jamestown. jamestown established in 1607 virginia company charter – a document issued by a...
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JamestownJamestown
JamestownJamestown
Established in 1607
Virginia Company
Charter – A document issued by a government that grants specific rights to a person or company.
Jamestown-Why EstablishedJamestown-Why Established
◦Gold and Silver
◦Trading furs w/ the Natives
◦Raw materials like lumber
◦Set up silk production
Jamestown-Initial ProblemsJamestown-Initial Problems
Located near a swamp…MALARIA!
Unwilling to work hard
Should the Natives help….or not?
On your ownRead your essay
TTYPADiscuss the reasons the essay gives for either helping
the Europeans or turning them away.
As a classArgue from the perspective of the essay you read, using
specific text examples.
Jamestown-John SmithJamestown-John Smith
Sent over to straighten up the colony
“He who works not, eats not”
Raids local Native villages
Jamestown-ProspersJamestown-Prospers
Free LandNew Leaders
Tobacco
Jamestown-GovernmentJamestown-Government
Representative government – a form of government in which voter elect people to make laws for them.
House of Burgesses◦Pass laws◦Set taxes◦Starts representative governments