Virginia Company A Charter: an Economic Venture supported by investors King Charles granted the Virginia Company all land from present-day North Carolina to southern New York. Called Virginia in memory of Queen Elizabeth I.

Job: Send back Gold, Foreign Foods, and Native American Products. First Venture: 1607 Men Only, Traders Only Job: Send back Gold, Foreign Foods, and Native American Products. SURVIVE

–Quoted in America: A Concise History, 44 “All they wanted, one of them said, was to 'dig gold, refine gold, and load gold” –Quoted in America: A Concise History, 44

Jamestown Swamp Land Three Sides Protected by Water-- afraid of an attack by the Spanish Far enough inland Deep enough waters right off shore to dock ships Fort James Town 1608

Refused to Plant any Crops PROBLEMS! SWAMP=MOSQUITOS MOSQUITOS=MALARIA Therefore, SWAMP=DEATH No fresh water source & Refused to Plant any Crops

After Year 1: The Fort Burned Down After Nine Months: 38 of 120 men still lived "Our men were destroyed with cruel diseases, as Swellings, Fluxes, Burning Fevers, and by warres...but for the most part they died of mere famine." -quoted in America: a Concise History, 44

Brought Supplies and 70 more colonists Supply 1: January 1608 Brought Supplies and 70 more colonists

Brought more supplies, a few women, and non-English artisans Supply 2: October 1608 Brought more supplies, a few women, and non-English artisans

By 1611 1,200 sent to Jamestown. Less than half will survive.

Pocahontas & John Smith John Smith captured in winter of 1607 Ritualistic Saving by Pocahontas? " a little Indian girl rushed in and took Smith's 'head in her arms and laid her owne upon his to save him from death.' historicjamestowne.org, The World of Pocahontas 1870