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Jamestown Content Frame
Term
1st Roanoke
2nd Roanoke The Lost
Colony
Spanish Armada
Jamestown
John Smith
Date
1. Define it!!
2. Why is it important?
Term
Tobacco
Free
Enterprise/Capitalism
Slaves
House of Burgesses
Date
1. Define it!!
2. Why is it important?
European Countries began
setting up colonies in the
New World.
Spain was able to claim
the most land first. Land
= Money for the Mother
Country using
“Mercantilism”
Mercantilism=
The Mother
Country takes
the resources
of the Colony
to make
products,
then sells the
products back
to the Colony
Spain had colonies in the Americas which
provided them with gold, silver, sugar cane
from plantations, etc…
Gold, sugar and the
rest=$$$$$$$=POWER=Number 1 in the
World!
England wanted to Be #1!
Colonization is where the REAL
money is made
England realized that setting up colonies would
earn them more money in the long run. They
began directing their resources toward
establishing permanent colonies.
1585
This was England’s 1st
attempt to start a colony.
The 1st colony was destroyed
when the Natives realized that
the English wanted their land
and they stopped replenishing
the English food supply.
2. Colony failed and surviving
members of the colony
returned to England in 1586.
1.
Sir Walter Raleigh starts
the first colony at
Roanoke Island.
1587
Colony started by John
White & his family. His
granddaughter was the first
English child (Virginia Dare)
born in North America. Ran
out of supplies so White
sailed and left family at
Roanoke (1588)..
2. White returned in 1590 but
the colony had
disappeared. No one
knows what happened to
them.
1.
King James I issued a charter in
1606 to set up a colony that he
hoped would make money for
England. This is an ECONOMIC
reason for setting up a colony.
1. Jamestown was the first
permanent English Colony
in NORTH AMERICA.
They named the colony
Jamestown in honor of King
James I.
2. Was set up for Economic
Reasons-to make money
The colonists immediately ran
into trouble.
1607
First day in
Jamestown
Jamestown – “Never Give Up, Never
Surrender!”
On May 14, 1607, colonists from England selected a piece of
land on a large peninsula for a new settlement. The Peninsula
was surrounded on 3 sides by rivers. The settlement was set
up near deep water, making it easy to get big ships close to
the settlement. However, the island was swampy, isolated,
offered limited space and was plagued by mosquitoes (that
gave settlers malaria) and brackish river water unsuitable
for drinking. In addition the settlers arrived too late in the
year to get crops planted. Many in the group were not used
to hard, physical work. Their servants didn’t know how to or
want to farm and labor as hard as it would take either. In a
few months, were dead; some of the survivors were
deserting to the Indians whose land they had invaded.
Jamestown was started for economic purposes…to
make $$$$$$$$ for the company, the settlers and the
king but it failed at first.
1608
Pocahontas
saving John
Smith
At first JT was settled by young men
who wanted to find gold. They refused
to plant crops or hunt for food. Within
the first year over 75% died of
starvation and disease. JT was going to
fail like Roanoke. By 1608 only 38
colonist were still alive in Jamestown.
1. John Smith took over the colony.
Convinced colonists to work
and was able to trade with the
Powhatan tribe for corn. He
announced that, “He that will
not work shall not eat.”
2. His leadership saved the
colony.
Problems at Jamestown:
In the beginning everyone was supposed to farm together,
then put what they had into a common storehouse. From
there, each person would be given what it was decided he
needed. In reality, the ones that worked ended up providing
for the ones that didn’t. Since only a few were putting food in
the common-storehouse, the supply quickly ran out.
Jamestown Fort
1609–1610
In 1609 Smith was injured
and he returned to England.
Hundreds of new colonist
arrived. They took Native
American land, angering the
local tribe.
By 1610 Powhatan Indians
stopped trading with the
colonists. Indian attacks
escalated.
Only 61 of the 500 colonists
survived the period
Only 60
colonists
survived.
Colonist ate
dogs, rats,
mice….
1612
1. John Rolfe brought a
high quality tobacco
plant that became the
cash crop for JT. Cash
Crop=crops you grow to
sell.
2.Tobacco could be sold for
a lot of money in England.
Tobacco saved
Jamestown! It was
profitable and more
people moved to JT to live.
Free Enterprise/Capitalism-After 1610
How Jamestown Survived:
The Virginia Company (investors) & leaders of JT decided to
give each man a parcel of land and allow them to keep some of
the profit from the sale of their tobacco. When people knew
they were responsible for their own survival and that they
could make a profit by selling their excess, most got to work.
Jamestown was the start of the FREE ENTERPRISE system
in North America
1. Under capitalism, you are allowed to participate
in the profits
2. Free Enterprise (Capitalism) increased the
colonist’s productivity
 Colonist (mostly white) who could not pay
their way to America, agreed to work for an
owner for a certain number of years if the
owner would pay their way to the New
World.
 After a number of years of servitude the
colonist could make their own way at
Jamestown or another colony.
 Interesting Fact:
 The first slave owner in the colonies was an
African American man who had started out
an indentured servant. He earned his
freedom, paid to bring over his own servants
and went to court to have them made into
his slaves. Court gave him a black man to be
his slave for life.
Slaves
1619
A person who is the property of another
person.
2. Provided an inexpensive labor force.
They were used to harvest tobacco for English
plantation owners.
This was the beginning of slavery in America.
1.
1. King of England
2. Parliament (Like our
Congress)
Problems:
 2000 miles away from
America
 Had to appoint a
governor for local
control
3. Virginia Company of
London-Investors. Too
far away
So Colonists came up with
and the King allowed:
Colonist need LOCAL
government .
1. Local Control.
Representatives were
elected by the people of
the colony. Assembly
could meet once a year.
2. The House of Burgesses
helped develop
representative
democracy in the
colonies because it was
the first representative
assembly in the
American colonies.
1619
Jamestown Content Frame-Key
Term
1st
Roanoke
2nd Roanoke-The
Lost Colony
Spanish Armada
Jamestown
John Smith
Date
Define it!!
Why is it important?
England’s 1st attempt to
start a colony
Colony failed.
Colony started by John
White & his family
Colony disappeared
1588
Spain attacked England
with 130 warships
Spain defeated. England
is able to colonize in
America
1607
First permanent English
colony
Was set up for Economic
Reasons-to make money
Convinced colonists to
work and was able to trade
for corn. “He that will not
work shall not eat.”
Saved the colony.
1585
1587
1608
Term
Date
Tobacco
1612
Free
Enterprise/Capitalism
Define it!!
Why is it important?
John Rolfe brought
tobacco plant that became
the cash crop for JT. Cash
Crop=crops you grow to
sell.
Tobacco saved Jamestown
1610
You are allowed to
participate in the profits
Increased the colonist’s
productivity
Slaves
1619
A person who is the
property of another
person.
Provided an inexpensive
labor force
House of Burgesses
1619
Local Control
Helped develop
representative democracy
in the colonies because it
was the first representative
assembly in the American
colonies.
Jamestown Timeline
1. Draw a line down the center of your
2.
3.
4.
5.
paper.
Cut out your pictures.
Glue them into your spiral. 2-3 per
page.
Write in the Date, the Name of the
Event, Define It and Why is it
Important. Must have all of this on
your timeline.
When finished, you may color the
pictures
Example:
1585
1st Roanoke Island
England’s 1st attempt
to start a colony
Colony failed
1587
2nd Roanoke
Colony started by
John White & his
family
The colony
disappeared
Tobacco
2nd Roanoke Island-The
Lost Colony
1st Roanoke Island
Jamestown
1607
Spanish Armada
John Smith
Free Enterprise
Capitalism
House of Burgesses
Slaves
Concept Definition Map
Leader who
kept colony
from
starving
Workers
brought to
work
plantations
Key
Event
1607
1st
Representativ
e Government
Reason it
was started
Item that
helped
colony
survive
Concept Definition Map
Jamestown
Economic
Reasons
John Smith
1607
Slaves
House of
Burgesses
Tobacco