Jamestown

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• Jamestown, Virginia

  • Established in 1607, Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in the American colonies.
  • Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia established by the Virginia Company of London in 1607.
  • In 1619, the first representative assembly in America convened in a Jamestown church.
  • During Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, Jamestown was burned.
  • Analyze and discuss the founding and growth of the Jamestown settlement.

• Bacon's Rebellion

  • Berkeley had refused to retaliate for a series of Indian attacks on frontier settlements, so others took matters into their own hands, attacking Indians, chasing Berkeley from Jamestown, Virginia, and torching the capital.
  • When they returned to the colonial capital at Jamestown, they found that the House of Burgesses had passed a number of reforms that limited the powers of the governor and expanded suffrage among freemen.
  • Bacon and his men led several more raids against Native Americans and on September 19, 1676, burned Jamestown to the ground .

• Virginia

  • The settlement, given the name of Jamestown, was an island, and thus favorable for defense against foreign ships.
  • As a result, Jamestown was abandoned briefly until new supply ships arrived.
  • In 1619, the first representative assembly in America convened in a Jamestown church.
  • After a lack of reform, Nathaniel Bacon began a rebellion in 1676 and captured Jamestown, taking control of the colony for several months.
  • Bacon then burned Jamestown before abandoning it, and continued his rebellion until dying from disease.

• English Colonies

  • The first successful English colony was Jamestown, established in 1607 near Chesapeake Bay.
  • The Jamestown colony became a small city within the larger colony of Virginia (which became an economically successful colony due to tobacco).
  • It was a private venture, financed by a group of English Lords Proprietors who hoped that a new colony in the south would become profitable like Jamestown.

• Conclusion: Growth and Development of the Colonies

  • After Roanoke Colony failed in 1587, the English found more success with the founding of Jamestown in 1607 and Plymouth in 1620.
  • The Virginia Company of London founded Jamestown with the express purpose of making money for its investors, while Puritans founded Plymouth to practice their own brand of Protestantism without interference.

• The Coming of the English

  • However, the London Virginia Company created the first successful English overseas settlements at Jamestown in 1607.
  • The location of the Jamestown Settlement ("J") is shown just south of the overlapping area, 60 miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.

• The Expansion of England's Empire

  • British colonization of the Americas began in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia, and reached its peak when colonies had been established throughout the Americas.
  • Most notable among these was the Virginia Company, which created the first successful English settlement at Jamestown and the second at St.

• Conclusion: European Empires in the New World

  • English colonists in Virginia suffered greatly; however, the colony at Jamestown survived, and the output of England’s islands in the West Indies soon grew to be an important source of income for the country.

• Settling the Colonial South and the Chesapeake

  • The Chesapeake Bay area included Maryland, first settled in 1634, and Virginia, with Jamestown established in 1607.

• New Jersey

  • Unlike Plymouth, Jamestown, and other colonies, New Jersey was populated by a secondary wave of immigrants who came from other colonies instead of those who migrated directly from Europe.