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1 Do Now: (write in spiral notebook) What happened at Roanoke? What did John Smith do? What did the Pilgrims want?

2 Who settled Jamestown? The English founded Jamestown in 1607. Virginia Company of London was a mercantile operation business to trade with Native Americans and _________

3 What is a charter? compare to __________ charter = “grant of rights” “colony” (from Latin “colere”) means “to inhabit, cultivate, guard” The English colonies “inhabited” the New World and “guarded” the economic interests of __________.

4 Replicas of ships the Jamestown colonists would have used.

5 How did Jamestown succeed? Jamestown was the first ________ English colony in the New World. The colonists did not want to work. ______________’s tribe saved the colonists. John Smith = “work not, eat not” ____________ = success for Jamestown (John Rolfe)

6 How did the people of Jamestown govern? House of Burgesses Representative government The legislature shared power with the Governor. Linked to the King of England Model from Magna Carta in 1215

7 How did slavery start in the British colonies of the New World? Dutch ship arrived in 1619. At first, the Africans were indentured servants—they could work their way out of the agreement. Then everything changed in the late 1600’s.

8 Do now: Name three things that made the Pilgrims the core of the new “American” experience. How did they end up playing a role that would make America “different” from other places in the world?

9 How did the colonists at Plymouth differ from the colonists at Jamestown? The Separatist Pilgrims wanted to “separate” from the Church of England. The Jamestown colonists were “followers” of the Church of England. The Separatist Pilgrims were trying to reach Jamestown (for safety). Bad weather changed destiny.

10 Quick Write: How were the settlers of Plymouth different from the settlers of Virginia? Answer in your composition book.

11 How did the Plymouth colonists govern themselves? The Mayflower Compact differed from the House of Burgesses down in Jamestown, Virginia. Based on “just and equal”laws. First concept of self-rule in America.

12 How did Plymouth succeed? The Pilgrim’s landed in 1620. Massasoit wanted an alliance with the English. Massasoit sent Squanto to help the English grow food. The Pilgrims gave “Thanksgiving” the next fall. The colony developed fishing and logging

13 What are they discussing?

14 Without Squanto and his chief, Massasoit, every last Pilgrim would have died.

15 Early painting of the “first thanksgiving.” Who gets pushed to the background?

16 Summary: Jamestown Virginia Company John Smith Tobacco Plymouth Religious separatists Massasoit/Squanto


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