(2.2) An English Settlement at Jamestown Beginning in the early 1600s, the English establish colonies along the eastern shore of North America.
1607 - English establish Jamestown Colony Groups of investors form joint-stock companies -Royal Charter must be obtained / King receives 1/5 of profit Colonists seek gold, suffer from disease and famine; “Starving Time” (1609-1610) John Smith forces colonists to farm; “He that will not work – shall not eat” & gets help from Powhatan tribe
John Smith SEE? THINK? WONDER?
Indentured servants - pay for food, housing, and passage with labor; 4-7 years of service on average John Rolfe discovers tobacco in 1612
Indentured Servitude & Slavery System of Labor Headright System Indentured Servitude & Slavery Virginia Company offers 50 acres to anyone who makes the voyage or pays someone's fair Labor is exchanged for transportation & living costs; servitude typically lasted 4-7 years Slaves imported in 1619
Colonists’ demand for land leads to warfare with Native Americans Colonists defeat Native Americans, force them off their land Poor, former indentured servants demand legislative representation (taxes) in Virginia’s House of Burgesses; denied by Governor Berkeley 1676 uprising led by Nathaniel Bacon (Bacon’s Rebellion), fails