Jamestown
- First permanent English colony
- Established by Virginia company of England
- Jamestown is now located in Virginia
- Mother country: England
- Established in 1607, as a town in 1619
*Key Players
Captain John Smith
- Did a decent job at communicating with the Natives even though it almost cost him his life, Pocahontas saved him
- He was forced to return to England after an explosion
- The next guy to come was George Percy
Pocahontas
- Daughter of Powhatan
- Married John Rolfe, NOT John Smith
- She did save John Smith from being killed by her dad
- Moved back to England with her husband
- Was done to show that she could be a civilized Indian
- She died a year later from unknown causes, only 22 or 23
Chief Opchanacanough
- Name means “he whose soul is white”
- Lead the Indian Massacre in 1622 to rid his world of the white man
- He killed 1/3 of the settlers in Jamestown
- Was captured in 1646 and later shot in the back by a guard
- He was 92 years old when he died
Jamestown Ugly Winter
- The winter of 1609-1610 was known as “starving time”
- Over 80% of colony died
- Most turned to cannibalism to stay alive
- One man killed his own wife in her sleep and ate her
Bacon’s Rebellion
- First known rebellion where the colonist took part in present day USA
- “Declaration of the People of Virginia”. The declaration criticized Berkeley’s administration in detail. It accused im of levying unfair taxes, appointing friends to high positions, and failing o protect frontier settlers from Indian attack
- Bacon went out and got the Occaneechi Indian tribe to go fight the Susquehanock tribe and when the Occ left then he murdered their men, women, and children.
- He would continue to wage war with the Indian tribes in the area
- He was upset that Barkley 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 the city of Jamestown
- Bacon later died of dysentery before England could send forces to punish him
Lasting Effects of the Rebellion
- 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 because he was upset that he had killed more men than he did for the killing of his father
Research:
- Pocahontas & John Rolfe. Love or political move?
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- Cannibalism… could you?
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