1. The British Colonies: Beginnings

2. Spain and England: A Comparison
Spanish
English
Explored to find wealth
Settled to create outposts for easy movement of new found wealth
Religious reasons = __________ monks
Colonies were centrally controlled
Explored to find wealth
Wealth through the use of natural resources (sale of and taxes)
Colonies were given a great deal of autonomy

3. England’s first attempt
Financed entirely by Sir Walter Raleigh
First attempt was 1585, it failed
Second attempt began in 1587…

4. Roanoke Island, NC…the Lost Colony

6. 1590-1607…So who’s next??? No other efforts until early 1600’s. Why?
Solution = joint stock company mitigates risk

7. Success in the Virginia Tidewater
Jamestown, on the banks of the James River, was founded in 1607.
John Smith took over in 1608.
Starving time in 1610
Tobacco introduced
Everything changes in 1619…

8. Jamestown, 1619 African slaves brought by Dutch slave traders
What for?
Brought to grow tobacco
Replaced indentured servants and Native slaves…why?

9. Jamestown, 1619
House of Burgesses created to become the first representative government in the New World.

10. Jamestown, 1619
Women

11. Jamestown, 1619
In 1619 a new boatload of settlers came to Jamestown. Most of them were unmarried women.

12. Causes of Jamestown’s fast growth
African slavery
Indentured servanthood
Promise of land and a new start on life
Enormous profits from the tobacco trade