Chapter 3-1 Notes

1. England started colonizing after the Armada is defeated.

· Roanoke – NC (the lost colony)

· Kennebec – Maine 1607

(This area was very cold and the land was rocky)

These colonies failed.

2. How England financed colonies:

· Joint Stock Company – a shared investment, not real risky because many people are contributing money

· The colonies had to get a royal charter to start a colony

3. Jamestown was founded in 1607

It was swampy/Malaria

Winters are cold and damp

They drank from the river – causing illness

There was no gold as they thought there would be.

4. Why Jamestown survived

a. because of John Smith – “If you work, you eat”.

· The gentlemen from England did not want to do this type of work.

· The starving time – 1610 – 60 out of 840 people survived

b. Tobacco becomes the first cash crop

c. Free Land to people who came – 50 acres

d. Slaves were brought in 1619

e. Women arrive around 1619

f. Indentured Servants – a 7 year servitude without pay, but freedom at the end of the 7 years

g. House of Burgesses was assembled – the first representative assembly

5. 1676 Bacon’s Rebellion

· When: 1676

· Who: Bacon rebels against Lord Berkeley

· Where: West Virginia and Jamestown

· What: Bacon and other farmers rebelled against Lord Berkeley because they wanted help from England to protect themselves and their farms from the Native Americans.

Bacon and his followers overtake the House of Burgesses and burn Jamestown

Implications: The House of Burgesses increases its local control and becomes a stronger local assembly.