TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 WARM-UP UNPACK STANDARD 1. WRITE THIS STANDARD IN YOUR NOTEBOOK in the 3 rd section. 8.2 Trace and explain the founding of Jamestown, including: Virginia Company, James River, John Smith, Pocahontas, Powhatan, John Rolfe, starving time, Tobacco, Bacon s Rebellion, Indentured servants and slaves, The arrival of women, House of Burgesses 2. CIRCLE OR HIGHLIGHT CLUE WORDS 3. What questions do we need to know the answers to in order to MASTER this standard? LEARNING INTENTION: UNPACK STANDARD AND JAMESTOWN SUCCESS CRITERIA: I can pick out clue words in our standard. I can create questions that need to be answered to master the standard. I can explain why people where motivated to move to Jamestown. I can list at least 3 hardships the colonists endured. I can explain how Jamestown survived.
CLUE WORDS 8.2 Trace and explain the founding of Jamestown, including: Virginia Company, James River, John Smith, Pocahontas, Powhatan, John Rolfe, starving time, Tobacco, Bacon s Rebellion, Indentured servants and slaves, The arrival of women, House of Burgesses.
Trace find or discover by investigation, track down Explain make clear
8.2 Trace and explain the founding of Jamestown. 1. Where is Jamestown located? 2. Why was it founded? 3. Who moved and lived there? 4. How did they survive?
8.2 including: Virginia Company, James River, John Smith, Pocahontas, Powhatan, John Rolfe, starving time, Tobacco, Bacon s Rebellion, Indentured servants and slaves, The arrival of women, House of Burgesses 5. What was the Virginia Company? 6. Why was the James River important? 7. Who was John Smith? 8. Who was Pocahontas? 9. Who were the Powhatan? 10.Who was John Rolfe? 11.What was the starving time? 12.Why was tobacco important? 13.What was Bacon s Rebellion? 14.What are Indentured servants and slaves? 15.What is the House of Burgesses?
Jamestown 1605- English merchants ask King James I for permission to found a colony May 14, 1607: Jamestown founded 1 st permanent English settlement
Jamestown was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London. King James I granted charter (permission to form a colony) The company also supported English national goals of expansion and riches. The Virginia Company was a jointstock company. Investors bought shares in the company hoping the company would make money and that they would share in the profits. The plan was for the company's settlers to find gold and establish trade in fish and furs. The company sent 144 settlers in three ships to build a new colony in North America
Motivations for Jamestown Settlement Economic prosperity Single men hoped to make fortunes in Virginia and return to England Previous explorers brought home tales of vast amounts of gold and other valuable resources English patriotism Adventurers wanted to stake English claim to prevent Spanish from taking over all of North America.
James River Colonists Unprepared Most men: Adventurers seeking fortune, No farming experience or useful skills Jamestown surrounded by marshes, and disease-carrying mosquitoes, Hostile relations with the Native Americans By 1 st winter: 2/3 of settlers dead
Brain Break
Taking Control 1608- John Smith becomes leader, Builds fort Forced settlers to do work/build better houses Hard workers rewarded w/food Agreement w/local Natives(Powhatan), brought food, taught how to grow corn
Captain John Smith Yes No
October 1609 - Capt. John Smith was severely injured by an accidental gunpowder explosion; he returned to England for treatment in. 1609-1610, Winter: the starving time, when the population shrank from about 300 to 60 left at Jamestown. The Powhatan Indians placed the settlement under siege at this time. 9 of every 10 die for disease & famine 1610-1611: John Rolfe, arrived with the group from Bermuda, began experimenting with tobacco seeds he acquired from the West Indies. He tried to find a tobacco more pleasing to English tastes than the bitter native tobacco that the Powhatans grew.
Tobacco Saves Jamestown John Rolfe- introduced new type of tobacco Sells well in England Colony makes $ = colony survives
Relations With Natives 1614- John Rolfe marries Pocahontas(daughter of Powhatan leader) 1622- Colonists kill Powhatan leader Powhatan attack settlers, fighting continues 1624- King cancels charter, Virginia becomes a royal colony Ruled by governor chosen by king
EXIT America the Story of Us: Life in Jamestown History 2:55 minutes TICKET https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sss6uoboiuc 1. List at least 3 hardships or struggles that the Jamestown colony endured.