Lost colony of Roanoke/ Jamestown

John Smith

Helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter. "He who shall not work, shall not eat"

Theories of how the Roanoke colony disappeared

Some people say that the Local Native American tribes killed the colony. Others say the colonists turned to cannibalsim. Or that the colonists spilt and joined Native American tribes.

Virginia Company of London

Helped establish colonies in North America. They said the colonists had the rights of an Englishman.

Cash Crop

A Crop produced fro it's commercial value rather than for use by the grower, also know as tobacco.

Joint stock company

A company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of its future profits

Crops

Cash crop that improved Jamestown economy.

Pocahontas

Chief Powhatan's daughter, married to John Rolfe.

Charters

Documents granting to organize a settlement in a area.

Roanoke

For a time, the failure of the Roanoke colony discouraged others from planning English colonies in North America. However, the idea emerged again in 1606. Several groups of merchants sought charters, documents grant- ing the right to organize settlements in an area, from King James I.

Sir Walter Raleigh

Founder of Roanoke colony which failed twice in Virginia, Sir Walter Raleigh was given permission from Queen Elizabeth to claim land in North America.

Who married Pocahontas?

Pocahontas married John Rolfe

Pocahontas

Powhatan woman that helped the Jamestown colonists

Lost Colony of Roanoke

Queen Elizabeth gave Sir Walter Raleigh the right to claim land in North America. Raleigh sent an expedition to find a good place to settle. His scouts made an enthusiastic report of Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.

Burgesses

Representatives of the colony's towns, they would make local laws.

Facts about Roanoke

Roanoke Island is about 8 miles long and 2 miles wide. A bridge was built to Roanoke Island in 2002. It is called the Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge. No one is sure where the colony was located on the island. It is likely that the settlement is currently dead due to food and water shortage.

Jamestown

The first permanent English settlement in the New World. May 14, 1607, English colonists began working on a settlement near the James river. They built a triangular fort and was about an acre in size, in just 19 days.

In 1587 , third group of settlers arrived at Roanoke

There were 90 men, 13 women, and 11 children.

Chief Powhatan

Was a Native American chief who traded with Jamestown and helped get them through the first two winters.

Roanoke Island

Was a late 1500's attempt to establish a permanent English settlement. Known as the Lost Colony.

Croatoan Island

Was fifty miles away from Roanoke

Jamestown

Was the first successful settlement in America located in what is now Virginia.

Captain John Smith

Was the leader of the colonists in Jamestown was 27 years old and was an experienced explorer.

John White

Went back to England to get supplies, but when he got back to Roanoke nobody was there.

First Order Of Business

When the settlers arrived at Jamestown, the first order of business was to

The settlers of Jamestown,

fared badly because of famine, disease , and Indian attacks.

In 1606,

three ships entered the Chesapeake Bay and sailed up a river. The colonist named the river James and their new settlement Jamestown.