1. Jamestown and the south

2. Warm-up
What were the motivations of English settlers moving to the New World? List and explain at least three.

3. The Early Years of jamestown
Established in 1607 with roughly 100 settlers
The colony is mostly unprepared and experiences hardship in its early years
Settlers suffer from disease and starvation because they lack knowledge of growing food.
The Starving Time: the period of time in 1609 in which many Jamestown settlers die of starvation

4. Jamestown thrives and expands
Period of peace after the marriage of John Rolfe and Pocahontas.
John Rolfe brings tobacco seeds to Jamestown  Thriving economy
1619: Jamestown colony establishes the Virginia Assembly, a model for representative government in the colonies
1619: The first Africans arrive in Jamestown and work picking tobacco as indentured servants

5. Jamestown Reading
Use the stickers to complete the following for the “Jamestown Colony” reading:
Place a sticker next to the sentence that describes how trips from England to the Americas were financed (paid for)
Place a sticker next to the sentence that describes why many early colonies failed.
Place a sticker next to the sentence that describes the Jamestown colonists resorting to cannibalism.
Place a sticker next to the sentence that describes representative government in Jamestown.

6. Conflict between native Americans and Settlers
As the settlement of English colonists becomes permanent, tensions increase with Powhatan Native Americans
1622: Powhatan Tribe attacks English settlers and kills about 400 people
England responds with a massacre of Powhatan Native Americans
1624: King James I takes over the Jamestown Colony in order to have more control over its profits

7. The importance of tobacco
Tobacco is in high demand in Europe
Leads to a creation of a wealthy planter class
Towns grow  Greater political unity
Tobacco industry grows  Need for more labor  Slave Trade

8. Bacon’s Rebellion
More colonists coming to Virginia  Less land for indentured servants
More indentured servants have to settle in the backcountry  Indentured servants are closer to Native Americans
Indentured servants do not get protection from Native Americans  They rebel against the Virginia Government
People do not trust indentured servants  Use more African slaves to cultivate tobacco

9. Maryland colony 1632: establishment as a proprietary colony
Proprietary Colony: gives absolute power to one individual
Maryland: Lord Calvert is in charge
Tobacco dominates the economy
Religious Freedom (but most leaders are Catholic)

10. Writing Activity
Imagine that you are the leader of the Jamestown Colony in Write a 2-paragraph letter to King James I reporting on the hardships of the colony and how you have overcome those hardships.
You must use and underline at least 5 of the following terms:
The Starving Time
John Rolfe
Pocahontas
Virginia Assembly
Representative Government
Powhatan Tribe
Tobacco
Africans
Indentured Servants