Types of colonies
JOINT-STOCK COMPANY: issued
stock to investors to raise
money(who would in return make profit).
CHARTER COLONY: self-governed,
and their charters were
granted to the colonists as opposed to proprietors
established in territories which had been
granted by the English Crown to one, or more, proprietors
who had full governing rights
PROPRIETARY:
ROYAL: ruled by the monarch
Happy Tuesday! 
• Please grab a Roanoke handout from the front desk
• Your task is to select one of the theories about what happened to the
people at Roanoke. They still do not know what truly happened, so
there are no wrong answers. What you need to do is be able to
choose a position and then defend it. You may use BYOT to look up
any “clues” they have discovered and pull in that information. In
addition to defending your theory, you must refute the other four
theories.
Roanoke Video
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o99Y4BrqGY&feature=related
JAMESTOWN
http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown/videos
/jamestown-founded-in-1607
Reasons for leaving England
• Lack of economic opportunity
• Stories of gold mines
• Religious persecution
Establishing Jamestown
King of England granted charters to the Virginia Company of London
(1606).
CHARTER is a document issued by a government authority.
What did the charter do?
1. Gave the right to establish colonies in New World
2. Granted British rights to the colonists
Establishing Jamestown
May 14, 1607: first permanent English colony is established
Why Jamestown?
1. Could be easily defended from attack by sea by the
Spanish
2. water to allow ships to dock with supplies
3. thought good supply of fresh water
1608: John Smith becomes leader of established council
“He that will not work, will not eat.”
HARSH DISCIPLINE kept the colony alive!
1610: Lord de la Warr governor also enforces strict, harsh
discipline and an new abundance of supplies
Difficulties in Jamestown
Of the 104 men and boys who landed, only 38 were still alive by January 1608.
STARVATION: 1609-1610 “starving time”
NATIVE ATTACKS
DISEASE
LACK OF FRESH WATER
LACK OF SUPPLIES
LAZINESS!
Government in Jamestown
House of Burgesses (1619):
First legislature in English colonies (bicameral)
REPRESENTATIVE government
Make own laws
Military law
Economy in Jamestown
John Rolfe introduced the first cash crop of the new
world- TOBACCO
Effects of tobacco:
$$$$$$
Increased need for labor -> Indentured Servants
Free passage to Virginia, work for 5-7 years = FREEDOM
Women in Jamestown
1620: 90 women arrive in Jamestown
120 pounds of tobacco to marry one of them
Why is the arrival of women important?
Powhatan
1608- establish necessary trade
Powhatan also taught English to farm
and survive on the land
Friendly relations turn deadly
-Death of Powhatan leaders,
realization English are invaders looking
to expand
• What precedents were set by Jamestown?
Your assignment
Your task is to discuss/illustrate the hardships faced at
Jamestown.
You can either create a “collage” of images you might
have seen at Jamestown, or write a “diary entry” as a
member of Jamestown colony.
Colonial Mini-Project
• Due September 8!
• Power point or Video
• Economy
• Religion
• Culture
• Geography
• History