The English Colonies

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The English Colonies

• If YOU were there
• You lived in a town near London in the early
  1700s. Some of your neighbors are starting new
  lives in the American colonies. You would like to
  go with them, but you cannot afford the cost of
  the trip. There is one way you can go, though.
  You can sign paper promising to work as a servant
  for five years. Then you would be freeand in a
  new country!
• ProsGo for free, free room and board, lots of
  land in America
• Cons May not survive trip, may not survive 5
  years

• Choose the sentences that are true in each pair
• 1A. The colony of Virginia was an immediate
  success
• B. The colony of Virginia faced many challenges
  in its early years
• 2A. Maryland was founded by Catholics escaping
  religious prosecution
• B. Maryland was founded by a group hoping to make
  a profit
• 3A. By the 1700s, enslaved Africans were the main
  source of labor in the southern colonies
• B. Indentured servants were the main source of
  labor in the colonies

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Population of Jamestown 
Date Population Reason for Change
May 1607 105 First Arrivals
October 1608 200 New Arrivals
Summer 1609 131 Death From Disease
August 1609 381 New Arrivals
October 1609 280 Indian Attacks
May 1610 90 Starving Time
June 1610 375 New Arrivals
December 1610 250 Disease Indian Attacks
Late March 1611 152 Departures Indian Attacks
Late May 1611 482 New Arrivals
August 1611 752 New Arrivals
December 1611 600 Indian Attacks
1615 400  
1622 1240  
1625 1300  
1629 2600  
1632 3200  
1634 5200  
1644 8000  
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Powhatan Confederacy
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A Brief Tobacco History

• The colonists discovered the value of tobacco
  along with other pursuits such as mining precious
  metals, glass-making, and ship-building. Led by
  James Rolfe from Jamestown, who married Native
  American princess Pocahontas, the colonists began
  exporting tobacco where pipe smoking was becoming
  popular. By 1703, the colonies had exported 23
  million pounds of tobacco to Europe.
• . The proceeds from tobacco laid the foundation
  for our infant nation's economic existence. The
  leaf was so valuable that it was used for wages,
  and to pay debts and taxes. During the American
  Revolution, tobacco paid the interest on loans
  from France, sustained the Continental Congress
  and purchased war materials. George
  Washington, as Commander of the Revolutionary
  Army, issued a public appeal to supply his
  troops. Said the future President "If you can't
  send money, send tobacco." Washington was himself
  a tobacco farmer, as was his colleague Thomas
  Jefferson, the nation's third President.

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Tobacco
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Shipping Tobacco to England
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Jamestown Video- Fold a paper in to fourths and
answer
2 Facts about Settlers Who were they? What types of people were needed vs. who actually came? 2 facts about important people in Jamestown
2 facts about how they adapted with crops and food 2 other facts
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A Jamestown Clip

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