1. Jamestown Why did it fail initially? What eventually caused Jamestown to succeed?

2. Southern Colonies Chesapeake Bay – Jamestown VA – Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

3. Motivations? – Hakluyt – Roanoke (1584-1590)- Raleigh

4. Joint Stock Company – Susan Constant 105 colonists (all men)

5. 1607 – James River – Social make-up (36/105 were “gentlemen”) January 1607 – only 38 colonists alive

8. Captain John Smith and Powhattan – Pocahontas - ritual 1608 – John Smith is in charge “work or starve” only 12 died 80% death rate? Major reasons?

11. 1612 – John Rolfe – Tobacco 1620 – exported 40,000 pounds of tobacco – by 1624 – exported 1.5 million pounds – double edged sword? 1618 – Headright System – Merchant Planters

12. 1619 – House of Burgesses Established and First Africans Arrive

13. 1622 – War with Powhattan

14. 1624 – Va. Becomes a Royal Colony Total immigration from 1607-1624 = 7200 – total dead = 5000

16. Jamestown Hippocampus

17. Jamestown Motivations? – Hakluyt – Roanoke (1584-1590)- Raleigh Joint Stock Company – Susan Constant 105 colonists (all men) 1607 – James River – Social make-up (36/105 were “gentlemen”) January 1607 – only 38 colonists alive Captain John Smith and Powhattan – Pocahontas - ritual 1608 – John Smith is in charge “work or starve” only 12 died 80% death rate? Major reasons? 1612 – John Rolfe – Tobacco 1620 – exported 40,000 pounds of tobacco – by 1624 – exported 1.5 million pounds – double edged sword? 1618 – Headright System – Merchant Planters 1619 – House of Burgesses Established and First Africans Arrive 1622 – War with Powhattan 1624 – Va. Becomes a Royal Colony Total immigration from 1607-1624 = 7200 – total dead = 5000