Notes 3/1/13

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        I.            Jamestown

1. First permanent English colony
2. Established by Virginia company of London
3. Jamestown is located in current day Virginia
4. Mother Country :England
5. Establishes as a fort in 1607, as a town in 1619
6. Key Players

                                                              i.      Captain John Smith

1. Did a decent job at communication witht the Native even through  it almost cost him his life, Pocahontas saved him
2. He was forced to return back to England after an explosion
3. The next guy to come take leadership was George Percy (the dog in Pocahontas)

                                                            ii.      Pocahontas

1. Daughter of the Powhatan
2. Married John Rolfe
3. Did however save John Smith from being killed by her father
4. Moved back to England with her husband
   1. This was done to shown that she could be a civilized Indian
   2. She died a year later from unknown causes, she was only 22 or 23

                                                          iii.      Chief Opchanacanough

1. “He whose Soul is White”
2. Lead a massacre in 1622 to rid his world of the white man
3. This raid killed 1/3 of the settlers of Jamestown
4. Was captured in 1646, and later shot in the back by a guard
5.  He was 92 years old when he died
6. Ugly time

                                                               i.      The winter of 1609-1610 was known as the “starving time”

                                                             ii.      Over 80% of the colony died

                                                            iii.      Most tried cannibalism to stay alive, one man even killed his own wife in her sleep and ate her

1. h.      Bacon’s Rebellion

                                                               i.      First known rebellion where the colonists took part in present day USA

                                                             ii.      “Declaration of the People of Virginia” The declaration criticized Berkeley’s administration in detail. It accused him of levying unfair taxes, appointing friends to high positions, and failing to protect frontier settlers from Indian attack

                                                            iii.      Bacon went out and go the Occaneechi Indian tribe to go fight the Susqurhanock tribe and when the Occ. Left then he murdered their men, women, and children

                                                           iv.      He would continue to wage war with the Indian tribes in the area

                                                             v.      He was upset that Berkeley still hadn’t stepped down from his position of power and started targeting him and his followers

                                                           vi.      Eventually Berkeley fled and the Bacon burned down the city of Jamestown

                                                          vii.      Bacon later died of dysentery before England could sent forces to punish him

1. Lasting Effects of Rebellion

                                                               i.      Many of Bacon’s followers went back to England

                                                             ii.      23 of Bacon’s followers that stayed were hanged

                                                            iii.      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?
• Canabalism. could you.... Yes or No? Explain
• 2 paragraphs

       I feel like the marriage between Pocahontas and John Rolfe is both about love and political. John Rolfe loved Pocahontas, but it was unknown about the feelings that Pocahontas felt about Rolfe. The England people back home didn't like the fact that they were married. It also created a peaceful relationship between the Jamestown colonists and the Powhatan tribe for a couple of years.

      I would only turn to cannibalism if it was my last resort. I would defiantly eat Alex first tho. I don't think I kill someone tho. I can't stand to see people suffer and plus i would be called murder.