Chapter Six
Sir Walter Raleigh Sir Walter Raleigh was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also well known for popularizing tobacco in England.
A small community that is started in a new place. settlements
Roanoke The name of the island where the first English settlement was started in North America in 1587. Roanoke is located near the coast of present-day North Carolina.
The Lost Colony Over 400 years ago, 117 men, women and children sailed from Plymouth, England in an attempt to settle on Roanoke Island; they vanished just two years later. The only clue left behind was the word CROATOAN carved into a post. The Lost Colony is their story.
CROATOAN Three years White finally returned to Roanoke. There was NO sign of settlers. Even the houses were gone. The word CROATOAN was carved on the gatepost of a ruined fort. No one has ever discovered what happened to the colony. Everyone was lost including his granddaughter Virginia Dare.
The Virginia Company- http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=l7haoz4 QsuY Pocahontas
John Smith Sir John Smith Admiral of New England was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He was considered to have played an important part in the establishment of the first permanent English settlement in North America. He was a leader of the Virginia Settlement (based at Jamestown) between September 1608 and August 1609, and led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. He was the first English explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay area and New England.
Jamestown The first successful English colony in North America. It was founded in 1607 in present-day Virgina.
Jamestown Colony Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. Established by the Virginia Company of London. It followed several earlier failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Jamestown served as the capital of the colony for 83 years (from 1616 until 1699).
Chesapeake Bay http://www.chesapeak ebay.net/discover/bay history/johnsmith
Wet, low lying land that is poorly drained. Unfortunatley the settle of the Jamestown built it one a marsh. The water around the town was dirty and salty. There were many mosquitoes. marsh
The females of many species of mosquitoes are blood eating pests. In feeding on blood, some of them transmit extremely harmful human and livestock diseases, such as malaria. Some authorities argue accordingly that mosquitoes are the most dangerous animals on Earth. In Jamestown the mosquitoes carried malaria. By the end of 1607, disease and other hardships had killed many of the settlers. mosquitoes
Mine, Mine, Mine- The men coming to Jamestown were seeking gold. There were not enough people growing food for the colony. John Smith said that any man who did not work would not eat. https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=dsfyrpdtk VA Pocahontas
A person who settles in a colony colonists
Pocahontas Pocahontas (born Matoaka, and later known as Rebecca Rolfe, c. 1595 March 1617) was a Virginia Indiana. She is known for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown Viginia. She was the daughter of Powhatan, the chief of a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tidewater Region of Virginia. She is said to have saved the life of an Indian captive, Englishman John Smith, in 1607 by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him.
Chief Powhatan Chief Powhatan (died 1618), whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh (sometimes spelled Wahunsonacock), was the chief of the Tsenacommacah, an alliance of Algonquian speaking Virginia Indians in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607. He was the father of Pocahontas who eventually converted to Christianity and married the settler John Rolfe.
Savages, Savages- The colonists and the Native Americans did now always get along and had many trying times. https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=2av9sqs MIi8
Starving Time In 1609 women and children came to the Jamestown. The next month, Smith returned to England after being badly wounded. Powhatan stopped trading with colonists and the local tribes attacked the them. The winter of 1609-1610 was known as the Starving Time. Only 60 settlers survived.
The colonists never found gold but John Rolfe learned how to grow tobacco. The settlers planted this cash crop. In 1614 they began to trade their tobacco for money and supplies. Tobacco became Virginia's gold. tobacco
Pocahontas and John In 1614 Pocahontas married John Rolfe. For a time the colonists and the Native Americans were at peace. Pocahontas went to England with John Rolfe and met King James but she died in 1617 after becoming ill. Rolfe
Relating to a form of government in which people have the power to rule themselves, often through elected representatives. In 1619 the men elected representatives. This was the FIRST representative government in America. It was called the House of Burgesses. Only wealthy men could have this job. democratic
Settlement of Plymouth In 1620 the Pilgrims sailed from England. They traveled on a ship called the Mayflower. After more than two months at sea, they landed on the tip of Cape Cod.
King James said that everyone in England had to belong to the Church of England. Some people refused. Among these were the group called Separatists. Separatists
The Separatists decided to move to a place where they could be free to practice their own religion. In time this group became known as Pilgrims. Pilgrims
Plymouth A town started in 1602 by early English settlers called Pilgrims. Plymouth is located in present-day Massachusetts.
The Mayflower departed Plymouth England on September 6/16, 1620, with 102 passengers and about 30 crew members aboard the small 100-foot ship. During the first month of the voyage, the seas were not severe, but by the second month the ship was being hit by strong North Atlantic winter gales, causing the ship to be badly shaken, with water leaking from structural damage. There were two deaths, but this was just a precursor of what happened after their arrival in Cape Cod, when almost half the company would die in the first winter. https://vimeo.com/112514732 Mayflower
Mayflower Compact The Pilgrims drew up a plan of government. They wrote down rules to help them live together peacefully. Most of the men signed this agreement know as the Mayflower Compact. They elected a governor.
Common House After arriving in Plymouth, the Pilgrims began to build houses and a meeting hall called the Common House.
The first winter was very hard. The Pilgrims had landed too late to plant crops. The climate was cold and harsh. Nearly half of the 102 Pilgrims died of disease and starvation before spring. One a few settlers remained healthy enough to care for the others. First Winter
In March 1621, a man named Squanto visited the Pilgrims. He was a member of the Pawtuxet tribe but was living with the nearby Wampanoags. Squanto had learned English while in England. Squanto stayed with the Pilgrims and taught them how to plant corn, catch fish, and get sweet syrup from the maple trees. The Pilgrims felt that God had sent Squanto to help them. Squanto