“He who shall not work, he shall not eat.” -JOHN SMITH “He who shall not work, he shall not eat.” -JOHN SMITH SONGS FOR THE DAY: A WHOLE NEW WORLD Daily Comment & Card HEADRIGHT SYSTEM -Used by Virginia Company to attract colonists -Promised land (50 acres) to immigrate -50 acres for each servant -Made use of indentured servants popular JAMESTOWN -Named for James I -Settled in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London -First permanent English settlement -swampy location -goes through “Starving Time” when J. Smith leaves 1607

STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: -describe early English attempts and settlement. -interpret the fate of the Roanoke colony. -examine the factors of success in Jamestown -Assess the importance of Pocahontas to the survival of Jamestown

III. FIRST ENGLISH SETTLEMENT A. EARLY CONTACT B. ROANOKE C. JAMESTOWN D. GOVERNMENT

-Early English attempts at colonization were unsuccessful -John Cabot came in 1497, thought he was in China -Captain John Hawkins & “Sea Dogs” raid Spanish ships A. EARLY CONTACT CABOT HAWKINS 1/9

B.ROANOKE  Before Jamestown  Virginia named in honor of Queen Elizabeth  2 attempts between 1584 & 1587  Second try = LOST COLONY  Relief ships delayed 3 years (war w/ Spain) See smoke from ship, make noise, don’t want to scare them… Sir Walter Raleigh was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth... He was flamboyant & arrogant... But she liked him! men 17 women (2 pregnant) 9 kids Virginia Dare = first American-born English child 117 2/9

Find empty buildings, everything buried… No signs of distress… Only a message carved on a post that read… croatoan Planned to search, but had to go… 3/9

Charter given to 2 merchant groups -Plymouth Company (north) -London Company (south) JAMES I MAKES A GUARANTEE: SETTLERS RETAIN THEIR RIGHTS AS ENGLISHMEN WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO AND SETTLE IN THE NEW WORLD* *IMPORTANT TO REVOLUTION LATER ON... 4/9

C. JAMESTOWN  1607  VIRGINIA COMPANY /JOINT STOCK COMPANY  38% SURVIVE FIRST YEAR, SMITH IMPOSES LAW  STARVING TIME!! (>75%-over 500 to 60)  SUCCESS FACTORS: 1) STRICT GOVERNORS 2) INDIVIDUAL LAND 3) TOBACCO (introduced by John Rolfe) NAMED AFTER KING 5/9 $ BY THE MID 1700s THIS WAS THE MOST VALUABLE CASH CROP IN THE SOUTHERN STATES…

Colony becomes successful, expands… Area known as the Chesapeake (VA/MD) 75% were indentured servants Passage paid for 7 years of service ½ did not survive period of service 6/9

 RELATIONS WITH NATIVES POWHATAN, LOCAL CHIEF POCAHONTAS & JOHN SMITH (SAVED LIFE) MARRIES JOHN ROLFE 7/19

 FIRST ELECTED LEGISLATURE HOUSE OF BURGESSES 2 MEN PER SETTLEMENT JULY 30, 1619 PROPERTY-HOLDING MALES VOTE  CHARTER REVOKED BY THE KING(1624) VA COMPANY BANKRUPT COLONY BACK TO KING JAMES (ROYAL COLONY) D. GOVERNMENT 9/9