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Jamestown, the first colony in

America, was a trading

settlement of the Virginia

Company of London. The trip

was funded by 650 investors.

We got money from the our stocks

Jamestown

Woohoo

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The investors were called, because they were venturing their , money to make more

money

We can profit from thegold, furs, lumber, and

fish That will be worth

venturing out capital!

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Land

Ho!Lets go

explore

our

land!The Virginia Companys charter, granted

by King James I, created Virginias

boundaries along points of the 34th and

41st parallels, running from sea to sea,

west and north west. No one had any

idea of the distance from sea to sea.

Virginias indefinite western border

caused problems later on.

Virginia

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Wow, that was quick!

All right, let¶s 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 so they would

never be attacked by Spain!

They were counseled by seven

men by the Virginia company!

WE WILL 

NOT BE

ATTACKED!!!

 JAMESTOWN

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eorge Percy, wrote:

re wee landed and

overed Fair meadows

goodly tall trees: with

fresh waters runningugh the woods.

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James I, King of England,allowed the citizens of 

Virginia the same liberties of English citizens.

Incredible! I be

an Englishman,

and you of the

colonies havethe same

rights!

Yes!

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In Jamestown the first thing the Virginians did was they built a fort. After that they dug for gold. Finally

they searched for a passage to china. Sadly, the Virginians did not plant enough crops for food so by

winter many men died from disease and in the end only 38 men were left.

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In 1602, Caption John Smith smartly started making the gentlemen work just like the

lower classmen.

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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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Meanwhile, Powhatan, who was a supreme Chieftain of the Powhatan

Confederacy, Discussed the Englishmen's whereabouts at

Werowocomocotook.

Chief,we

should

kill them

before

we lose

ourland!

Nonsense.You are just

being

Foolish.Maybe

youre

right

Ouch.

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Indian Princess

Pocahontas, his thirteen

year old daughter,

 befriend the Englishmen-

after saving Captain JohnSmith¶s life when he was

captured. The friendship

 began a period of good

relations called the Peace

of Pocahontas.

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In 1612 John Rolfe

brings tobacco to

Virginia. The

Virginia Company

prospered because

of this cash crop.

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Lets get out of here, Pocahontas!

In 1614, John Rolfe married Pocahontas. She became a Christian that day. She

changed her named Lady Rebecca and was taken to King James by the Virginia

Company. When Pocahontas died, in 1617, the Peace of Pocahontas ended.

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First meeting of the House of Burgesses in July 1619.

The House of 

Burgesses was the

local Virginia

assembly. It firstmet at

Jamestown!

Hi

there!

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� The HEADRIGHT SYSTEM allowed private ownership of land (as opposed to company

ownership). Each pre-1616 settler received 100 acres of free land. Each thereafter received 50

acres, plus 50 acres for every person he brought from England!

I like this capitalist system. I nowhave its three basic parts: the

right to own property, the right to

work as I please, and the right to

make a profit.

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90 adventurous women arrived in 1619, sent by the Virginia

Company as wives for the Jamestown settlers. Each groom

paid 120 pounds of tobacco for his brides passage.

Thanks

for the

tobacco!

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Want

some

slaves?

Twenty kidnapped Africans were sold to the Jamestown settlers by the

captain of a Dutch ship. As indentured servants, they probably were

freed after sevral years. But by the late 1600s black servitude turned to

black slavery.

Sure

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1622, Tragedy struck Virginia

347 Virginians were killed

By 1700 only 1,000 of 9,000Powhatan Indians survived

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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 as one of the first royally

appointed governors of Virginia (1642). Although an

able ruler, he had no use for freedoms.

I thank God there are no free schools, nor

printingfor learning has broughtdisobedience, and Hersey, and sects into the

world, and printing has divulged them, and

libels against the best Government. God

keeps us from both.

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

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In the 1670s frontier settlers in western Virginia rebelled against the autocratic rule of Governor Berkeley.

He levied high taxes, while denying frontiersmen a voice in the government and protection against invading

Indians.

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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.