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Puritans – people who wanted to purify the Catholic Church Supreme authority of the Bible Ministers to be elected King James I saw this as a challenge to the Church and made many Puritans ready to leave England.
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England was producing more wool than needed and prices fell. Lots of unemployment and no job opportunities
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pool money for many investors for large projects (ie – settle ‘new world’)
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Several unsuccessful attempts to settle Walter Raleigh settled Roanoke Harsh winter Disappeared – no bodies “CRO” carved on a post
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King James sent the Virginia Company to colonize the Americas (1606/7) Landed in Virginia and named it Jamestown
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Too close to the sea – made it swampy Mosquitoes spread malaria No one knew how to grow crops or raise livestock 53/200 were alive after one year
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John Smith – Became leader of Jamestown Chief Powhatan – leader of the local Native America tribe WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS?
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Powhatan agreed to trade with John Smith, the only thing that kept Jamestown alive in the beginning.
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There was not enough food for all settlers, but Smith and de la War had headed back to England.
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Settlers began stealing food from the Native Americans and were attacked. Settlers began eating dogs, rats, snakes, toadstools, and horsehides. Some ate the corpses of buried settlers.
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60 settlers remained, but they started creating smaller towns in Virginia, spreading away from Jamestown.
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England was not happy with how things were going and sent a replacement – Lord de la War, who brought 400 new settlers
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Lord de la War took more settlers to Jamestown and put them under harsh laws.
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To bring money in and save the colony, the settlers began growing and selling TOBACCO. John Rolfe was responsible for the success. Increased Population Headright System Indentured Servitude
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First representative gov’t Legislation Taxation In Parliament???
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Virginia became a royal colony – ran by a king- appointed governor
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Colonial-Indian Relations King Phillip’s War (1675- 1678) Sassamon New England ‘the spark’ Powhatan’s Revolt Economic Tension in Colonies Headright -> Indentured Taxes Bacon’s Rebellion (1676) Western colonists vs. Doeg Tribe Bacon vs. Berkley
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