virginia colony ppt

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Bell Ringer- Pretest

Complete your Unit 1 Pretest

When you are finished, put yourpencil/pen down and wait until

everyone has completed the pretest.


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SSUSH1a

a. Explain Virginias development;include the Virginia Company,

tobacco cultivation, relationships

with Native Americans such as

Powhatan, development of the

House of Burgesses, BaconsRebellion, and the development of

slavery.


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Virginia Location: Chesapeake

region of North America

Settled in 1609 by theVirginia Company

Many of the settlers were

gentlemen The first English

settlement was Roanoke

The first permanentEnglish settlement:Jamestown, on thebanks of the James River

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The Virginia Company

The Virginia Company was formedwith a charter from King James I in

1606. It was ajoint-stock company

in charge of settling Virginia. It was

in charge of finding people willing togo, supplies needed for the journey,

and ships. As people died on the

venture and after arrival, support for

the Virginia Company decreased.The charter was revoked in 1624

and Virginia became a Royal

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Tobacco Cultivation The colonists tried to make many products that would

be profitable back in England such as silk making,

glass making, and lumber, all with no success.

John Rolfe experimented with tobacco until he made a

type that would be profitable for the Virginia Company.

Left: Tobacco

Right: John

Rolfe andPocahontas


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Settlers Relations with Native

Americans When the settlers landed they

were met with hostility from theNative Americans, but were soonoffered food and becamesomewhat dependant on the

Native Americans because thesettlers did not want to plantcorn, etc. The settlers wanted toget rich quick.

Captain John Smith helped the

colony survive by trading with theNative Americans, but when theNatives didnt give him what hewanted he took it by force


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Settlers Relations with Native

Americans, cont. The Native Americans began

attacking settlers, killing their

livestock, and burning plants.

The settlers attacked back, andwhen Chief Powhatan died

hostilities rose.

Once Powhatan died, his brother,

Opechancanough, became chief. Heand his tribe waited until 1622, then

they fiercely attacked killing 350

colonists. A direct result was that the

colony then went under Royal


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House of

Burgesses

The House of Burgesseswas the first electivegoverning body of theEnglish colonies.

They met in Jamestownchurch on July 30, 1619.

The House included: agovernor, 6 councilors, and

20 representatives, 2 fromeach colony.

This representative bodywas formed to make laws

for the colonies.


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Governor Berkeley managedto stay governor of the Houseof Burgesses from 1661-1676with no elections. The westernplanters began to rebelbecause of the problems they

faced Governor Berkeley wasthreatened at gunpoint andJamestown was burned in1676.

Bacon will be elected to theHouse of Burgesses.

Bacons Rebellion

The House of Burgesses was

intimidated by Bacon and passed

laws that he demanded to be

passed. Upon Bacons untimelydeath the laws were repealed.


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Beginnings of Slavery

Before slavery there was indentured servitude. Indenturedservants often worked on tobacco plantations to pay off

their journey to America. People who had lived in Barbados and Jamaica and werenow working as planters in America, decided to importslaves from West Africa to cultivate rice in South Carolinaand the low country of Georgia.


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Closing- Concept Cups

Look at the standard, and place it

into a concept cup (figuratively).

Write which one you think it belongsto, and WHY you think it does.`

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