English Migration: 1610-1660English Migration: 1610-1660English Migration: 1610-1660English Migration: 1610-1660

Jamestown Jamestown Settlement, 1609Settlement, 1609

Jamestown Jamestown Settlement, 1609Settlement, 1609

Jamestown HousingJamestown HousingJamestown HousingJamestown Housing

Jamestown Jamestown SettlementSettlementJamestown Jamestown SettlementSettlement

Jamestown Chapel, Jamestown Chapel, 16111611

Jamestown Chapel, Jamestown Chapel, 16111611

Chesapeake BayChesapeake BayChesapeake BayChesapeake Bay

Geographic/environmental Geographic/environmental problems??problems??

Jamestown Fort & Jamestown Fort & SettlementSettlement Map Map

Jamestown Fort & Jamestown Fort & SettlementSettlement Map Map

Jamestown Fort & Jamestown Fort & SettlementSettlement

(Computer Generated)(Computer Generated)

Jamestown Fort & Jamestown Fort & SettlementSettlement

(Computer Generated)(Computer Generated)

JamestownJamestown

• Joint-Stock CompanyJoint-Stock Company – A way for English citizens to gain profit off of land in the new world.

• New world was rich in the resources that England needed for industries.

Tobacco PlantTobacco PlantTobacco PlantTobacco Plant

VirginiaVirginia’’s gold and silver.s gold and silver. -- John Rolfe, 1612 -- John Rolfe, 1612

English Tobacco English Tobacco LabelLabel

English Tobacco English Tobacco LabelLabel

Tobacco Prices: 1618-Tobacco Prices: 1618-17101710

Tobacco Prices: 1618-Tobacco Prices: 1618-17101710

Why did tobacco prices decline so Why did tobacco prices decline so precipitously?precipitously?

Plymouth ColonyPlymouth Colony

•Puritans looking for religious freedom.

•Community produces and succeeds together.

•All actions for God.

John WinthropJohn Winthrop

We shall be as a city on a hill..

We shall be as a city on a hill..

Overpopulation & ConquestOverpopulation & Conquest

England wanted to be

the first to set up

colonies and profit off of

the resources.

England needed the

land to lessen the masses of

people residing in

the country.

Compare and Contrast differences between Jamestown

and Plymouth colonies

Indentured Indentured

ServitudeServitude

Indentured Indentured

ServitudeServitude

HeadrightHeadrightSystemSystem

Indentured ServitudeIndentured ServitudeIndentured ServitudeIndentured ServitudeHeadright System:Headright System:

Each Virginian got 50 acres Each Virginian got 50 acres for each person whose for each person whose passage they paidpassage they paid

Indenture Contract:Indenture Contract:

5-7 years.5-7 years.

Forbidden to marry.Forbidden to marry.

Promised Promised ““freedom duesfreedom dues”” [land, $][land, $]

1610-1614: only 1 in 10 1610-1614: only 1 in 10 outlived their indenturedoutlived their indentured contracts!contracts!

SmithSmith’’s s Portrayal Portrayal

of of Native Native

AmericansAmericans

SmithSmith’’s s Portrayal Portrayal

of of Native Native

AmericansAmericans

PocahontasPocahontasPocahontasPocahontas

A 1616 engravingA 1616 engraving

Powhatan ConfederacyPowhatan ConfederacyPowhatan ConfederacyPowhatan Confederacy

Where is most of the Powhatan territory

located? How could this cause a problem?

Mercantilism

• What is it?

• Idea that colonies were there to benefit the mother country - practiced by Great Britain.

• Wool Sweater

Trade

• What was being traded?

• From Europe to Africa: rum, weapons, manufactured goods

• From Africa to the Americas: slaves

• From the Americas to Europe: raw materials, sugar can, etc.

Triangular Trade

• A historical term indicating trade among three ports or regions

Salutary Neglect

• What is it?

• British Parliament did not interfere in the government of the colonies, and America existed in relative political isolation.