Bellwork

Discuss with a shoulder partner what the Protestant Reformation was and

what the Northwest Passage was. Be prepared to be randomly called on to

explain when the bell rings.

Bell Work• Make sure you have your binder with all

sections of notes (Chapter 3 Sections 1-4) in order. Look them over during your bell work time. We are having a quiz at the end of class today over what we have learned so far

• Get your ipad. Make sure it is the right number and pulled from the correct cart.

Jamestown

The First Successful English Colony

Objectives

• Students will explain the significance of the following dates: 1607. (8.1C)

• Students will explain the reasons for the growth of representative government and institutions during the colonial period. (8.3A)

• Students will anallyze the importance of theMayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut and the Virgina House of Burgesses to the growth of representative government. (8.3B)

The Mystery of Roanoke

• Roanoke was the first attempt at an English Settlement.

• John White was their leader. He brought 117 settlers to an island right off the coast of North Carolina

What happened next?• The colonists ran low on

supplies. John White went back to England to get the supplies. He promised to return in a few months.

• When John White got back to England, he discovered that they were in a war with Spain. John White had to volunteer his boat to help fight the war. He was not able to return to Roanoke for three years.

Three years later…

• John White returned to Roanoke, and no one was there.

• The only clue that was left was the word “CROATOAN” carved on a tree.

• What happened to the 117 settlers is a mystery to this day.

Let’s Review

1. What was the name of England’s first attempt at a colony.

2. What was the word the John White found carved on the tree when he returned to Roanoke?

Now, onto Jamestown

• More than 20 years passed before England again tried to establish a colony in North America.

• In 1606, the Virginia Company got a charter from the king to start a colony.

A Charter was a legal document

Signed by the King

That allowed you to start a colony in a very

specific place.

Hey, Ya’ll go start your colony right over there. I want to keep my eye

on you!

A bad start for the people of Jamestown

• The 105 Colonists arrived in present day Virginia in 1607.

• Jamestown was named after the King of England during this time period, King James I.

A bad start for the people of Jamestown

• First, colonists realized that their charter was in the middle of a giant swamp. Many people were stung by Mosquitoes and died of malaria.

• To make matters worse, the Virginia Company had chosen 13 stupid men to govern Jamestown. (I bet they were the first ones eaten)

Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum, I smell the blood of

an Englishman

Still more problems

• Also, many of the settlers spent their time digging for gold instead of planting crops.

• Captain John Smith began enforcing strict rules. You don’t work, you don’t eat.

• Smith also traveled to nearby Native tribes to get food. When natives wouldn’t give him any, Smith violently forced them to.

Let’s Review

1. What do we call a document signed by the king that tells colonists to settle in a specific place?

2. What year was Jamestown established?

3. Give 2 problems that the people of Jamestown had to deal with.

Finally, the Money rolls in

• Even after John Rolfe married Pocahontas, and made peaceful relations with the Natives again, the settlers still starved for several years.

• Even though they were starving, the people of Jamestown did find a way to make money. They grew Tobacco. Now they were starving but they were rich.

Do you know what Representative Government is?

This means that you elect people…

And those people vote for you.

We elect people into congress, and they vote on laws for us.

We also vote in the president, and he represents us too.

Representative Government in Jamestown

• Wanting to attract more people to Jamestown, the King allowed the people of Jamestown to elect their own representatives to govern the colony. They called it the House of Burgesses.

• This is important because it is the beginning of representative government in what would become the United States.

The First Slaves

• The first African slaves come by 1619.

• By the late 1600’s, Virginia had set up laws allowing white colonists to enslave Africans.

Let’s Review

1. What crop helped to save Jamestown?

2. Define Representative Government.

3. What was the representative government in Jamestown called?