1.4 –

Jamestown &

Plymouth

AMERICAN HISTORY I

UNIT 1 – EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION

DAY 4 – JAMESTOWN AND PLYMOUTH

Objectives

TSWBAT:

Identify the motivations for settlement

of Jamestown and Plymouth

Compare and contrast the

relationship of each colony with

Native Americans

Identify and characterize the qualities

of each of the colonial regions

Debrief…

Why is the Lost Colony story significant?

If you were British during that time period, would you want to go create another colony in the same areas?

Why or why not?

America, The Story of US

“Rebels”

Jamestown vs. Plymouth (until 17:16)

Create a T-Chart on notebook

paper, and take notes as you

watch the video regarding the

similarities and differences of the

two colonies.

T-Chart

Jamestown

When settled?

Who settled?

Why did people go?

What difficulties did

they face?

What were relations

like with Native

Americans?

How did the colony

eventually flourish?

Plymouth

When settled?

Who settled?

Why did people go?

What difficulties did

they face?

What were relations

like with Native

Americans?

How did the colony

eventually flourish?

Jamestown, Virginia (1607)

First permanent English settlement

Created through a joint-stock company (Virginia Co.)

Early Problems

Suffered from Indian attacks, famine, and disease

Colony saved through the growth of tobacco (Cash Crop)

John Rolfe smuggled tobacco seeds into Jamestown at the risk of execution by the Spanish (married Pocahontas)

Labor in Jamestown

Tobacco farms grew larger

Plantations used indentured servants

Forced labor (Slavery) introduced in 1619

Indentured Servants

• Contracting work for a fixed period of time (3-7 years) in exchange for transportation, food, clothing, lodging, and other necessities

• Most under the age of 21

• Mostly in the southern colonies

Government at Jamestown

1st Representative Government in America

House of Burgesses (1619)***

End of the Virginia Company

King James I revokes the colonial charter and makes Virginia a royal colony (controlled directly by the King) (1624)

Consequences of

Jamestown’s Success

Plymouth Colony (1620)

Settled by the Pilgrims

Pilgrims left England for religious

freedom (Puritans)

Aboard the Mayflower, Pilgrims

landed off the Massachusetts

coast

Mayflower Compact

An agreement among the Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth Rock in 1620

Early self government based on Popular Sovereignty (the will of the majority) and direct democracy

Plymouth: Early Hardships

Harsh winter

More than ½ of the first pilgrims die of starvation

Native Americans help struggling Pilgrims (Thanksgiving)

Economy would depend on fur, fish, and lumber

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Settled by John Winthrop for Puritans

Founded Boston

Free, Puritan, Male members could participate in elections

The “Great Migration” brought 20,000 refugees to the colony (1630’s)

Becomes most influential settlement in New England (Fur, Fish, Shipbuilding)

Colonial Diary

Pick one colony, Plymouth or Jamestown

Pretend that you are a member of that colony as one of the FIRST people to travel there

Write a diary entry as if you are living in that time period:

You can be the age/gender you are now OR you can be different!

Make up a colonial name for yourself

Needs to be at least the full page length!

Information to include:

Why you went

Which colony you went to

Where you’re from

Who you went with

What you first saw when you arrived

What hardships/difficulties you faced

How your colony eventually became successful

Looking Ahead - Colonial Regions

Map, Reading Chart, & Triple

Venn Diagram

Complete the 13 colonies map

assignment

P. 43 of textbook

Follow the directions on the back of the sheet!

Colonial Motivation Sheet/Diary Entries

Vocabulary

Jamestown

Plymouth

Mayflower Compact

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Questions – Exit Ticket

Where was the first permanent English settlement

located in the Americas?

Which agricultural product would become

profitable and save the Jamestown settlement?

Why was there a need to use both indentured

servants as well as slaves in Jamestown?

What did the Mayflower Compact outline for the

settlers of the Plymouth colony?

What economic factors would the New England

colonies thrive with?