threatened by servants

6. Population/Demography
After Starving Time - 38
Sent ,000
Population
Africans
Africans
Women:
no women
women
widows

7. Culture Headright System 1618, Virginia Company 50 Acres
Tobacco Plantations
Indentured Servitude
Aristocracy
Women and Children
1619
Marry Young/Children
Cook, Clean, and Raise
Followed Parents’ Footsteps
Grammar School
Daily Life in Jamestown
Clash of Culture
Native Americans and Africans
Differences and Similarities
Men
English Gentlemen
Business Ventures
Individualistic
Hierarchy
Gentlemen
Working Class
Indentured Servants/Slaves

8. Religion
Anglican
Free practice
Not important role
Economic purposes

9. Native American Relations
Powhatan Empire
Peace and Pocahontas ( )
Samuel Argall and Japazeus
Kidnapped Pocahontas
Negotiation Breakdown
Marriage (John Rolfe)
Mixed Beginnings ( )
Trade and Gifts
Violence
Dependence
Marriage of Pocahontas and Rolfe
Powhatan Wars ( )
Opechancanough
Surprise Attack
Death Toll: 400
Warfare 14 years
Final Uprising
Starving Time ( )
Loss of Barter
Attacks on Wanderers
Near Abandonment
Thomas West
Bronze Bust of Powhatan at the Pamunkey Indian Reservation in Virginia.
Indian Uprising (1622)

10. People and Events
Who?:
John Smith- English explorer and early leader of Jamestown
John Rolfe -English planter and colonist; saved Jamestown with tobacco
Pocahontas- Daughter of Chief Powhatan; “saved” Smith
Events?
Starving time- Winter of ; lack of food supplies and Indian hostility
Anglo-Powhatan Wars- Series of attacks and conflict between the settlers and Indians