Objectives: 1. Define: Charter, Joint Stock Company, Royal Colony. 2. Describe how a country pays for a colony? 3. Describe the hardships experienced by the settlers of Jamestown. 4. Explain how people came to the New World.

What the playing field looks like…. Spain was leading the competition to colonize the New World. England didn’t want to be left out of the competition.

England’s Desires: 1. Resources! 2. English merchants saw new customers.  Native Americans & Colonists 3. England was crowded and the New World offered space.

France NOT HERE…this area is claimed by France. England England tries its first colony right here. Spain NOT HERE…this area is claimed by Spain.

The 3 rd Time is a charm Sixteen years after Roanoke, the English again attempted to colonize a portion of the North America.

How to pay for a colony: 1.) A businessman wants to start a colony. 2.) He asks the King for permission. 3.) Start a company that will fund the colony.

Paying for a Colony: charter. English merchants asked the King for a charter. – Instructions on managing a colony. joint stock company The charter permitted a joint stock company to fund the colony. – Investors who shared in the profits or losses of a colony.

“Air Ball!” Roanoke I “Air Ball!” Roanoke II “Slam-dunk!”Jamestown A Basketball Analogy:

Jamestown: The Colony of Jamestown was founded when 105 colonists landed near the mouth of the James River, in Virginia. Like Jamestown, the James River, and James Peninsula are named after… KING JAMES

Despite England’s support, Jamestown suffered for 10 years.

1. Most settlers didn’t want to build houses or work in the fields. Instead they mined for gold. I’m a gentlemen. I’m not working like a peasant. Why Jamestown Almost Failed:

John Smith The leader of Jamestown Colony. He required all men work the jobs necessary for survival.

Why Jamestown Almost failed: 2. Built close to a swamp, diseases spread because of bad water and mosquitoes.

Why Jamestown Almost failed: 3. Native Americans often attacked the settlement.

Why Jamestown Almost failed: Starving Time 4. The winter of was known as the “Starving Time.” – All but 60 of the 500 colonists would die.

Starving Time Menu

Starving time “The most miserable and poor creatures existed in Jamestown in They were preserved for the most part by roots, herbs, acorns, walnuts, berries and sometimes fish…even the skins of our horses. So great was our famine that a Savage we slew and buried we took up again and ate him. It was too vile to say and scarce believed what we endured.”

Governing Jamestown: royal colony When Jamestown showed no profit, the king made it a royal colony.  A colony governed by the king.

Tobacco Shipments to Europe: 1616: 2500 lbs 1640: 3,000,000 lbs

How to get to Jamestown: 1. Pay for passage. indentured servant 2. Become someone’s indentured servant: – A laborer who is under contract for a specified period of time. 3. Slaves were brought whether they wanted to be here or not.

How Would You Set up Jamestown The Goal of a Colony is to make lots of … Money It also needs to be stable and sustainable.