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Jamestown Virginia England s first permanent colony in America.Planned as a trading settlement by Virginia Company of London.The purpose was to make money for the 650 people who investedin it and paid 12 pounds and ten shillings per stock in the Virginiacompany .



W hen they reach Virginia, theyhad a plan to profit from all the

valuable resources.

we can profit fromall



LandHo!Lets go

exploreour

land!The Virginia Company s charter, grantedby King James I, created Virginia sboundaries along points of the 34 th and41 st parallels, running from sea to sea,west and north west. No one had anyidea of the distance from sea to sea.Virginia s indefinite western bordercaused problems later on.

Virginia



Wow, that was quick!

All right, let¶s motor, baby!

105 men and boys of the Virginia Company set

sail on three ships: Susan Constant, Discovery,and Godspeed. They landed April 26, 1607!

Jamestown



The men settled 30 miles up theJames River so they wouldnever be attacked by Spain!They were counseled by sevenmen by the Virginia company!

W E W ILLNOT BE

ATTACKED!!!

JAMESTOWN



S ir George Percy wrote: W e landed and discovered

meadows and tall trees with rivers running through thewoods



Virginia became a seedling of liberties for in the Virginia company's charter King James I granted

Virginians with the same liberties that they would have been born into in England.

Virginia England



W e need more toplant more food Orwe will die.!!!!

NO LOOK FORGOLD

No look for

path to china



IN 1608, CAPTAINJOHN SM ITH

DECLARED HETHAT W ILL NOT

W ORK, S HALLNOT EAT



*@#$ I HATE W ORKING

W hoa calm down we arealmost done. No need forbad language.

Hurt gentlemen are tired of works with they re tender hands are

swearing. W hile the lower class people are still working hard.



No, let s waitand see. M aybewe can tradewith them.

Chief, let s killthem now beforethey take ourland.

Powhatan discusses the Englishmen at W erowocomoco, 14 miles from Jamestown.





Tobacco is Horrible!

King JamesSays Tobacco isBad for you. Itis HAZARDOUS to your health!

But look at howwell the salesare doing!

In 1612, eventhough no one in

Jamestown liked touse tobacco, it

became theirversion of gold.The VirginiaCompany gainedprofit from this, andeveryone back in

England loved it.



Lets get out of here, Pocahontas!

In 1614, John Rolfe married Pocahontas. She became a Christian that day. Shechanged her named Lady Rebecca and was taken to King James by the VirginiaCompany. W hen Pocahontas died, in 1617, the Peace of Pocahontas ended.



The House of Burgesses met in the year 1619, in themonth of July. They assembled in Jamestown, Virginia.Nearly 160 years later, in 1776, leaders from that sameVirginia assembly would grow accustomed to politicalfreedom and lead the colonies to independence fromEngland.

W e willlead thecolonies!



The Headright System allowed private ownership of land (as opposedto company ownership) Each pre-1616 settler received 100 acres of freeland. Each thereafter received 50 acres, plus another 50 acres for every

person brought to England.

Amazing! I mgoing to bring

over my son, so Ican have another

50 acres!



NINETY ADVENTUROUS WOMEN ARIVED IN 1619, SENTBY THE VIRGINA COMPANY AS WIVES FOR THE

JAMESTOWN SETTLERS. EACH GROOM PAID 120

POUNDS OF TOBACCO FOR HIS BRIDE¶S PASSAGE



In 1619, the same time the Virginiacompany extended freedom to thecolony, groups were brought tovirginia.20 Africans were sold tosettlers. They were freed many yearslater, but in the 1600s, slavery came

back

Yay!S laves!



In 1622, tragedy struck Virginia! On good Friday indians suprise attacked colonistswiping out ¼ of the colony But 1000 of the 9000 indiands survived



In 1624- King James I, who didn t like the representative government, used the massacre andthe Virginia Company s financial problems as an excuse to revoke the Company s Charterand make Virginia a royal colony. He dismissed the house of Burgesses, but the membersmet anyway. King James I, son in 1639 King Charles I reinstated the House of Burgesses.Virginians prospered under royal rule, but they guarded their right to legislative self government.

I REVOKE

thecharter!

arrr





In the 1670 s frontier settlers in western Virginiarebelled against the autocratic rule of GovernorBerkeley. He levied high taxes, while denyingfrontiersmen a voice in the government and

protected against invading Indians



Time to stir up arebellion! I am

tired of GovernorBerkeley! In 1676 Nathaniel

Bacon stirred arebellion, and threwGovernor Berkeley out.Jamestown wasburned, but KingCharles soon restoredorder.

BurnJamestown,Burn!!

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