1. 1607

2.   1606-The Virginia Company (joint-stock company) of London (est. by James I) chartered the voyage  Charter guaranteed colonists their rights as English men (extended the English Bill of Rights) and became a foundation of American liberties  1607-the Va. Co., led by Captain John Smith, est. the colony: 140 men + 4 boys set out in Dec. 1606, landed in April 1607  Named after James I  After 7 months, only 32 people were left, Indians saved the remaining Initial Start

3.   Wealthy could pay their own way  Poor-via indentured servitude-passage paid for with agreement to work for 4-7 yrs, at the end of work, free to own/work his/her own land The Voyage

5.   Approx. 60 miles from the mouth of the James River, in the Chesapeake Bay Region (marshland) Settlement Area

6.  Advantages?  Disadvantages?

7. Modern view

8.   Diseases-site was malaria ridden (mosquitoes)- chosen for military concerns  Water was bad  Looked for gold rather than planting-ignored daily tasks to survive (Starving Time-Winter 1609-1610)  Many were poor and squabbled over little things  No skilled artisans/craftsman-”pretty boys”- settlers were not used to the manual labor required to est. a colony  Native Americans-growing issue as time progressed-almost destroyed the colony Major issues

9.  Indian massacre of 1622-by the Powhatan Confederacy

11.   Dec. 1607-captured by the Werowocomoco tribe while exploring, released w/o harm (Pocahontas)  John Smith emerged as a leader- 1608-”no work, no eat”  Relation with Pocahontas not true (she was 11 when he met her), daughter of Chief Powhatan-never married  Had to return to England due to an injury John Smith

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13.  What helps to save Jamestown?

14.   Also had a relationship with Pocahontas, she later married him and moved back to England with him, where they had one son  1612-introduced tobacco (cash crop, staple crop)  Helped save Jamestown (a struggling settlement for approx. 10 yrs)- tobacco John Rolfe

15.   European demand greatly grew  Need for laborers to grow it increased as well  Landowners preferred not to lose land to indentured servants once they had paid off their debt  Move toward slavery and the African slave trade Tobacco

16.   1619-House of Burgesses est.-the first elected legislative body in the colonies  Made laws for the colony and helped to plan its growth and development  First representative govt. Government

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18.   House of Burgesses est.  Women arrive  Transfer of Africans to the settlement for work as indentured servants 1619

19.   1624-charter is revoked, VA. becomes a royal colony  Va. Co. goes bankrupt  By 1625, 1200 survived out of 8000 who came  Indian problems-growing need for military attention  James I distrusted legislative assembly and hated the importance of tobacco In the End- Foreshadowing

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21.   First successful colony  Est. Native American/British relationship that would be seen for years to come  Economy-tobacco  First representative govt. Significance

22. By the late 1800’s, only this 1639 ruin remained…in the 1990’s, the ruins of the original fort were found underwater in the James River