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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
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Adventurers- the investors were called, because they were
venturing their money to make more money.
We can
profit from
gold.
Good
idea
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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.
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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.
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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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