1. Aim: How did the colonists overcome the challenges faced as they settled the New World? Export-to ship (products) to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc Cash crop-any crop that is considered easily marketable, as wheat or cotton. Jamestown- a village in East Virginia: first permanent English settlement in North America 1607

2. English Settlement in Virginia Skill – Primary Source Analysis Read through the following primary source with your partner and answer the analysis questions. Richard Frethorne's Account of His Plight in Virginia, 1623 Background Richard Frethorne was a colonist who wrote a series of letters to his parents in March and April of 1623, describing his hardships in Jamestown. This selection is an excerpt from those letters.

3. Questions 1. Who is Richard Frethorne writing to? Why is he writing to them? 2. How does Frethorne describe his new life in Jamestown? Is he happy to be there? Why or why not? 3. Why do you think Frethorne and his friends were not allowed to hunt fowl? What was the work they might have been doing that prevented them from doing so? 4. What do you think Frethorne's position was in society? What makes you think so? 5. Why do you think settlers continued to sail to Virginia when conditions were so bad there?

4. Challenges Faced in Jamestown Challenges Settlers FacedBased on Reading 1. Conflict with Native Americans 2. Location 3. Starvation 4. Poor Leadership

5. Making Jamestown Successful Solutions: 1.Conflict with Native Americans 2. Location 3. Starvation 4. Poor Leadership

6. Summary If you were a settler in Jamestown, how would you help make the colony a success?