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English Migration: 1610-1660English Migration: 1610-1660English Migration: 1610-1660English Migration: 1610-1660
Jamestown Jamestown Settlement, 1609Settlement, 1609
Jamestown Jamestown Settlement, 1609Settlement, 1609
Jamestown HousingJamestown HousingJamestown HousingJamestown Housing
Jamestown Jamestown SettlementSettlementJamestown Jamestown SettlementSettlement
Jamestown Chapel, Jamestown Chapel, 16111611
Jamestown Chapel, Jamestown Chapel, 16111611
Chesapeake BayChesapeake BayChesapeake BayChesapeake Bay
Geographic/environmental Geographic/environmental problems??problems??
Jamestown Fort & Jamestown Fort & SettlementSettlement Map Map
Jamestown Fort & Jamestown Fort & SettlementSettlement Map Map
Jamestown Fort & Jamestown Fort & SettlementSettlement
(Computer Generated)(Computer Generated)
Jamestown Fort & Jamestown Fort & SettlementSettlement
(Computer Generated)(Computer Generated)
JamestownJamestown
• Joint-Stock CompanyJoint-Stock Company – A way for English citizens to gain profit off of land in the new world.
• New world was rich in the resources that England needed for industries.
Tobacco PlantTobacco PlantTobacco PlantTobacco Plant
VirginiaVirginia’’s gold and silver.s gold and silver. -- John Rolfe, 1612 -- John Rolfe, 1612
English Tobacco English Tobacco LabelLabel
English Tobacco English Tobacco LabelLabel
Tobacco Prices: 1618-Tobacco Prices: 1618-17101710
Tobacco Prices: 1618-Tobacco Prices: 1618-17101710
Why did tobacco prices decline so Why did tobacco prices decline so precipitously?precipitously?
Plymouth ColonyPlymouth Colony
•Puritans looking for religious freedom.
•Community produces and succeeds together.
•All actions for God.
John WinthropJohn Winthrop
We shall be as a city on a hill..
We shall be as a city on a hill..
Overpopulation & ConquestOverpopulation & Conquest
England wanted to be
the first to set up
colonies and profit off of
the resources.
England needed the
land to lessen the masses of
people residing in
the country.
Compare and Contrast differences between Jamestown
and Plymouth colonies
Indentured Indentured
ServitudeServitude
Indentured Indentured
ServitudeServitude
HeadrightHeadrightSystemSystem
Indentured ServitudeIndentured ServitudeIndentured ServitudeIndentured ServitudeHeadright System:Headright System:
Each Virginian got 50 acres Each Virginian got 50 acres for each person whose for each person whose passage they paidpassage they paid
Indenture Contract:Indenture Contract:
5-7 years.5-7 years.
Forbidden to marry.Forbidden to marry.
Promised Promised ““freedom duesfreedom dues”” [land, $][land, $]
1610-1614: only 1 in 10 1610-1614: only 1 in 10 outlived their indenturedoutlived their indentured contracts!contracts!
SmithSmith’’s s Portrayal Portrayal
of of Native Native
AmericansAmericans
SmithSmith’’s s Portrayal Portrayal
of of Native Native
AmericansAmericans
PocahontasPocahontasPocahontasPocahontas
A 1616 engravingA 1616 engraving
Powhatan ConfederacyPowhatan ConfederacyPowhatan ConfederacyPowhatan Confederacy
Where is most of the Powhatan territory
located? How could this cause a problem?
Mercantilism
• What is it?
• Idea that colonies were there to benefit the mother country - practiced by Great Britain.
• Wool Sweater
Trade
• What was being traded?
• From Europe to Africa: rum, weapons, manufactured goods
• From Africa to the Americas: slaves
• From the Americas to Europe: raw materials, sugar can, etc.
Triangular Trade
• A historical term indicating trade among three ports or regions
Salutary Neglect
• What is it?
• British Parliament did not interfere in the government of the colonies, and America existed in relative political isolation.