Thursday, January 31, 2019

The English in Virginia

Essential Question:
Why were the first English Colonies established?

What helped the Jamestown Colony survive?

How did Virginia grow and change during the 1600s?

Key Terms:
Roanoke
-Sir Walter Raleigh
Joint-Stock Companies
Jamestown - 1607
-"A colony of Gentlemen"
John Smith

Powhatan
Pocahontas
"Starving Time"
John Rolfe
-"Brown Gold"

Link to Jamestown Primary Source

Push-Pull Factors
Primogeniture
Headright System
House of Burgesses
Indentured Servants
1619 - First Africans
Bacon's Rebellion 1676


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