History
Powhatan
1) Chief 2) name of the tribe 3) name of settlement
How many settlers arrived in May 1607 and 1608
110 = 1607 120=1608
jamestown earlier than Plymouth
13 years
ROANOKE - Settlers who arrived in 1587 disappeared when?
1590 2 clues = words Croatoan into a forts gatepost and "Cro" etched into a tree
Jamestown suffering of drought
1605-1612
charter and land
1606 north american altanic coast 1609 extended 200 miles north and south of jamestown 1612 sea borders expanded to include Bermuda
Beginning of Jamestown
1607
End of Jamestown
1611
With regard to age and social class, who were the first settlers?
17-35 ages English settlers; poor social class
Chesapeake Bay
3 ships carrying over 100 passengers
only left alive
38 of 104
lost colonists were what group?
3rd group
How many settlers died in the first six months?
70
Who helped pay for settling the James River colony
James the 1st (Charter and English investors)
1619 the government
London's company venture in Virginia which led to a self government called the House of Burgessess
arrived where?
North Carolina's Roanoke Island near modern town of Manteo
John Smith
One of the first (of 7) council members virtual leader unpopular method = no food no work
Brackish water
Salty water
What twice daily event would cause water levels around Jamestown to rise and cause wells and fresh water streams to become brackish?
The rising and falling of the tides so the wells would become salty because of the tides coming in.
What happened to human waste that got dumped into the river?
The waste rotted and did not flush away
What is the evidence that the English expected trouble?
They built 7 forts
Why did the English choose to settle in Jamestown?
Trade, hunting foul, drinking water, irrigation, food
Is there any evidence that the English may have been to confident?
Yes because they built them spread apart. They didn't build them close to ocean. The placed them in the desolate
gentleman
a person of wealth who was not used to working with his hands
powhatans spoke what language
algonquian
Self Gov def.
allowed settlers to choose delegates to advise the governor
What was the date of King James 1 of England granted the charter for Virginia Company
april 1606
first group 1584
came to explore and map the land for future groups
John Smith captivation
captured by Turkish and Indians
second group 1585 - not peaceful colonists were apparently taking up good land and resources
charged with a military and scientific mission
plymouth establish what
colony in "northern virginia" in dec, 1620
3rd group 1587 may 13
families 17 women and 11 children and 90 men wanted to settle in a new world
reverend Robert Hunt held what
first Anglican Communion at Jamestown on june 21, 1607
John Smith was grandfather of who?
grandfather of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World
John Rolfe
grew tobacco
Earliest European visitor
italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano
Starving time
lack of water for crops
three ships left London on December 20, 1606
landed at Cape Henry on April 26,1607 lasted for 144 days it took a long time because they wanted good winds
John Smith
leader that lead the lost colonist
Powhatan
lived in small villages along and around the James River. Was about 15,000 Indians
spanish colonies
main suppliers of tobacco
Virginia Company was in search for
mineral wealth like gold, iron ore, timber and wood products northwest passage or sailing route to the orient for trade prevent the spread of spanish colonies to spread christianity and convert indians
Wahunsonacock
name of the Chief, closely tied to the James River, Pocahontas was the daughter
1614
peace settlement ended First Anglo-Powhatan War
Met Governor Lord De La Warr
raided indian village and took what they wanted
Joint Stock Companies
several investors pull capital and share both risks and profits
1619 the Dutch Ships
stopped in Jamestown and dropped off 20 Africans this was the beginning of the North American slave system
Why did the English come to America in 1607
to establish 1st permanent settlement Teach natives Christianity
Why did Francis West sail up to the Chesapeake?
trade corn with Patawoneke Indians
Middle Plantation (williamsburg)
virginia's general assembly decided to make it the new capital in 1699
Barthlomew Gosnold captain of the Godspeed
was in the USA in 1602
What shipload of grain
went to england into the atlantic leaving the colonists to the indians and God
exports
wood for ships, construction etc. TOBACCO potash, pitch and tar