Lesson 2 Jamestown Long Ago
The English colony of Jamestown struggled hard to survive in their new environment.
Powhatan and the English Meet
| Powhatan hoped for peace between his people and the English when he met John Smith. |
The English at Jamestown
| Jamestown was a colony of England. (Colony is a place ruled by another country. |
| England hoped that the colony would provide resources and riches for them. |
| Colonists who settled in Jamestown hoped to build a new community and get rich. (Colonist is someone who lives in a colony.) |
Difficult Times
| Life was hard |
| Problems growing food |
| Hard work |
| Many weren't farmers |
John Smith chosen leader.
- "if you don't work, you don't eat"
- asked Powhatan for help (taught colonist how to grow corn and other food)
- winter of 1609 called "the starving time"; little food, very sick/some died..
The Colony Survives
| John Rolfe began to grow tobacco. Tobacco sold for a lot of money. |
| John Rolfe married Pocahontas in 1614. Their marriage lead to peace between the English and the Powhatan. |
| The colony began to grow, and other colonies(13 colonies) grew along the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Pilgrims of Plymouth came seeking religious freedom in 1620. Pilgrims were helped by the Wampanoag. Wampanoag taught the Pilgrims to fish and farm. |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn who was a Quaker in 1682. He formed a peace agreement with the Delaware Indians. |
| Savannah was the first colony in colonial Georgia in 1733, These colonists owed money to England and repaid the money by farming. |
| Colonial Williamsburg |
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Africans Arrive
People came for different reasons to the colonies.
| build new lives |
| religious freedom |
| seeking riches |
Some people came because they were forced to as slaves. (slavery is a practice of one person owning another.)