1. (2.2) An English Settlement at Jamestown
Beginning in the early 1600s, the English establish colonies along the eastern shore of North America.

4. 1607 - English establish Jamestown Colony
Groups of investors form joint-stock companies
-Royal Charter must be obtained / King receives 1/5 of profit
Colonists seek gold, suffer from disease and famine; “Starving Time” ( )
John Smith forces colonists to farm; “He that will not work – shall not eat” & gets help from Powhatan tribe

6. John Smith
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7. Indentured servants - pay for food, housing, and passage with labor; 4-7 years of service on average
John Rolfe discovers tobacco in 1612

9. Indentured Servitude & Slavery
System of Labor
Headright System
Indentured Servitude & Slavery
Virginia Company offers 50 acres to anyone who makes the voyage or pays someone's fair
Labor is exchanged for transportation & living costs; servitude typically lasted 4-7 years
Slaves imported in 1619

11. Colonists’ demand for land leads to warfare with Native Americans
Colonists defeat Native Americans, force them off their land
Poor, former indentured servants demand legislative representation (taxes) in Virginia’s House of Burgesses; denied by Governor Berkeley
1676 uprising led by Nathaniel Bacon (Bacon’s Rebellion), fails