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Jamestown: Myths and Realities
Mr. Bach
Accelerated United States History
English Colonization
• The Charter of the Virginia Company:The Charter of the Virginia Company:– Guaranteed to Guaranteed to
colonists the same colonists the same rights as Englishmen rights as Englishmen as if they had stayed as if they had stayed in England.in England.
– This provision was This provision was incorporated into incorporated into future colonists’ future colonists’ documents.documents.
– Colonists felt that, even in the Americas, they Colonists felt that, even in the Americas, they had the rights of Englishmen!had the rights of Englishmen!
Why did Jamestown nearly fail?
Goal of a Joint-Stock Company
• Investors would like to see a quick profit
• What would be the best way to realize a quick profit?
Chesapeake BayChesapeake Bay
Jamestown Fort & Jamestown Fort & Settlement MapSettlement Map
Jamestown Fort & Jamestown Fort & SettlementSettlement
(Computer Generated)(Computer Generated)
Who Were the First Colonists?
Not
Starving Time
• Only 60 of 400 settlers survive winter of 1610-1611
So, how was Jamestown saved?
Captain John Smith
Those who shall not work, shall not eat
•Forging a “peace” with the Powhatan Confederacy
Pocahontas “Saves” John Smith
John Rolfe and the “Savior”
• The “Stinking Weed” makes Jamestown profitable.
• “Virginia’s gold and silver”– Rolfe, 1622
Jamestown Settlement Pattern
Powhatan UprisingPowhatan Uprisingof 1622of 1622
Powhatan UprisingPowhatan Uprisingof 1622of 1622
Jamestown: The Beginning of an American Mythology