Social Studies learning target:

• I will view, listen to, and discuss the PPT about Early Colonies

• I will review, edit, and amend my notes as needed

1. What happened to the English colony of Roanoke? p. 69 top

John White sailed back to England for supplies. When he returned to Roanoke, the entire Colony had disappeared.

2. Why did England want to create colonies in America? p. 70 top

•to serve as a market for English exports

•source of raw materials

•to increase trade

•to build up its gold supply

3. What is mercantilism? p. 70 top

MERCANTILSIM

Economic system used by European nations to make money

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Colonies provide the raw materials to the mother country in Europe.

(The colonies then buy the finished products from the mother country in Europe.)

4. Who was Sir Walter Raleigh? p. 70 middle

SIR WALTER RALEIGH

•a. English soldier, statesman, and adventurer

•b. Sponsored ($$) the 1st English colony in America, called Roanoke

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5. What did a joint-stock company have to do with a colony? p. 70 bottom

JOINT STOCK COMPANY

Many colonies were financed by a joint stock company. . . .

JOINT STOCK COMPANY

Investors put money together to pay for a colony

in order to earn a profit.

JOINT STOCK COMPANY Example…

Jamestown was owned by the Virginia Company of London.

= $$$$

6. What were investors? p.

70 bottom, 71 top

INVESTORS

put money in the joint stock company and share ownership of the colony.

They shared profits as well as losses.

7. What was the charter of a colony? p. 70 top

CHARTER

written contract, issued by government, giving the company the right to establish a colony

Example of CHARTER

King James I gave the Virginia Company of London a charter to start a colony at Jamestown.

8. When and where was the first permanent English colony? p. 70 top

JAMESTOWN

Established in 1607

Founded by Virginia Company of London

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Ships sailed into Chesapeake Bay and then up the James River

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9. Describe the first couple of years at Jamestown. p. 71 middle

Thinking Slide

The 1st Jamestown colonists were wealthy Englishmen… not farmers, not carpenters, not craftsmen.

What problems could this cause?

First settlers searched for gold instead of working to get food and build shelter.

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Many of the original Jamestown settlers died in first years.

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10. Why is Capt. John Smith important? p. 71 bottom

Captain JOHN SMITH

•sailor, explorer

•took control of Jamestown and made people WORK, which saved the colony.

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11. Who is John Rolfe (of Jamestown)? p. 72

JOHN ROLFE

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Rolfe improved the relations with the Indians and found a way for Jamestown to make money

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IMPORTANT BECAUSE

12. What finally helps Jamestown settlement to make money? p. 72 top

TOBACCO

Soil is perfect for growing tobacco and soon plants are everywhere

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Why?

John Rolfe developed a high-grade tobacco that became popular in England.

This crop begins to make the colony a profit. http://www.oldhalifax.com/county/images/tobacco2.jpg

Oh, No. Not another……… Thinking Slide

Problem: The Virginia Company of London wants to attract more settlers.

2 Solutions????

13. HEADRIGHT

A 50 acre land grant to anyone who paid for their own passage (trip) to Virginia

HEADRIGHT x2, x3, x4, …

If you also pay for someone who cannot afford the trip, you would get another 50 acres of land.

This iscalled….

14. INDENTURED SERVANTS

-poorer Englishmen who could not afford the trip to America

-agreed to work about 6 years without pay

(to pay off the free passage)

Oh, No. Not another……… Thinking Slide

Was their any kind of local government in the early colonies? Did it represent the people?

HOUSE OF BURGESSES

First representative assembly in the colonies

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It elected representatives once a year

Passes local laws and taxes

15b. Why did the colonists create this assembly? p. 72

They were tired of the **royal governor’s strict rule. **appointed by the king

16a. What were the causes of Bacon’s Rebellion? p. 73

BACON’S REBELLION

•Virginia’s poor settlers lived in frontier and fought with Indians for land.

ANGRY BECAUSE

•High taxes

•Rich plantation owners had so much land

•Governor would not go to war with the Indians

OUTCOMES

•Nathanial Bacon took control of House of B______ and burned Jamestown to the ground.

Bacon and his followers about to burn down Jamestown

•House of B_____ passes laws to stop a royal governor from having too much power

Bacon confronts Governor Wm. Berkeley at Jamestown HOB 1676.

ROYAL COLONY

Ruled by king’s appointed officials