Today we will…1. identify how the 1st English

colony was founded2. analyze a primary source documents.

1. Papers from the table

John Smith Primary Source

Let’s Review…

1) Who were some of the countries that sent explorers across the world?2) Give a couple details about Columbus’ voyage to the New World3) Briefly describe the Columbian Exchange (in your own words).

European Empires in the Americas

Which country controlled the pink land?

Which country controlled the blue land?

Which country controlled the olive land?

Which country controlled the purple land?

Post Columbu

s

Read pages 87-91 in your textbook and fill in the blanks on the worksheet as you read about the 1st colony in the

new world

England Wants a Part of America

England watched with envy as Spain gained riches from its American colonies

With Queen Elizabeth’s permission, Sir Walter Raleigh raised money to outfit a colony in North America

In 1585, about 100 men set sail across the Atlantic

Sir Walter Raleigh

ROANOKEThe colonists landed on Roanoke, an island off

the coast of present-day North CarolinaThe colonists had run short of food so John

White returned to England , leaving behind 117 colonists

ROANOKE

(Because of war), White returned 3 years later

He found no one there and only the word CROATOAN (a nearby island) carved in a tree

“THE LOST COLONY”

20 years after the failure of Roanoke, King James I gave a charter to the Virginia Company of London to settle between the Potomac River and present-day North Carolina

LET’S TRY AGAIN!

In Spring of 1607, a group of 105 colonists arrived in Virginia

They began building homes and named their outpost Jamestown after their king

JAMESTOWN

Jamestown was located in a swampy area, the water was unhealthy, and mosquitoes spread malaria

Many settlers died from disease

The colony also had problems governing themselves and was close to failure by the summer of 1608

ALMOST A FAILURE

John Smith noticed the colonists were NOT planting enough crops…they only wanted to look for gold

Smith set up stern rules that forced the colonists to work if they wished to eat

Smith also visited Indian villages and got Powhatan to supply corn to the English

WORK OR STARVE

Powhatan

Many conflicts between colonists and Indians erupted

Peace was restored when John Rolfe married Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan

JOHN ROLFE and POCAHONTAS

John Smith returned to England in 1609

Desperate settlers cooked dogs, cats, snakes , and toadstools to survive

They burned houses for firewood

DESPERATE TIMES

Jamestown’s economy improved after they started growing tobacco, which they learned from Natives

A PRECIOUS CROP

To attract more settlers, the Virginia Company sent a new governor with orders to consult settlers on all important matters

Many settlers could elect burgesses (representatives to the government)

Representatives met in an assembly called the House of Burgesses, which made laws for the colony

The House of Burgesses marked the beginning of a representative government in the English colonies

A NEW GOVERNMENT

During the early years of Jamestown, only a few women made the journey

In 1619, about 100 women came to Jamestown

The women quickly found husbands and the Virginia Company charged each marriage 150 pounds of tobacco

Women had to make everything from scratch

WOMEN ARE OUTNUMBERED

At least 15 black men and 17 black women were already living in Virginia by 1619

In 1619, a Dutch ship arrived with 20 Africans

The Dutch sold the Africans to the Virginians who needed laborers to grow tobacco

About 300 Africans lived in Virginia by 1644

Some were slaves for life, others worked as servants

Some Africans were free planters

In the late 1600’s, Virginia laws allowed colonists to enslave Africans for life

THE FIRST AFRICANS in VIRGINIA

John Smith Primary Source Reading…

Using a highlighter, read the primary source on John Smith and answer the questions on the back

of the page

HOMEWORK