1. United States History and Government 11 Grade Boys/Girls 26 June 2018
What Were the First English Colonies in the Americas and Their Challenges?
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The First Colony
1587: Roanoke Island
1590: Vanished
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3. Patterns of English Colonization
Pioneered by Joint-Stock Companies
1606: King James granted a charter to Virginia Company
1607: Jamestown Colony was set in Virginia, funded by Sir Walter Raleigh
John Smith led the colony
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Jamestown’s Map
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5. Challenges of Jamestown
Diseases and lack of food
Colonists were not willing to do farm work
Many settlers died
1609: 600 New Colonists, 60 survived
Problem with Native Powhatan Tribe
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6. Prospects of Jamestown
Strong Leadership and Discipline
New cash crop: Tobacco
1618: headright system
50 acres of land for paying journey to Virginia.
New plantations grew
Indentured Servants worked in plantations
1619: Africans as indentured servants
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7. English Patterns of Conquest
English viewed Native Americans as “Wild Irish”
Intermarriages were not allowed
Burning and destruction of native American villages were common
1624 Virginia was made a royal colony
By 1644, 10,000 English settlers lived in Virginia
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8. Internal Dissent & Problems
Clash between wealthy planters and poor frontiersmen
1675: Clashes between frontiersmen and native Americans
Nathaniel Bacon’s rebellion
1676 Bacon’s Army destroyed Jamestown.
King James appointed commissioner to look into the problem and solve
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10. U.S. History & Government
Homework
Questions 1, 2, & 3 on page 48
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