1. Jamestown

2. Jamestown Established in 1607 Virginia Company Charter – A document issued by a government that grants specific rights to a person or company.

3. Jamestown-Why Established ◦Gold and Silver ◦Trading furs w/ the Natives ◦Raw materials like lumber ◦Set up silk production

4. Jamestown-Initial Problems Located near a swamp…MALARIA! Unwilling to work hard

5. Should the Natives help….or not? On your own Read your essay TTYPA Discuss the reasons the essay gives for either helping the Europeans or turning them away. As a class Argue from the perspective of the essay you read, using specific text examples.

6. Jamestown-John Smith Sent over to straighten up the colony “He who works not, eats not” Raids local Native villages

7. Jamestown-Prospers Free Land New Leaders Tobacco

8. Jamestown-Government Representative government – a form of government in which voter elect people to make laws for them. House of Burgesses ◦Pass laws ◦Set taxes ◦Starts representative governments