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Name: FORMTEXT ?????Date: FORMTEXT ?????School: FORMTEXT ?????Facilitator: FORMTEXT ?????2.01 Notes Guide “Jamestown Colony”Answer the?2.01 Notes Guide as you engage in the lesson. At the end of the lesson, submit your completed work to the?2.01 Notes Guide Dropbox.I. First English SettlersJohn FORMTEXT ?????, an English explorer, surveyed the North American coastline 100 years before the settlements of Roanoke and Jamestown. No riches were found on Cabot's journey and no settlements were established.Cabot’s maps and information of the New World were invaluable to settlers that would come nearly a century later.In the late 1500s, Sir Walter FORMTEXT ????? persuaded Queen Elizabeth I to grant a charter to scout the North American coastline looking for opportunities for an English colony.A. Lost Colony of FORMTEXT ?????First English attempt to settle the Americas was at Roanoke in 1587Ended in failure and known as the “Lost Colony”Leader, John FORMTEXT ?????, went back to England for suppliesWhen he returned after three years, no one was found.No trace of the 100 settlersOnly “C-R-O” carved in a treeII. FORMTEXT ????? 1607The Virginia Company was the FORMTEXT ????? (funded and run by a group of investors who share in profits and losses) that obtained a charter (or certificate of permission from the king) from King James I to start the colony at Jamestown.Primary motivation was to find gold100 male settlers sent to FORMTEXT ????? Bay region Jamestown was the first permanent British settlement in North America.A. Problems for SettlersThe colony nearly failed for several reasons:Search for FORMTEXT ????? caused settlers to ignore daily tasks needed to survive. Most settlers had come to get rich quickly and were not prepared for the hard work required.Site was FORMTEXT ????? and swarming with disease-bearing mosquitos. Many settlers died of diseasePoor leadership until FORMTEXT ?????emerged as leader.Suffered from starvation and sickness the first 10 yearsB. Native American ReactionsAnother source of hardship was warfare with the Native Americans.Jamestown was attacked shortly after settlement by 200 FORMTEXT ?????.October 1609 to March 1610, the “Starving Time,” Native Americans helped the English in the form of food and water or the settlers would have surely died.C. Governing the Colony1624 Virginia became a royal colony, with a governor appointed by the king. 1619 Virginia began a legislature or lawmaking assembly made up of representatives called burgesses from the colony. FORMTEXT ?????was the first example of representative government in the New World.D. Tobacco FORMTEXT ????? saved the settlement from failing completely in the early years.Tobacco became popular in Europe after John Rolfe(married Pocahontas) shipped some to Europe in 1613Settlers established plantations close to water to grow tobacco.Promise of land and new opportunities attracted colonists from England. FORMTEXT ????? worked for a master for a period of time, usually 7 years, in return for their work their master paid the cost of their voyage to Virginia and gave them food and shelter.Eventually, the English began to rely on FORMTEXT ?????for labor on plete the 2.01 Notes Guide and submit your completed work to the 2.01 Notes Guide Dropbox ................
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