1. England Colonizes Virginia
The Jamestown Settlement

2. A little background from the English perspective….
1497/ 1498: English Explorer John Cabot traveled to establish England’s claim to new territory
1604: King James I prepares to colonize North America
1606: King James I issues charter for creating a colony & the Virginia Company is created
1607: 3 small ships sailed from England with Virginia’s first settlers

3. The Susan Constant transported men and supplies across the Atlantic

4. Settlers arrive at site near the James River. Jamestown is created
Settlers arrive at site near the James River. Jamestown is created. This was England’s first permanent settlement.
Story of Us: Jamestown (3 mins)

5. The settlement buildings were made of material from the area.

6. Geographic/environmental problems?
Jamestown Colony Beginnings (2mins)

7. The Jamestown Pitfalls and Problems
 40 people died on the voyage to the New World.
1609  another ship from England lost its leaders and supplies in a shipwreck off Bermuda.
Settlers died by the dozens!
Drought led to shortage of local foods
(The Starving Time)

8. High Mortality Rates The “Starving Time”: 1607 = 104 colonists
Spring, 1608 = 38 survived
1609 = 300 immigrants arrived
Spring, 1610 = 60 survived
1610 – 1624 = 10,000 immigrants arrived
1624 population = 1,200
Adult life expectancy: 40 years
Death of children before age 5: 80%

9. 1618: The Virginia Company introduces the head-right system to increase immigration. Many people moving to Virginia were indentured servants.
Each head of household was entitled to a set number of acres of land. This rule was designed to encourage immigration. It was free land!

10. English Migration:

11. The Natives in the area did help the settlement after John Smith intervened.
Captain John Smith

12. Eventually, the colony benefited from growing tobacco
Tobacco plants
A hogs head: this barrel would be full
of many hands of tobacco.
Tobacco “hands” dried in barns

13. Today we are uncovering the original buildings and artifacts.
Jamestown Excavation (2 mins)

15. England and Jamestown Timeline
The timeline must:
Have 8 points in time for OL classes and 10 for AC classes
3 illustrations (drawn or printed)
Neatness counts
AC on a separate sheet of paper answer the question on the next slide.
Using the dates we have been learning about from various resources, create an illustrated timeline showing the progression of Colonization from Hernando de Soto to Jamestown

16. Looking at the notes from this power point and the movie from Secrets of the Dead, what do you think caused all the problems in Jamestown? What problems were there in Jamestown?(Be specific with your details.)