1. Chapter 3: The English Establish 13 Colonies 1585 - 1732
Section 1: Early Colonies Have Mixed Success

2. Vocabulary
headright: land grant given to one who could pay his way to the colonies
indentured servant: one who worked for a set time without pay in exchange for a free passage to America
joint-stock company: company funded by a group of investors
charter: written contract giving the right to establish a colony

3. Roanoke Colony (“The Lost Colony”)
England’s first attempt at colony in America
Established 1585 in Virginia by Sir Walter Raleigh
When colonists returned in 1587 the colony disappeared.

4. Jamestown founded 1607 First permanent English settlement in America
Founded by Virginia Company of England
Trouble:
Disease from water/insects
Climate – hot/humid summers, freezing winters
Settlers searched for gold instead of building houses and planting crops
Only 38 colonists were still alive after the first winter

5. Jamestown is Saved John Smith forces colonists to work
Powhatan Indians trade corn to the colonists
Tobacco profits send thousands of settlers to Jamestown.

6. House of Burgesses
1619
First representative government in the Colonies
Elected members would meet to vote on new laws and plans for the Jamestown colony.