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Claiming the Continent. British Fight and Flight in the New world. Problems in the Colonies. Disease Relations with the Indians Food Supplies Winter. Sir Walter Raleigh. Aristocrat who wanted to get rich quick Gained money from Queen Elizabeth to start a colony - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Aristocrat who wanted to get rich quick
Gained money from Queen Elizabeth to start a colony
Named the Colony Virginia after the unmarried queen
Sir Walter Raleigh
First attempt at a colony was in 1585
Sir Raleigh set out to colonize the small island
Located in present day North Carolina
Roanoke: Take 1
Roanoke Take 2
Fights with Indian tribes and lack of food made the colonists return back to England.
Two years later they tried againHowever, this time the colony vanished. No
one knows exactly what happened to the colonists
Jamestown
Founded in 1607Located in present day VirginiaFinally, the English would establish a lasting
colony
Colonist Activities
Farming cash crops TOBACCO transformed the colonies, because they
could not find gold. The colonists relied on the money earned from tobacco to expand the colony.
-The colonists discovered that tobacco was easily grown in Virginia.
-Europeans loved this new leisure activity.-“Up the snuff.”
What did they eat?
Corn The colonists had to learn how to grow and farm corn
from the local Indians. The Indians shared the secrets of growing corn to the
starving colonists
What did the colonists eat before they learned about corn?
John Smith
Took control of the failing colonyBrought order to Jamestown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82duIzjU5oI
“He who works not, eats not.”
Funding the Colonies
Colonists needed someone to support them with money, and in turn they would develop the land and send material back to the INVESTOR.
Called a JOINT STOCK COMPANY
If the colonists failed at developing the company, the investor would lose money.
Tuesday 9/22
Turn in your essay for homework points
Discuss the Virginia Company and House of Burgesses
Begin Plymouth settlement
Charter Capital
Allowed the Virginia Company to settle Jamestown
Almost a rent/lease agreement, since the land still belonged to the Crown
The sum of all money and assets that a business has.
The Virginia Company used this money to fund the colonies
More on Joint-Stock
Governing Jamestown
Called the House of Burgesses
Allowed colonists to purchase land and earn money.
Also the first elected government in the colonies.
What group of voters are missing?
Were not part of the original settlement.
Came over from Europe to help “settle” the men down.
Imagine not living around any women
Women
The Need for Another Colony
Successes at Jamestown gave the British the confidence to start a new Colony.
What colony was this?
Getting a charter
King James I granted their land charter in 1620
Colonists were originally hoping to land in Virginia, but ended up in present day Massachusetts
The Puritans
Were very religious
Their entire lives were centered around praising God
Left England in search of an easier way to practice their religion
The Mayflower
The ship that was used by the colonists to reach the New World
Took them a little over two months to reach their destination
The Mayflower Compact
Was signed by the people on the Mayflower
Was a “pact” for the members of the new colony to stick together