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Founder and Year
-Founded in 1607
-Founder: explorer Captain John Smith.
-1600’s: King James I gave a land grant to the Virginia Company to establish colonies in Virginia.
-Jamestown = first permanent English colony
questions:
1. In what year was Virginia founded?
2. What was the main economic export of Virginia?
3. What famous disney character originated from Virginia
Bonus #1
Who was Virginia named after?
HINT HINT.....it was a womannnn
BONUS #2
Which pokemon is megan's favorite?
HINT HINT- a grass type starter
Jamestown, Virginia
Reasons for Settlement
-Settlers could start a new life: seek work, stability, and opportunity
-Discovery of tobacco = settlers could gain more money in Virginia
-Better life for settlers
-Fueled mercantilism: the economic system designed to make the monarch rich
-Colonists in could supply bountiful amounts of raw materials to England
Conclusion:
The English colony in Jamestown hadn’t found what the king of England had asked them to find. They didn’t find gold or the route to the Orient, or the lost colony of the English in the Roanoke. They found tobacco instead. Jamestown, Virginia, was the first ever permanent English settlement in the New World. The government, language, customs, beliefs and aspirations of these early Virginians were all part of the United States’ heritage today. As one of the thirteen colonies that united to declare independence from the British crown, Virginia has come a long way from being a Southern British colony to a thriving metropolitan state.
Economy/Resources
-At first, Jamestown was a dying colony
-1617: John Rolfe was successful in growing tobacco
-English grew and sold tobacco in massive quantities back at home in England
-In England, tobacco was processed and sold, or exported again for even greater profit.
-Tobacco industry was backbone of the Virginian economy
-If the tobacco industry were to collapse, Virginia would be crushed
-Industries of silk, woolen cloth and boats were established
-Colony also became a new market for finished goods that were from England
Growth of Tobacco was discovered
Interesting Anecdotes
Pocahontas:
-'Pocahontas' was the daughter of the powerful chief of the Algonquian Indians in Virginia.
-Cpt. John Smith was taken captive by the Indians and almost killed – until Pocahontas saved his life.
-Relations with the Indians worsened, Pocahontas was taken captive
-She was released after the Indians paid a ransom
-Pocahontas was a vital link between the Native Americans and the English