Topic: Assessing the English Path to Colonization: The Chesapeake Region
Factors encouraging British Colonization Nationalism Elizabeth I Primogeniture Enclosure Acts Population growth “surplus population” Economic needs Joint-Stock Company
England’s 1st Colony: Jamestown Chesapeake Bay 1585- failed colony of Roanoke (near Virginia) 1607: Jamestown founded “Gentlemen” colony Disease, starvation 1609-1610: “Starving Time”
The growth of the Virginia colony Captain John Smith’s harsh tactics Rolfe and Pocahontas (Tobacco) “Great Migration” 1620-1650 Anglo-Powhatan Wars (1685) Virginia spreads out Tobacco Plantations Rise of “controlled” labor African slavery?
Conclusion 3…2…1 3 Reasons for British colonization 2 Explain the conditions in both of the early British colonies 1 Reason why Jamestown survived