first permenetn english colony. established by virginia company of London. mother country is england. established as a fort in 1607 and as a town in 1619.
Key players- CPT john smith did a decent job at communicating with the native even though it almost cost him his life, pocahontas saved him. he was forced to return back to england after an explosion the next guy was george percy.- pocahontas- daughter of powhatan. married john Rolfe, not john smith. did however save john smith from being killed by her father. moved back to england with her husband. she died of unknown causes at 22-23 years old. - chief ophchanocanough- name mean he whose soul is white. lead massacre in 1622 to rid 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 died at age 92.
the ugly winter- winter of 1609-1610, known as the starving time. over 80% of the colony died. most tried canibalism to stay alive, one man chopped up his wife and ate her.
Bacon's rebellion- first known rebellion in the US. Bacon declared to virginia that criticized berkeley's administration. it accused him of levying unfair taxes, appointing friends to high positions, and failing to protect frontier settlers. bacon kept going after tribes. bacon threatens to kill barkely to resign otherwise he would kill him. bacon later died of dysentary before england could get to him. - lasting effects- many of bacons followers went back to england. 23 of bacons men that stayed were hanged. charles the second then relieved barkely of his duties because he was upset on what he did.
pocahontas and john rolfe- was it political or love? 1 paragraph
could i do cannibalism? yes or no. - 1 paragraph
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