1. Birth of New World English Dominance Early Settlements & Colonies

2. New English Colony Sir Walter Raleigh colonize Queen Elizabeth granted Sir Walter Raleigh right to colonize the New World present dayRoanoke Island English settled @ present day Roanoke Island, NC Called it Virginia Called it Virginia 1585 – Sent 100 men Colonists disappeared and it was deserted Colonists disappeared and it was deserted King James in 1606 granted a charter Merchants given a charter Virginia Company of London in 1607 Joint-stock company First to settle Jamestown

3. Jamestown Economics of Jamestown Colony led byJohn Smith Colony led by John Smith No precious metals found John Rolfe grows tobacco First crop sold to UK in 1614 First English cash crop Free Enterprise Business not interfered with by government Colonists farm the land for profit Private land ownership expanded Private land ownership expanded

4. Hardship in Jamestown John Smith – “He who will not work, shall not eat John Smith returns to England in 1609 Leads to poor colonial leadership The Starving Time – 1609 Native American attacks and disease

6. Jamestown Thrives John Rolfe – arrives in Jamestown in 1610 Experiments with planting Caribbean tobacco seeds in fertile Virginia soil. The cash crop will be the savior of the colony of Virginia

7. Representative Government Company allows creation of a council 1619 – Company allows creation of a council for a say in their government Ten towns sent 2 representatives called burgesses to an assembly House of Burgesses July 30 – House of Burgesses met at a church

8. New Arrival “20 & odd Negroes, which the governor & cape merchant bought…at the best & easiest rate they could” Written by John Rolfe in 1619 1 st English settlement to use African slaves Jamestown – 1 st English settlement to use African slaves

9. English Colony Virginia Company faces financial trouble in 1620’s 1624 – King James cancels company’s charter Jamestown becomesfirst royal colony Jamestown becomes first royal colony for England in America