1. Unit 2: British Settlement in American Colonies
Chapter 3 Section 1

2. I. The Mystery of Roanoke
A. English Exploration
1500s = English pirates (Sir Francis Drake) steal Spanish treasure

3. B. 1584 = Queen Elizabeth & Sir Walter Raleigh
Sends scouts, find Roanoke Island
Off the coast of today’s NC (called VA in the 1500s)
Sends scouts twice
First = 1585 = did not survive winter = colonist return to England
Second = 1587 = led by John White = 91 men, 17 women, 9 children
Virginia Dare first English child born in North America

4. C. The Lost Colony John White returns to England for supplies
War with Spain set back his return
Came back three years later
Colony deserted
Only clue = Croatoan carved into a tree
Croatoan Island = 50 miles away
Bad weather prevented investigation
Colonist never seen again

5. II. Jamestown A. Discouragement Failure of Roanoke
King James I = 1606 = renew England’s quest for a colony in North America
Merchants pressed for a charter = a document that granted the right to form a colony

6. B. The Virginia Company
Joint-stock Company = investors bought shares or part ownership hoping the company would make money and they would share the profits
Find gold
Trade in fish and furs
Virginia Company of London = Dec = sent 144 settlers in three ships
Sailed up the river flowing into a bay = name the river and new settlement Jamestown after their King

7. C. Jamestown No: gold Yes: hardships, disease, & hunger
Survive first two years because of John Smith
John Smith
Forced settlers to work
Built ties with the Powhatan people & Chief Powhatan
1609 = Smith injured = returns to England

8. D. Jamestown Struggles Winter 1609-1610 = “the starving time”
Powhatan stop providing food
More colonist arrive (replace those who died)
Colonist start growing tobacco using seeds from the West Indies
Planters all along the James River

9. E. More Settlers Virginia expands
John Rolfe marries Chief Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas = native/colonist relationship improves
Virginia Company sends women to Jamestown
Marriage & children = result

10. III. VA Govt. A. Key to success
The Virginia Company began giving headright = land grants of 50 acres to settlers who paid their own way to the colony
Key to success of colony
Land ownership lured settlers

11. B. Burgesses
1619 = land-owning male colonists cast ballots for burgesses (representatives)
Burgesses:
Helped make laws
First legislature in North America elected by the people

12. C. English Govt. By 1624 Virginia was growing in size
Shareholders of the Virginia company not making $
King James takes away charter
Virginia = royal colony = directly under the control of the English govt.