Roanoke And Jamestown
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Question of the DayRead and consider the quote below while viewing the following panorama. Based on what you see and hypothesize why do you
think the law is so harsh?-----------------------------------
“Any man or woman who robs any garden, public or private, while weeding it or who willfully
pulls up any root vegetable, herb, or flower to spoil or waste or steal it, or robs any vineyard or
gathers the grapes, or steals any ears of corn . . . shall be punished with death.”
- Sir Thomas Dale, ‘Dales' Laws’
Essential Questions:1.How can you characterize the first attempt at English New World colonization?2.What is the history of Jamestown?3.What is the ‘starving time’?4.How can the English-Native American relationship be characterized?5.What was Bacon’s Rebellion?
England Arrives at Roanoke First English attempt at colonization
Financed by Sir Walter Raleigh The first attempt failed
Second attempt (1587) 117 settlers Led by John White
White tried to mend relations with nearby tribes but had no success He returned to England for help
Left behind 115 settlers and, His granddaughter Virginia Dare
First English child born in the Americas
In 1590 White was able to return He found no trace of the colonists "Croatoan" carved in post
The Settlement Jamestown followed the "Lost
Colony"
In 1606, English entrepreneurs led by John Smith, set sail to start a colony
In 1607, the captain selected Jamestown Island on the James River for the colony
It was inland from the Atlantic Ocean and it wasn't inhabited by Native American tribes
Settlers started to take over the area
Trouble Begins Powhatan (the local leader) instead
of attacking welcomed the settlers Attempted to form an alliance and
trade relations
But he found the settlers more interested in expansion and conquest War erupted & John Smith was
captured It lasted until the English
captured Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas
By 1607 the colony was in trouble Smith forced the 38 colonists to
farm Smith returned to England when
he was burned in an explosion
The Starving Time 1609, 600 new colonists arrived
1609-1610 was the “Starving Time” 80% of the colonists perished Of 600 colonists only 60
survived Due to strained relations, the
Natives didn't trade food The colonists never intended
to grow their own food, instead they relied on trade
Survivors were saved only when a supply mission from London arrived
Jamestown: The Colony Flourishes First representative assembly
established in America (1619) Known as the House of
Burgesses
The colony continued to grow Largely through growth of
tobacco
Powhatan Confederacy attempted to eliminate the English colony (1622) Attack killed over 300 settlers Known as Indian Massacre of
1622
King James sent troops to conquer the Powhatan
By 1644, nearly 10,000 English lived in Virginia
Bacon’s Rebellion By 17th century elite farmers owned the
land Small farmers could only afford land
in the backcountry Lands that were vulnerable to attacks
Nathanial Bacon led a campaign against these hostile tribes
But he seized friendly native tribes
Bacon returned and conflicts arose with Governor Berkeley
Bacon marched on Jamestown Rebels burned the town Many planters, and Berkley, fled by
ship
The first rebellion in the American colonies
Jamestown: An Overview
500 NationsThe Powhatan Confederacy