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GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
Jamestown Time Line
Glass Industry 1606 – 1624
Date
Event
April 1606
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King James I grants charter to Virginia Company
December 20, 1606
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The London Company, a branch of the Virginia Company, sends the
first group of settlers (105 men and boys) to Virginia
May 13, 1607
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English settlers reach Jamestown Island
January 1608
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Christopher Newport brings the first supply of settlers and provisions to
Virginia
September 1608
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John Smith is elected President of the council
Newport arrives with the second supply of settlers including two
English women and 8 Dutchmen (Germans) and Poles skilled in making
pitch, tar, potash, soap ashes and glass.
October, November,
December 1608
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The glassmakers produce a “trial of glass.”
Newport returns to England at the end of December carrying “trials of
pitch, tar, glass, frankincense and soap ashes.”
January, February
1609
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A glasshouse is established a mile from James Fort across the isthmus
that connects Jamestown Island to the mainland.
Another trial of glass is produced
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June 1609
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The third supply of settlers and provisions sails for Virginia—a fleet of
nine ships carrying approximately 500 settlers.
July 24, 1609
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The fleet is hit by a hurricane and Sea Venture, the flagship carrying all
the provisions for the new settlers, is separated from the rest of the fleet
and wrecks on one of the Bermuda Islands.
August 1609
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Six of the nine ships reach Jamestown Island
October 1609
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A fleet of 5 ships leaves for England carrying an injured John Smith
Virginia, one of the missing ships, arrives at Jamestown
Sea Venture is still missing and believed lost at sea
Winter 1609 – 1610
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The “Winter of the Starving Time”—the population at fort shrinks from
300 to 60 due to disease, hunger and Indian attacks
May, June 1610
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Survivors of Sea Venture arrive at Jamestown having built two boats on
Bermuda where they spent 10 months
In June the new governor, Sir Thomas Gates, decides to abandon the
colony. The settlers are 10 miles from Jamestown when news of the
arrival of a relief fleet reaches them and they return to the fort.
Martial law is declared in Virginia
September 1613
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John Rolfe sends a trial of tobacco to England from Virginia
April 1614
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John Rolfe and Pocahontas are married in Jamestown—the marriage
ends several years of warfare between the settlers and Virginia Indians.
November 1617
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Pocahontas dies in England
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Martial law is replaced with common law, still in use today, and the first
General Assembly meets
The first documented account of Africans arriving in the colony
Land is granted to investors in the London Company
The London Company sends a number of unmarried women to Virginia
Orphans are sent to the colony as indentured servants
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1619
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1621
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London Company decides to re-establish a glass industry in Virginia
Capt. William Norton is in charge of the glassworks and arrives in
Virginia with 4 Italian glassworkers and their families
They set up a glasshouse with furnaces either on the same site as the
first glasshouse or on another site.
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1622
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1623
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1624
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An uprising of the Virginia Indians in March results in the deaths of
approximately 300 to 350 English settlers.
The Italian glassworkers and their families survive the attack, but work
at the glasshouse is stopped for a period of time
When work resumes, one of the Italian workers, in a rage, cracks the
furnace with a crowbar causing it to explode when fired.
Captain Norton dies and several of the Italian workers become ill.
George Sandys, resident treasurer of the colony, takes over management
of the glassworks
The furnace is re-fired, but no glass is made for six weeks
The glassworkers complain about the quality of the sand
George Sandys has sand brought from up river, from Cape Henry and
even offers to send to England for suitable sand.
The Italian glassworkers produce little if any glass
Sandys abandons his attempts to manufacture glass in Virginia
James I revokes the charter of the Virginia Company and Virginia
becomes a royal colony.
NOTES ON THE DVD CHART
While you are watching the DVD “The Glasshouse at Jamestowne”, use this chart to
make some notes on the information presented in the DVD. There is no need to write in
complete sentences; simply jot down a word or two to remind you of what you have
heard. You will then be able to use your notes to complete the activities assigned by your
teacher.
INTRODUCTION
Year first glass was produced in Virginia:
Reasons for establishing a glassmaking industry in Virginia:
Reasons for the failure of the first glassmaking industry:
Date of the second attempt at glassmaking in Virginia:
The second group of glassmakers came to Jamestown to make:
Reasons why the second attempt failed:
What happened to the site of the glasshouse?
How do we know where it was located?
GLASSMAKING
What jobs were needed to support glassmaking in Virginia?
Glass is made of what ingredients?
The first glassmakers made glass that was called:
Why was the glass they made green in color?
To change the color of the glass you must add:
For clear glass
For amethyst glass
For blue glass
Silica came from:
Lime came from:
Cullet came from:
Potash was made from:
Soda ash was made from:
The four furnaces used in glassmaking were called:
1.
2.
3.
4.
The “working hole” was where the glassblower:
What were the next steps taken by the glassblower to make a piece of glass?
The “glory hole” was where the finisher:
What did the finisher do to complete the process of making a piece of glass?
How would you describe glassmaking in the 17th century?
Do we know for certain if glass beads were made at Jamestown?
Glassmaking did not succeed in Virginia. What product became the economic
mainstay of the Virginia Colony?