1. The First American Settlers

2. Why the expedition was made
Search for new land and wealth
English wanted to colonize Virginia
To seek a water route to the Orient

3. Not the first in the land
Roanoke people
1584 exploration
Lived with natives for a few years
1590- John White returned to colony and found that everyone was gone
Many different ideas as to what happened, but no documents are found to tell of what truly happened

4. The Arrival to Jamestown
Arrived in 1607
Jamestown, Virginia was the first successful settlement
101 people survived the trip overseas and landed in America
Hoped for many riches in the new land

6. The Arrival continued Led by John Smith Built a triangular
fort, which found to
be bad land

7. Meeting the Natives Paotin Indians were hospitable to the strangers
Introduced them to many new foods and resources
Pocahontas was a real
person
daughter of chief
Said to have saved John
Smith’s life

8. What was found No gold, although was the hope Natives way of life
Hunting and gathering

9. Conflicts of the New Land
Too many people, not enough resources
More landed shortly after
Only grew tobacco
Although a great export, took too much land, not enough for food.
Bad labor
Focused too much on exports, not enough on wellness for the people
Bad land
Soil unable to be farmed
Misquitos, diseases
Many colonists not immune to the new world illnesses, caused many deaths

10. Conflicts cont. Pocahontas kidnapped by Englishmen
Natives began to dislike colonists
Cut them off from their resources
Wanted them to leave
Without help of the natives, colonists had nothing. They soon were forced to eat resourceful animals, pets, and supposedly corpses
By 1610 only about 60 people survived of the 505 who all came overseas.

11. Pocahontas and John Smith
Daughter of chief in the native tribe
Story of her saving John Smiths life
Kidnapped by colonists, soon converted by them and married Englishman, John Rolfe
Name changed to Rebekah
John Smith
One of the main leaders of the expedition
Saved by Pocahontas from being killed by her people

12. Works cited http://www.historyisfun.org/jamestown-settlement.htm