Keys to jamestowns success powerpoint presentation
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+ The Church 5. Bulwarks of Half-moon Shape 1. Market Place 6. Principal Entrance, or "South Gate 2. Storehouse and Court of Guard 7. Other Gates 3. Streets of "Settled" Houses (shown in rows) 8. Trench or Moat around Palisade 4. Palisades of Posts Jamestown Fort
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Key points of the Jamestown settlement
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+ The Church 5. Bulwarks of Half-moon Shape1. Market Place 6. Principal Entrance, or "South Gate2. Storehouse and Court of Guard 7. Other Gates3. Streets of "Settled" Houses (shown in rows) 8. Trench or Moat around Palisade4. Palisades of Posts
Jamestown Fort
Keys to Jamestown’s Success• Leader John Smith made sure that settlers had
work to do and developed ties with the Powhatan people. The Powhatan provided food.
• The Virginia Company offered a headright, or land grant of 50 acres to settler who paid their own way to the colony
• The Virginia Company sent women to Jamestown, giving settlers the chance to get married and have children.
• Colonist began planting tobacco, which became the major cash crop of the new colony
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• The Virginia Company also gave the colonists the right to take part in their own government.
• In 1619 land-owning male colonists cast ballots for burgesses, or representatives. The burgesses helped make laws for the colony. The House of Burgesses was the first legislature in North America elected by the people
• This sets the precedent of a self- determining government
