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2 Roanoke and Jamestown England’s Early Settlement of Virginia

3 Elizabeth I Reigned 1558 – 1603 Wanted colonies to compete with Spain (mercantilism) ◦ Spread Protestant faith ◦ Provide raw material ◦ Be a market for English goods

4 Roanoke Island (Lost Colony) Sir Walter Raleigh asked Queen Elizabeth of England if he could lead a group of people to begin a colony in the North America. charter Queen Elizabeth gave Raleigh a charter (a document that allowed colonists to live on land owned by their country.)

5 Roanoke 1580s – The Lost Colony Poorly planned and supplied Poorly planned and supplied ◦ Failed ◦ Failed due to hunger and bad relations with the Native Americans. ◦ All but 15 men went back to England on a ship. John White returned in August 1590 to find no colonists on Roanoke Island. On one of the trees was written CROATOAN.

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7 James I Reigned 1603-1625 Wanted colonies that would economically help England Wanted to get rid of people who don’t want to follow the Church of England

8 Jamestown -1607 In 1606, King James I gave permission to the Virginia Company of London to try a colony. ◦Joint-stock company ◦First to settle Jamestown Jamestown Virginia Jamestown was named after the King James I and Virginia was named after Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen of England.

9 Jamestown On May 14, 1607, the settlers began building the first English permanent settlement on the James River in Virginia. Colony led by John Smith Colony led by John Smith ◦ No precious metals found w Click Here to see a Virtual tour of Jamestown Click Here to see a Virtual tour of Jamestown

10 Hardship in Jamestown Gentlemen do not want to work. ◦ John Smith ◦ John Smith – “He who will not work, shall not eat” John Smith returns to England in 1609 ◦ Leads to poor colonial leadership Not educated in how to plant food in Virginia. ◦ The Starving Time ◦ The Starving Time – 1609 Native American attacks Disease

11 Jamestown Thrives John Rolfe – arrives in Jamestown in 1610 Experimented with planting Caribbean tobacco seeds in fertile Virginia soil. The cash crop was the savior of the colony of Jamestown and Virginia Free Enterprise ◦ Business not interfered with by government ◦ Colonists farmed the land for profit ◦ Private land ownershipexpanded ◦ Private land ownership expanded

12 House of Burgesses Start of Representative Government Virginia Company allows creation of a representative body 1619 – Virginia Company allows creation of a representative body ◦ Gave people a voice in their government ◦ Ten towns sent 2 representatives called burgesses to an assembly House of Burgesses ◦ July 30 – House of Burgesses met at a church in Jamestown

13 New Arrivals change Jamestown “20 & odd Negroes, which the governor & cape merchant bought…at the best & easiest rate they could” ◦Written by John Rolfe in 1619 1 st English settlement to use African slaves Jamestown – 1 st English settlement to use African slaves

14 A Review of Jamestown (Virginia) 1607 Created by Virginia Company of London ◦ Joint Stock Company ◦ created colony to make profit for investors Many hardships faced John Rolfe’s tobacco plant created wealth House of Burgesses in 1619 Created House of Burgesses in 1619 ◦ First representative body in American colonies John Smith


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