 Puritans – people who wanted to purify the Catholic Church  Supreme authority of the Bible  Ministers to be elected  King James I saw this as a challenge to the Church and made many Puritans ready to leave England.

 England was producing more wool than needed and prices fell.  Lots of unemployment and no job opportunities

 pool money for many investors for large projects (ie – settle ‘new world’)

 Several unsuccessful attempts to settle  Walter Raleigh settled Roanoke  Harsh winter  Disappeared – no bodies  “CRO” carved on a post

 King James sent the Virginia Company to colonize the Americas (1606/7)  Landed in Virginia and named it Jamestown

 Too close to the sea – made it swampy  Mosquitoes spread malaria  No one knew how to grow crops or raise livestock  53/200 were alive after one year

 John Smith – Became leader of Jamestown  Chief Powhatan – leader of the local Native America tribe  WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS?

 Powhatan agreed to trade with John Smith, the only thing that kept Jamestown alive in the beginning.

 There was not enough food for all settlers, but Smith and de la War had headed back to England.

 Settlers began stealing food from the Native Americans and were attacked.  Settlers began eating dogs, rats, snakes, toadstools, and horsehides.  Some ate the corpses of buried settlers.

 60 settlers remained, but they started creating smaller towns in Virginia, spreading away from Jamestown.

 England was not happy with how things were going and sent a replacement – Lord de la War, who brought 400 new settlers

 Lord de la War took more settlers to Jamestown and put them under harsh laws.

 To bring money in and save the colony, the settlers began growing and selling TOBACCO.  John Rolfe was responsible for the success.  Increased Population  Headright System  Indentured Servitude

 First representative gov’t  Legislation  Taxation  In Parliament???

 Virginia became a royal colony – ran by a king- appointed governor

Colonial-Indian Relations  King Phillip’s War ( )  Sassamon  New England  ‘the spark’  Powhatan’s Revolt Economic Tension in Colonies  Headright -> Indentured  Taxes  Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)  Western colonists vs. Doeg Tribe  Bacon vs. Berkley