7th period story

8/7/2019 7th Period Story

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The Virginia Company

of London plans to

settle in Jamestown,

Virginia. The money

from this trip will help

pay back the 650

investors in the

company.

Im

ganna

eat u

Yay!!!!

More

MoneyYUM


2/23

Adventurers- the investors were called, because they were

venturing their money to make more money.

We can

profit from

gold.

Good

idea


3/23

The Virginia Companys charter granted by King James I created the boundaries of the 34th and

41st parallels running from sea to sea west and northwest. They did not know the distance

from sea to sea which lead to problems of the western border later on.


4/23

Wow, that was quick!

All right, lets motor, baby!

105 men and boys of the Virginia Company set

sail on three ships: Susan Constant, Discovery,and Godspeed. They landed April 26, 1607!

Jamestown


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The men settled 30 miles up the James River on

a marshy peninsula where they were safe from

the Natives and the Spanish. They would be

governed by a council of seven men, designatedamong them by the Virginia Company.


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Sir George Percy wrote there

wee landed and discovered

faire meadows and goodly

tall trees: with such fresh

water running through thewoods as I was almost

ravished at the first sight of

thereoff

Who are they ?

Lets call thisJames town


7/23

James I, King of England,allowed the citizens of

Virginia the same liberties ofEnglish citizens.

Incredible! I be

an Englishman,

and you of the

colonies havethe same

rights!

Yes!


8/23

The Colonists built a triangular fort at Jamestown

They Dug

For Gold

They Tried ToFind A Path To

China

But They Didnt PlantEnough Crops For

Food

And During Winter, Many

Were Killed By Disease


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Its the year 1608, 27 year old swashbuckling solider-of-fortune, Captain John Smith took charge.

He saved the colony by imposing a strong work ethnic.

Kill it!

No pleasedont kill me

John Smith!


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When the men would work, there hands would become

painful and they would swear out loud. Smith didnt like this,

so to discipline them he would pour cold water down there

sleeves.

Awww.myhands S@#$!

Hey, no

swearing!!!


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No, lets waitand see. Maybe

we can trade

with them.

Chief, lets kill

them now before

they take our

land.

Powhatan discusses the Englishmen at Werowocomoco, 14 miles from Jamestown.


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Indian Princess Pocahontas, his

thirteen year-old daughterbefriended Englishmen. After

saving John Smiths life when the

Powhatan Indians had captured

him. This friendship began a period

of good relations called the peace

of Pocahontas

thanks


13/23

1612- Tobacco became Virginias gold when John Rolfediscovered a new way to cure it. Smoking became the rage

in England, and the Virginia Company prospered by

exporting this cash crop.

YAY

Money

YAY

Tobacco


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In 1614, John Rolfe married Princess Pocahontas, who had become a Christian, taken the

name Lady Rebecca, and wore English clothes. The Virginia company brought John Rolfe

and Princess Pocahontas to London to promote a Virginia lottery and introduce Pocahontas

to King James I. in 1617, Pocahontas dies and the Peace of Pocahontas ends.


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House of Burgesses unites for the first time in

1619 at Jamestown, Virginia. 5 generations

later in 1776 leaders from Virginia assembly,

now accustomed to political freedom, would

lead the colonies to independence from

England.

July 1619 1776

Free From English!

House of Burgesses


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The Headright System allowed private ownership of land.

Each pre-1616 settler received 100 acres of free land while

each thereafter received 50 acres, plus another 50 for everyperson he brought from England.

I am here before1616 so I get 100

acres. YAY. Im so

happy I could eat

a turkey.

I am here in 1617 so I

only get 50 acres and Iam by myself. I should

get 1 more so I can get

another 50 acres.

Ruff. I fat

and juicy


17/23

Ninety adventurous women arrived in 1610, sent by the

Virginia company as wives for the Jamestown settlers.

Each groom paid 120 pounds of tobacco for his brides

passage.


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1619- Ironically, at the time the Virginia Company extended political and economical freedom

to the colony, two groups not included in these freedoms were brought to Virginia.

20 kidnapped Africans were sold to Jamestown

settlers by the captain of a Dutch ship. As

indentured servants, they probably were freed

after several years. But by the 1600s black

servitude turned into black slavery.

Now

we are

slaves


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GRR!

ATTACK!

In 1622 the Powhatan Indians massacred 347

Virginians at noontime. It was a surprise attack! The

colonists retaliation, along with disease, took its toll:

by 1700 only about 1,00 of the 9,000 Powhatan

Indians survived.

AHH!!


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1624-King James 1-did not like the representative government and used the massacre

and the Virginia Companys financial issues as a reason to revoke the Companys

charter and make Virginia a royal colony. Then he got rid of the House of Burgesses.1639- King Charles 1 reinstated House of Burgesses.


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Sir William Berkeley served asone of the first royallyappointed governor ofVirginia (1642) Althoughan able ruler, he didntuse any liberty.


22/23

In western Virginia, Governor Berkeley,

an autocratic ruler, levied high taxes,

while denying frontiersmen a voice in

the government and protection from

the attacking Indians. The settlers

rebelled against him in the 1670s.


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In 1676, Nathaniel Bacon, a farmer, lead a rebellion againstGovernor Berkeley, making him leave Jamestown, and

burning the town. Bacon suddenly died from an illness andwith that, so did the rebellion. King Charles II replacedBerkeley, making the colony run harmoniously again.

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