SECTION 1 VOCAB

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SECTION 1 VOCAB

• COLONIZATION
• JAMESTOWN
• TOBACCO CULTIVATION
• JOHN ROLFE
• JOHN SMITH
• BACONS REBELLION

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Georgia Sent Cops Not the Commissioner for
Michael Vick.
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1 VIRGINIAS DEVELOPMENT

• 1607 1st English colony in North America
  Jamestown, Virginia
• FOUNDED BY joint-stock company, Virginia Company
• PURPOSE mercantilism, find/send riches back to
  England mostly settled by men( Britain is the
  owner and colonists are the tenants)
• 1608 JOHN SMITH leader of Jamestown who implored
  settlers to plant and sow

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JAMESTOWN

• Jamestown almost failed
• Full of illness, starvation, laziness and NO GOLD
• John Smith arrived later to Jamestown and quickly
  became the leader, noting the slogan
• He that will not work, shall not eat!
• Chief Powhatan- leader of Native Americans who
  previously settled land now called Jamestown
• Daughter of Chief Powhatan Pocahontas later
  married Rolfe
• HEY DISNEY POCAHONTAS DID NOT MARRY JOHN SMITH!

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Virginias Social Structure
Bacons Rebellion
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JAMESTOWN continued

• HOUSE OF BURGESSES legislative assembly that was
  similar to parliament
• 1st European-style of representative government
  in New World
• Mirrored British parliament

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VIRGINIA COLONY

• Economic differences
• split Virginia colony? 1676 BACONS REBELLION
• Led by Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy Aristocrat and
  planter

• Poor who lived in the frontier felt oppressed by
  Gov Berkley rich high taxes no protection
  from natives

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BACONS REBELLION

• revealed power of former servants
• Virginia House of Burgesses passed laws to
  regulate slavery so poor whites would no longer
  side with slaves against rich white colonists

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TOBACCO JOHN ROLFE? major crop/labor-intensive.
Cultivated by Indentured servants? 4 to 7 years
of servitude in exchange for passage to New
World. Later used slaves POWHATAN initially
helped colonists but later began
raiding/attacking colonists due to cultural
conflicts(settlers wouldnt have survived the
first winter without the help of the Native
Americans)
Rolfe married Pocahontas, Disney says it was
John Smith
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A Plantation Economy Arises

• The Rural Southern Economy
• Fertile soil leads to growth of agriculture
• Farmers specialize in cash crops grown for sale,
  not personal use
• Long, deep rivers allow planters to ship goods
  directly to markets

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Georgia as a Buffer colony/state

• James Oglethorpe
• Oglethorpe University
• Tensions between Spain and England over LAND
  DISPUTES
• Most Fighting took place in Georgia

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1. Jamestown was founded by ________.
2. Jamestown was primarily settled by
   _____________________.
3. He that will not work, shall not eat.
4. Who stated that above quote?
5. Why?
6. Name the five southern colonies?
7. What was the 1st legislative government in the
   new world?
8. Who first cultivated tobacco?
9. What were the English looking for?
10. Why did Jamestown almost fail?