1601-1700. original drawing, 1585, village on the north carolina coast
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An English Colony on Chesapeake Bay
1601-1700
SecotanOriginal drawing, 1585,
village on the North Carolina coast
Population Jamestown in 1607: 105 Jamestown in 1624: 1,200
An English Colony on Chesapeake Bay
A. The Fragile Jamestown Settlement
1. Virginia Company
2. Jamestown
3. Powhatan and the Algonquian Indians
B. Cooperation and Conflict between Natives and
Newcomers
1. Mutual distrust
2. Trade relationship between English and Indians
3. Difficulties for Powhatan’s chiefdom
Pocahontas, Mrs. John Rolfe
JOHN SMITHPOCAHONTAS IN ENGLAND
King James IThe King revoked the charter of the Virginia Company and made it a royal colony
From Virginia Company to Virginia Colony
The demise of the Virginia Company marked the end of the first phase of colonization of the Chesapeake region
The King now appointed the governor The legislative body, the House of
Burgesses, remained intact
The Chesapeake Coastal area along the edges of the
Chesapeake Bay
A Tobacco Society
Tobacco Agriculture turned Virginia into a colony of planters
Men could earn two to three times as much growing tobacco as working in England
New settlers who paid their own way were given a headright—fifty acres of free land
Indentured Servants 80 % of those who came in the first
half of the century, came as indentured servants
75% of indentured servants were men
The labor contract was called the ‘indenture’
The immigrant borrowed the cost of passage from a sea captain, and in return agreed to work as a servant for four to seven years
The sea captain sold the indenture to a tobacco grower
Punishment for petty crimes extended the servitude
Planters made a lot of money, regaining their original investment within one year
Restrictions Female servants could not marry
while indentured Women who became pregnant had to
serve two extra years Interracial sex was outlawed Servants of all races co-mingled and
were of the same class
Tobacco growing
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