1. Early English Settlements – N#6
Learning Target – We will discuss the reasons so many colonists died in Jamestown.
Closing Task – I can explain the reasons for the high mortality rate in Jamestown.
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2. European Motivations
French, Dutch, & Swedish settlements in North America existed to mainly engage in fur trading.
Spanish were motivated by gold
English – looking for a Northwest Passage & to harass Spanish

3. English Explorers Half died of disease 1st winter
1584 Sir Walter Raleigh claimed land and named it Virginia for Queen Elizabeth
1587 Roanoke (Lost) colony founded
Half died of disease 1st winter
Sent for supplies in 1588
In 1590 when more came they found the colony was gone.
English war with Spain (Armada) slowed supply effort
“Croatan” carving
In Search of History – The Lost Colony of Roanoke (YouTube)

4. Roanoke Colony,

5. The first permanent English colony.
Jamestown
The first permanent English colony.

7. + The Church
1. Market Place
2. Storehouse and Court of Guard
3. Streets of "Settled" Houses (shown in rows)
4. Palisades of Posts
5. Bulwarks of Half-moon Shape
6. Principal Entrance, or "South Gate
7. Other Gates
8. Trench or Moat around Palisade

8. Jamestown Mini-DBQ
Background Essay – highlight the important information
Hook Exercise – answer the 6 questions for the document

9. Jamestown Mini-DBQ Background Essay & Questions Hook Exercise
Documents A to E

10. Closing Task On the back on the packet (after Document E)
List the reasons, you have discovered so far, as to why so many died at Jamestown.