1. A Pattern for Southern English Colonies in America: LESSON 3
Jamestown
A Pattern for Southern English Colonies in America:
LESSON 3

2. How did the English colonies develop into three distinct regions?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How did the English colonies develop into three distinct regions?

3. JAMESTOWN First permanent English settlement in New World
Settled in 1607
Funded by the Virginia Company, a joint stock company who expected the settlers to find silver and gold

4. The Early Years
John Smith established friendly relationship with Native Americans
It is only because more ships arrived with additional settlers that the settlement managed to survive.
(Only 38 of the original 140 settlers survived the first year.)

5. TOBACCO Tobacco grew well here and was popular in Europe.
HEADRIGHT SYSTEM: used to attract more settlers.
This system provided large amounts of land to anyone who could pay their own passage to the settlement.

6. TOBACCO
This led to the establishment of large tobacco plantations and thus conflict with the Native Americans who did not believe in ownership of land.
For labor, INDENTURED SERVANTS were given free passage to the settlement and in return had to work for their provider for a certain number of years (7-10)

7. Since indentured servants were given freedom after paying their debt, the settlers looked for a more permanent source of labor.
The first African slaves arrived in Jamestown in They provided the labor needed to grow the crops.
Unlike servants, slaves usually could not purchase their freedom.

8. Virginia established the pattern for other southern colonies:
Cash crops
Plantations
Slave labor

9. System of Government
1619: First meeting of Virginia Assembly, called House of Burgesses.
Burgesses were the representatives.
First elected legislative body (law making)
Idea of self-government (DEMOCRACY)
Model for future colonial governments

10. Exit Slip 1. What was the reason for settling?
2. What role did John Smith play in the development of the settlement?
3. What hardships were faced by the settlers?
4. How were they able to overcome these hardships?
5. What event is known as the birth of DEMOCRACY in America?