Name ________________________________
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Directions: Complete the outline using your American Nation textbook.
Building the Jamestown Colony (Ch. 3.4, p. 87 – 91)
I.
Setting the Scene (background information)
A. Jamestown Colony in Virginia
1. Founded in _____________
2. ___________ colonists settled in Jamestown
B. Conditions at Jamestown Colony
1.
2.
C. The Colony Survives
1.
2.
II.
The First English Colony – Roanoke, North Carolina
A. Sir Walter Raleigh
1. Leader of the first colony in North America
2. 100 colonists sailed with Raleigh to the New World
3. Difficult time and fighting began with the Indians
4.
B. John White
1. Original colonist to Roanoke and left with Raleigh
2. Returned to Roanoke with 117 people
3.
C. John White returned to Roanoke after 3 years
1.
2.
SN_____
III.
Challenge and Survival in Jamestown
A. Virginia Company of London received a charter from King James I.
B. Charter
a.
b.
c.
C. Disastrous Start
1. Jamestown 1607
a.
b.
c.
d. Located in a swampy area
1.
2.
2. By 1608 the colony was almost a failure – leaders failed to prepare for the colony’s
future.
D. Starvation and Recovery
1. The colony was starving because the colonists were not planting enough crops.
2. Stern rules were set up to force the colonists to work if they wanted to eat.
3. Chief ______________________ supplied corn to the English
4. Peaceful relations ended with the Native Americans
a.
b.
5. John Rolfe
a. Peace returned for a short while.
b. Married ____________________________
c. Gained wealth as a _________________________________
6. Jamestown didn’t prosper and suffered greatly in 1609.
a.
b.
E. A Profitable Crop
1.
2.
IV.
Representative Government
A. Reforms of 1619
1. Established a stable government
2. New Governor to consult settlers on all important matters
3. Allowed to elect burgesses
a.
b. House of Burgesses
1.
2.
B. English Traditions
1. Magna Carta 2. Parliament
a.
b.
c. The monarchy had to obey the law
C. Virginia’s Representative Tradition
1. Free Virginians had greater rights than citizens in England
2. In the beginning colonists didn’t have to own property to vote.
3. 1670 restrictions on voting
a.
b.
V.
The First Africans
A. The Dutch sold Africans to Virginians
B. Used as laborers for ______________________________________________________
C. Africans brought _________________________________________________________
D. White colonists were allowed to enslave Africans for ____________________________
E. African slavery expanded greatly by 1700