TOTD: Now that you know about the Lost Colony, what do you think is the most logical theory regarding the disappearance of the colonists in Roanoke, NC? Explain your reasoning.

Agenda:TOTDNotes pg 2Jamestown/Plymouth Venn DiagramColumbian Exchange Booklet (Due Fri)

English Settlements

Virginia Company: Group of English merchants who secured a charter from king to develop land in new worldJamestown, 1607•1st permanent SUCCESSFUL settlement/Joint-stock colony

John Smith: leader of Jamestown•Virginia Company: Opportunity to make $ in selling of land to settlers

Hard times: see next slides

Powhatan: Indian Tribe helped/attacked colonists

“Starving Time” Powhatan killed colonists livestock/destroyed their cropsLed to famine 600 to 60 survive

Now what?Needed laws/government over there so they set up the 1st representative democracy in the Americas

Basic daily rations for each traveler on the ship to Jamestown included:

•dried hardtack (biscuits that were baked until all moisture was removed)•salted, dried or pickled meats and fish•Cheese•oatmeal or barley•a gallon of beer or wine.

In bad weather, no cooking was allowed on board the ships, so the settlers soaked the biscuits in water to make them edible. Cheese and cold pickled meats completed these meals

Lack of fresh water also contributed to the many dead

This charter included all lands in North Carolina not occupied by Spanish or French

These people founded the first English settlement.

Named it JAMESTOWN!►Jamestown- 1st 1st successful English successful English

settlement, settlement, 1607 1607 (20 (20 years after lost colony)years after lost colony)

Hard times- b/c no real workers Don’t know the

land/how to farm Disease…again No food

Powhatan-Indian tribeEnglish received their

helpBut as #s grew, so did

tensions and Powhatan ATTACKED!

COOL FACTS/FYI:

Despite these rocky beginnings, Powhatan did exhibit trust of the newcomers when he allowed his sons and at least one daughter (Pocahontas) to travel to and from the settlement.

The English needed the Indians--corn, venison, and fish

Indians guaranteed their survival by supplying them.

Jamestown

-more colonists

-1st democratic gov’t

***House of Burgesses: Needed laws/government over there so they set up the 1st representative democracy in the Americas

-tobacco as a cash crop

John Rolfe

Pocahontas

-headright system

50 acres to each new colonist

-indentured servants

-first slaves imported

More colonists do come, now what?Remember, they are all loyal to England and the king.…Only here for adventure, money, advancementEstablish some sort of government to be in place locally!

1st democratic gov’t- House of Burgesses!

2 representatives from each town/community to represent the people

12 men Helped make laws/bring order to this

area Remember, “leader” is sitting on a

throne in England.*** marked the beginning of colonial

self-government!***1st REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY!!!

Tobacco as a ca$h crop- Grown for trade and profit John Rolfe-crossbred with

a Brazilian form. Everyone loved it.

Married Pocahantas

Attraction, but also allowed for peace treaty between the Powhatans and colonists.

•Pocahontas-married around 17

•Married Rolfe in a Christian ceremony (changed her name to Rebecca) 1614

•d.-1617

Clash with Indians

-desire for land led to conflicts

-European feelings of superiority

-no intermarriage with Indians groups

-fought wars with Powhatan Indians

-Virginia becomes royal colony so that King’s Army can protect settlers

First Rebellion

-Indian dispute on the frontier

-Colonists ask for protection from Virginia Gov’t, but were denied..man up

Bacon was so angry he marched on Jamestown

-Nathaniel Bacon led the frontier colonists in a rebellion against the Virginia gov’t and was

defeated**called Bacon’s Rebellion

-showed signs of discontent with leadership Problem: fighting

Indians and now fighting each other.

Religious Reasons• -Henry VIII begins the Anglican

Church (Protestant) church in 1534

• He was Catholic, officially changes English religion forever!

-Reformers want to rid the church of all Roman Catholic traditions

-Puritans

wanted to purify the Church of England

Literal interpretation of the bible

individual and congregational control of religion

**left b/c of this. Considered RELIGIOUS DISSENTERS!

•When you think Puritans, think old strict church lady…

NO DRINKING

OR SWEARING!

Pilgrims

-Pilgrims also called Separatists because they wanted to practice their own religion

-Plymouth Mass. 1620

-Mayflower Compact

set up direct democracy for the colony *leads to tradition of town meetings. EVERYONE is DIRECTLY involved.

-colony struggled but received Indian help to grow crops

Thanksgiving 1621

Squanto, cool Indian friend

-William Bradford

Pilgrim leader/Governor

“Of Plymouth Plantation”

•Think Pilgrims, think

Massachusetts Bay Company

-Puritans

-John Winthrop

-City on a Hill

be an example to the world… everyone is watching, oh and GOD.

-connection between church and state RELIGION and GOVERNMENT NEED TO BE TOGETHER!

-strict adherence to Puritan rules

“Religion

all day

every

day! What

What!

Big ups

to ‘da

GOD”

Puritan Dissent

-Roger Williams

Separation of Church and State

exiled from the colony

fled and founded Providence R.I.

-Anne Hutchinson

belief in individual worship

banished in famous trial

fled to R.I.

Separation of church and state and individual worship!

“People should be able to

believe/worship in their own

way.

There is NO room for

RELIGION in GOVERNMENT!”

Indian Resistance-some cooperation but short

lived

-disease, land, and religion caused disputes

-Pequot War, 1637

massacre of Indians: 500+ men/women/children

Puritans of Massachusetts Bay spread further into Connecticut, (CT) they came into increasing conflict with the Pequots, a war-like tribe centered on the Thames River in SE CT

-King Philip’s War: King Philip's War of 1675-1676 (also known as Metacom's Rebellion) marked the last major effort by the Indians of southern New England to drive out the English settlers. lots of deaths on both sides but colonists win and Indian resistance fades

Read the Jamestown/Plymouth Compare and Contrast Article

Create a Venn Diagram of these two early colonies

10 contrasting facts for each 4 similarities 3 illustrations for each side