Jamestown
- first permanent english colony
- established by virginia company of london
- Jamestown is located in current day virginia
-mother country is england
-established as fort in 1607 as town in 1619.
Keyplayers ( jamestown
- Captain JOhn Smith
did a decent job at communication with the native americans even thought it almost cost him his life, pochomtas saved him
he was forced to return back to england after an explosion
the next guy come to take leadershipo was geore percy
-PocahontAS
daughter of the powhatan
married john rolfe not john smith
did however save john smith from being killed by his father
moved back to england with her husband
- this was done to show tha she could be a civilized indian
- she died a year later from unknown cause only 22 or 23
-Chief Opchanacanough
his name meant " he whose soul is white"
lead a massacre in 1622 to ride his world of the white man
the raid killed 1/3 of the settlers of jamestown
was captured in 1646 and later shot in the back by a guard
he was 92 when he died
Ugly winter
- the winder of 1609-1610 was known as the "starving time"
- over 80 percent of the colony died
- most tried cannibalism to stay alive, one man even killed his own wife in her sleep and ate her
Bacon's REBELLION
- first known rebellion where the colonist took tart in present day usa
-Declaraion of people of virginia the declaration critcized berkeley administration in detail
- he would continus to wage war with the indian tribes in the area
- he was upset that berkeley still hadnt stepped doen from his position of power and started targeting him and his followers
- eventually berkeley fled and then bacon bured doen the city of jamestown
- bacon lated died of.
Lasting effectss of the rebellion
- many od bacons followers went back to england
- 23 bacon;s followers that stayed were hanged
pocahontan john rolfe love or political move
canninalism could you yes or no
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