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•Update your table of contents•Pg 29: D of I KNL•30: Explorers•31: D of I excerpts•32: D of I quiz & illus. notes•33: Ch. 2 worksheets•34&35: Roanoke & Jamestown
•Bellringer, 10/3/11
HW for this week:Econ. & History Act. #1
Due Friday!
1. Why did people want to come to the New World?
2. Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
3. Why is Roanoke called “The Lost Colony”?
4. What was The Virginia Company?
5. What struggles did Jamestown face?
6. What made Jamestown successful?
Write these questions on pgs. 34 & 35 of your notebook..
Were the settlers in Jamestown successful?
Today’s essential question:
The first people to come to the New World wanted to get rich by finding gold and making money
Later these reasons would change (religious freedom, etc.)
Why did people want to come to the New World?
Sir Walter Raleigh was an adventurer and friend of Queen Elizabeth I of England
he sent scouts to North America to find a good place for a settlement
he decided on a place in North Carolina called Roanoke.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
100 men arrived in 1585, but left after a difficult winter
In 1587, he sent 91 men, 17 women and 9 children to try again at Roanoke.
Why is Roanoke called “the Lost Colony”?
Their leader, John White, and his wife had the 1st English baby born in America, Virginia Dare
White returned to England to get supplies but was not able to get back to Roanoke for 3 yrs.
Why is Roanoke called “the Lost Colony”?
When he returned, he could not find any of the settlers
The only thing he could find was the word “Croatoan” carved into a tree
No one knows what happened to the settlers of Roanoke
Why is Roanoke called “the Lost Colony”?
After the failure of Roanoke, the English were somewhat nervous to try again.
In the 1600s, England’s King James started to grant charters to merchants who wanted to create colonies in North America
He wanted to encourage settlements in the lands of North America.
What was the Virginia Company?
The Virginia Company was a joint stock company established with one of King James’ charters
A Joint-stock company is where people invest in the company in return for some of the company’s profits in the future.
What was the Virginia Company?
In April, 1607, they established a colony in Virginia that they called Jamestown.
What was the Virginia Company?
Making Jamestown successful was a very difficult task.
Many of the 144 settlers were not used to working hard and did not know how to farm
What struggles did Jamestown face?
http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=31
The area had tons of mosquitoes
The land was swampy
They arrived during a drought
The water was not very clean (mostly because they let sewage run into it)
What struggles did Jamestown face?
Many of the settlers spent a lot of their time digging for gold and silver instead of planting and growing food.
Their relationship with the local Native Americans got bad; the Natives wouldn’t help them with food anymore
When winter arrived, many of them starved to death
This was called the “Starving Time”
What struggles did Jamestown face?
By spring, 1608, only 38 of the original 144 settlers were still alive.
But more settlers came….eventually, the settlement began to grow
What struggles did Jamestown face?
Captain John Smith: ◦ provided good
leadership◦ Forced settlers to
work and farm◦ He tried to work with
the native Powhatan people
What made Jamestown successful?
Pick one to add to your
notes
John Rolfe:◦ Began growing
tobacco along the James River
◦ Married Pocahontas, improving relations with the Powhatan people
What made Jamestown successful?
Pick one to add to your
notes
Everyone had to work their own land
FREE land for anyone who could get there!
The colony began to prosper!
What made Jamestown successful?
In 1619, the Jamestown settlers created their own government called the “House of Burgesses”
They elected representatives to make laws
In 1624, the Virginia Company lost its charter; Jamestown became a royal colony belonging to King James
What made Jamestown successful?
Why was creating
colonies in North America
both difficult and
worthwhile?
Today’s essential question:
Answer in a paragraph!
Look at the map on page 77 of the textbook.
1. What are the 5 colonies on this map?2. What does the symbol that looks like a
beaver represent?3. What products did Massachusetts
produce?4. What colony was Maine a part of at this
time?
Bellringer, 10/4/11
How does your personality affect the type of job you might be successful at?
Are there jobs you think might be a bad fir for you because of your personality? If so, what are they? Why do you think they are a bad fit?
Bellringer, 10/6/11
http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/
Personality types