Introduction to English Colonization The Settlements of Jamestown & Plymouth
Vocabulary Social: deals with people Economic: deals with money Political: deals with government Geographic: deals with land Physical: deals with describing the land Political: deals with the exact location of places
Roanoke “The Lost Colony” 1585 Led by Sir Walter Raleigh Located near present day North Carolina Disaster of the colony made it difficult for other Englishmen to risk another attempt at colonization : A settlement of people Colony
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Virginia Company of London Settled in northern part of Virginia 1607 established Jamestown (1st permanent English settlement) by John Smith at the mouth of the James River in Chesapeake Bay Located in a swamp Had mosquitoes Settlers got sick from water
John Rolfe introduced tobacco to them in 1612 and helped the settlement survive 1619 Virginia House of Burgesses created-1st example of a representative government in North America (people select others to make decisions)
JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA 1607
Jamestown, Virginia 1607
Puritans People who wanted to purify (clean) the church
Separatists People who wanted to separate from the Anglican Church in order to establish their own church
VIRGINIA COMPANY OF PLYMOUTH Pilgrims (Puritans/Separatists) left Europe b/c they were seeking religious freedom Arrived in 1620 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts and established Plymouth
Signed the Mayflower Compact (1st example of self-government) They agreed to make and follow their own laws