Jamestown
- first permanet English colony
- in current day Virginia
- established as a fort in 1607 and town in 1619
Key players
- Captain John Smith
did a decent job at communication with the Native even though it almost cost him his life, Pocahontas saved him
Forced to return to England after an explosion - Pocahontas
Daughter of the Powhatan
Married John Rolfe no John Smith
Did save John Smith's lifeMoved back to England with her husband to show that she could be a civilized Indian
She died a year later; she was 22 or 23 - Chief Opchanacanough
His name meant "He whose Soul is White"
Lead a massacre in 1622 to rid his world of the white man
This raid killed 1/3 of the settles of Jamestown
was captured in 1646 and later shot in the back by a guard
He was 92
Jamestown ugly winter
- The winter of 1609-1610; aka the starving time
- over 80 percent of the colony died
- Most tried cannibalism to stay alive
Bacon's Rebellion
- 1st known rebellion where the colonist took part in present day USA
- "Declaration of the People of Virginia."
- Bacon went out and got the Occaneechi Indian tribe to go fight the Susquehanock tribe and the Occ left then he killed their men, women, and children.
- He would continue to wage war with the Indian tribes in the area
- Bacon was upset that Berkeley still hadn't stepped down from his position of power and started targeting him and his followers
- eventually Berkeley fled and then Bacon burned down Jamestown
- Bacon died before he was punished
- Lasting effects:
- Many of Bacon's followers went back to England
- 23 of Bacon's followers that stayed were hanged
- Charles the II then relieved Berkeley of his duties
Research:
Pocahontas and John Rolfe. Love or political move
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Cannibalism could you Yes or No?
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