U3 L1 - Jamestown

​Jamestown

• King James I

  • Grants charter to Virginia Company in 1606 to "settle & civilize" the Americas

  • Allowed

    • pay off debts

    • to check the expansion of Spain

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Who? -

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Virginia Company

• Joint Stock Company

• Shareholders

• Jamestown was profit

  motivated

• Advertised for Indentured Servants​

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What and Why

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• ​December 1606, 105 settlers and entrepreneurs sail

• Arrive in Virginia April 1607

• Edward Maria Wingfield elected president and selects settlement site​

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The Voyage

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Take a look at the occupation list of the original settlers. What is the most common occupation listed and how successful do you think this colony will be with this lineup? Why?

• Hidden from Spanish

• ​Swamps and Rivers provide protection from local Tribal nations

• Good deep water natural harbor

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Why Jamestown Island?

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• 14,000 Powhatan indians lived in area

• Chief Powhatan's daughter was....

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​Pocahontas

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The Natives

1. communal land ownership

2. Hygiene - the Powhatans believed in cleanliness and bathed daily; Europeans rarely bathed (largely because out of ignorance)

3. Eastern Woodland Indians tended to be Deist in nature

   1. Great Spirit or Spirits

   2. Nature manifests the presence of gods​

Problems with the English

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Open Ended

Which of these three do you think was the biggest problem? Why?

1. We practice communal land ownership

2. We bath and shave every day

3. We worship the Great Spirits manifest in nature, not in a building or church

Most settlers weren't accustomed to work

Didn't plan for winter

Wasted time looking for gold​

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​The Starving Time

Disease - infected river

Famine - no food

War - local tribes attacked settlement​

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​Causes

• Experienced explorer and soldier

• takes leadership of colony

• Saved by Pocahontas...maybe..​

John Smith Saves the Day

​"He that will not work shall not eat."

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