SECTION 1 VOCAB

• COLONIZATION

• JAMESTOWN

• TOBACCO CULTIVATION

• JOHN ROLFE

• JOHN SMITH

• BACON’S REBELLION

Georgia Sent Cops Not the Commissioner for Michael Vick.

1 VIRGINIA’S DEVELOPMENT1607: 1st English colony in North America: Jamestown, Virginia

FOUNDED BY: joint-stock company, Virginia CompanyPURPOSE: mercantilism, find/send riches back to England; mostly settled by men( Britain is the owner and colonists are the tenants)

1608 JOHN SMITH: leader of Jamestown who implored settlers to plant and sow

JAMESTOWN• Jamestown almost failed:

– Full of illness, starvation, laziness and NO GOLD– John Smith arrived later to Jamestown and quickly

became the leader, noting the slogan • “He that will not work, shall not eat!”

• Chief Powhatan- leader of Native Americans who previously settled land now called Jamestown– Daughter of Chief Powhatan Pocahontas later

married Rolfe– HEY DISNEY: POCAHONTAS DID NOT MARRY

JOHN SMITH!

Virginia’s Social Structure

Bacon’s Rebellion

JAMESTOWN continued: • HOUSE OF

BURGESSES legislative assembly that was similar to parliament

– 1st European-style of representative government in New World

– Mirrored British parliament

VIRGINIA COLONYEconomic differences

split Virginia colony 1676 BACON’S REBELLION:

Led by Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy Aristocrat and planter

•Poor who lived in the frontier felt oppressed by Gov Berkley & rich: high taxes & no protection from natives

BACON’S REBELLION

1. revealed power of former servants

2. Virginia House of Burgesses passed laws to regulate slavery so poor whites would no longer side with slaves against rich white colonists

TOBACCO: JOHN ROLFE major $ crop/labor-intensive. Cultivated by Indentured servants 4 to 7 years of servitude in exchange for passage to New World. Later used slaves

POWHATAN: initially helped colonists but later began raiding/attacking colonists due to cultural conflicts(settlers wouldn’t have survived the first winter without the help of the Native Americans)

Rolfe married Pocahontas, Disney says it was John Smith

A Plantation Economy ArisesThe Rural Southern

Economy• Fertile soil leads to

growth of agriculture• Farmers specialize in

cash crops grown for sale, not personal use

• Long, deep rivers allow planters to ship goods directly to markets

Georgia as a Buffer colony/state

• James Oglethorpe– Oglethorpe University

• Tensions between Spain and England over LAND DISPUTES

• Most Fighting took place in Georgia

1. Jamestown was founded by ________. 2. Jamestown was primarily settled by

_____________________. 3. “He that will not work, shall not eat.”

1. Who stated that above quote?2. Why?

4. Name the five southern colonies? 5. What was the 1st legislative government in the

new world? 6. Who first cultivated tobacco? 7. What were the English looking for? 8. Why did Jamestown almost fail?