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• Pg 29: D of I KNL
• 30: Explorers
• 31: D of I excerpts
• 32: D of I quiz & illus. notes
• 33: Ch. 2 worksheets
• 34&35: Roanoke & Jamestown
1.
Why did people want to come to the New World?
2.
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
3.
Why is Roanoke called “The Lost Colony”?
4.
What was The Virginia Company?
5.
What struggles did Jamestown face?
6.
What made Jamestown successful?
Today’s essential question:
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The first people
to come to the
New World
wanted to get
rich by finding
gold and making
money
Later these
reasons would
change (religious
freedom, etc.)
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Sir Walter Raleigh
was an adventurer
and friend of Queen
Elizabeth I of
England
he sent scouts to
North America to
find a good place for
a settlement
he decided on a
place in North
Carolina called
Roanoke.
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100 men arrived in
1585, but left after a
difficult winter
In 1587, he sent 91
men, 17 women and
9 children to try
again at Roanoke.
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Their leader, John
White, and his wife
had the 1st English
baby born in
America, Virginia
Dare
White returned to
England to get
supplies but was not
able to get back to
Roanoke for 3 yrs.
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When he returned, he
could not find any of
the settlers
The only thing he
could find was the
word “Croatoan”
carved into a tree
No one knows what
happened to the
settlers of Roanoke
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After the failure of
Roanoke, the English
were somewhat nervous
to try again.
In the 1600s, England’s
King James started to
grant charters to
merchants who wanted
to create colonies in
North America
He wanted to encourage
settlements in the lands
of North America.
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The Virginia Company
was a joint stock
company established
with one of King
James’ charters
A Joint-stock
company is where
people invest in the
company in return for
some of the
company’s profits in
the future.
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In April, 1607, they
established a colony
in Virginia that they
called Jamestown.
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Making Jamestown
successful was a
very difficult task.
Many of the 144
settlers were not
used to working
hard and did not
know how to farm
http://www.preservationvirginia.org/re
discovery/page.php?page_id=31
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The area had tons
of mosquitoes
The land was
swampy
They arrived during
a drought
The water was not
very clean (mostly
because they let
sewage run into it)
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Many of the settlers spent
a lot of their time digging
for gold and silver instead
of planting and growing
food.
Their relationship with the
local Native Americans
got bad; the Natives
wouldn’t help them with
food anymore
When winter arrived,
many of them starved to
death
This was called the
“Starving Time”
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By spring, 1608,
only 38 of the
original 144 settlers
were still alive.
But more settlers
came….eventually,
the settlement
began to grow
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Pick one to
add to your
notes
Captain John Smith:
◦ provided good
leadership
◦ Forced settlers to
work and farm
◦ He tried to work with
the native Powhatan
people
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Pick one to
add to your
notes
John Rolfe:
◦ Began growing
tobacco along the
James River
◦ Married Pocahontas,
improving relations
with the Powhatan
people
Everyone had to
work their own
land
 FREE land for
anyone who
could get there!
 The colony
began to
prosper!
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In 1619, the
Jamestown settlers
created their own
government called the
“House of Burgesses”
They elected
representatives to
make laws
In 1624, the Virginia
Company lost its
charter; Jamestown
became a royal colony
belonging to King
James
Today’s essential question:
Look at the map on page 77 of the
textbook.
1. What are the 5 colonies on this map?
2. What does the symbol that looks like a
beaver represent?
3. What products did Massachusetts
produce?
4. What colony was Maine a part of at this
time?
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How does your personality affect the type of
job you might be successful at?
Are there jobs you think might be a bad fir
for you because of your personality? If so,
what are they? Why do you think they are a
bad fit?
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http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbtipersonality-type/mbti-basics/