US History: Week 2 Early British Colonies Warm-up 3: Community If you had the opportunity to create your own school community, what type of features would it have?

US History: Early British Colonies Objectives: 1.Why did British Colonists come to the US? 2.Identify 2 examples of British Colonists struggling in Virginia 3.How did British Colonists deal with the struggles? (Give one example)

Jamestown, Virginia Jamestown- (1607) 1st English city in present day US Virginia Company- in charge of Jamestown *Goal- make money (find gold like Spanish) Disastrous start- settlers died in huge numbers (WHY?) 1)Gentlemen Settlers- they did not know how to live in the wild (kill food, build homes) 2)Looked for gold- not food 3)Disease- town is in a swamp with mosquitoes

Jamestown, Virginia

Tobacco- Native American crop popular in Europe *Tobacco made Jamestown profitable (Drug trade makes $ too just like gold) New settlers- people wanted to move to Jamestown to make money and cheap/free land Headright system- free land for new arrivals If people couldn’t afford payment to come here, how do you think they would pay? Indentured servant- person to poor to pay for trip, had cost of trip paid in return for 3-5 years labor

With the chance to start a new life, there’s one problem….

– *Shortage of people/labor required incentives for people to move to Americas Problems for settlers- as more people came, available land moved farther inland – *Caused clashes with Indians Bacon’s Rebellion- (1676) former indentured servants riot and burn down Jamestown – *Wanted more protection against Indians from local government – **Importance- created a need to find a less troublesome, cheap labor source What would be a perfect replacement for indentured servants? – SLAVES!

Classwork Cause and Effect chart – On a separate sheet of paper LABEL -  British Colonies in the US Fold paper in half Left side of paper title “Cause” Right side of paper title “Effect”

British Colonization in the US CauseEffect Many who came to the colonies like Virginia were looking for gold. Did not find gold. Many died. Future colonists ended up raising tobacco. In the beginning, Virginia colonists like in the ones in Jamestown died. Virginia colonists need labor to grow tobacco Immigrants worked 3-5 years to who could not afford to travel to America. Bacon’s Rebellion - former indentured servants riot and burn down Jamestown

Exit Ticket 1.Why did British Colonists come to the US? 2.Identify 2 examples of British Colonists struggling in Virginia 3.How did British Colonists deal with the struggles? (Give one example)

New England- settled by English looking for religious freedom (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island) Puritans- wanted to purify/fix the Church of England (make it less Catholic), treated harshly by King in England Pilgrims- Puritans who wanted to separate from the Church of England, sailed on Mayflower and landed on Plymouth (1620) *Both wanted to create a model Christian society in Americas based on THEIR BELIEFS (did not want people or religions who were different)

*problems with Indians- Puritains felt Indians were in the way, lots of clashes Rhode Island- only New England colony with religious freedom Roger Williams- founder, kicked out of Massachusettes Indians- felt Indians should be paid if kicked off land Religious Freedom- thought government should not follow church laws

Cause and Effect Chart CauseEffect Many who came to the colonies like Virginia were looking for gold. Did not find gold. Many died. Future colonists ended up raising tobacco. In the beginning, Virginia colonists like in the ones in Jamestown died. Virginia colonists need labor to grow tobacco Puritans are persecuted in England Puritans believed in religious freedom

Classwork Evidence Guide – Textbook pages – DO NOT WRITE ON THE HANDOUT! Exit Ticket – How was life in Jamestown, Virginia? Give 1 example why British immi