Jamestown, Virginia 1607



| |Jamestown, Virginia 1607 |Jamestown, Virginia 1609-1610 |Jamestown, Virginia 1612 |Jamestown, Virginia 1619 |

|Geography |What was the land like in Jamestown? How did that affect the |What geographic event prompted (started) the “starving time”? |How did they begin to use the land differently at this time? |What geographic feature allowed Jamestown to become a good |

| |colonists? |Harsh drought- dry |Began to farm, grow crops including tobacco |trading area? |

| |Rich, fertile soil. Hot climate, swampy land | | |-Thriving port city (located on Atlantic Coast line) Virginians |

| |Caused malaria | | |shipped their tobacco across the Atlantic and traded |

| |Grow crops | | | |

|Society |Describe the people who came to Jamestown. How did they |How did the population change during the “starving time”? |How did the relationship between the colonists and the Powhatans |Who arrived in Jamestown for the first time? |

| |interact with the Powhatan tribe? |90% of colonists died of starvation |change? |In 1619, Africans came to Jamestown. A Slave trader exchanged |

| |Englishmen/Nobles/Gentlemen | |Traded, became allies because of intermarriage (Pocahontas was the|Africans for food. Africans became indentured servants. |

| |Friendly, traded | |only Native to be accepted in interracial marriage) |Marriageable women were shipped to colony in exchange for 120 |

| | | | |lbs of tobacco for each bride. |

|Politics |Who was Jamestown named after? What kind of government was he|How did they maintain order in the colony? | |What was the Virginia House of Burgess? Who chooses the leaders |

| |the leader of? |John smith leader- “don’t work, don’t eat” rigid discipline | |in a representative government? |

| |King James I- monarchy | | |VA House of Burgessess- first representative government. |

| | | | |Meetings would take place here |

| | | | |The people of the colony choose leaders in a Representative |

| | | | |government. Burgesses are Representatives |

|Economics |Why did the English come to Jamestown? |Look at the list of settlers, what profession is missing that |Who saved the Jamestown colony? What did he bring to Jamestown? |Explain the change in Jamestown economy from 1607 to 1619. |

| |Gold and raw materials |would have helped them survive the “starving time’? |John Rolfe- he planted tobacco and started tobacco plantations in |From 1607 to 1619, the economy of Jamestown changed for the |

| | |Farming, doctors |Virginia. Tobacco flourished, and made Jamestown successful on the|better. Jamestown went from having nothing (no gold was found) |

| | | |profits. |to wealth by growing and selling TOBACCO. |

|Morale |How did the colonists feel about coming to the new world? |How did the colonists feel during the “starving time”? |How did the colonists feel after John Rolfe’s discovery? |What was Jamestown’s outlook on the future? Did they think they |

| |Review the previous sources. |Felt hopeless, depressed |Happy, hopeful, confident, encouraged to start their own tobacco |would succeed? What might be the state of morale among these |

| |Excited, and eager | |plantation |women and the slaves? |

| | | | |By this time, Jamestown’s outlook was positive for the future. |

| | | | |They knew they would succeed as long as they kept growing |

| | | | |tobacco. Slaves’ morale continued to be hopeless and |

| | | | |discouraged. Some women were satisfied, but others would rather|

| | | | |marry for love and not be bought through tobacco |

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