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8.2 Jamestown
The founding of Jamestown
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| joint stock company | investors who started new colonies in order to make a profit from natural resources and trade; led to successful colonization efforts in 1607 at Jamestown |
| Virginia Company | investors in England who started Jamestown, hoping to become wealthy from gold in 1607 |
| James River | colony of Jamestown located near the James River |
| John Smith | military officer that led Jamestown & stated "If you don't work, you don't eat"; befriended Pocahontas and the Powhatan tribe |
| Pocahontas | daughter of Chief Powhatan who helped to bring peace between the Powhatan and colonists in Jamestown; in 1610 she married John Rolfe, bringing peace |
| Powhatan | Chief of the Powhatan people who chose to ultimately decided to pursue a peaceful relationship with the colonists of Jamestown |
| John Rolfe | a leader in Jamestown, he married Pocahontas in 1610; began to grow & sell a better quality of tobacco, and promoted the development of tobacco plantations in Virginia |
| "starving time" | The winter of 1609-1610, 2/3 of Jamestown colonists died from starvation as a result of poor leadership, low food supplies, and a siege by the Powhatan tribe. |
| tobacco | plant grown in the Virginia colony and popular in England, John Rolfe brought economic success to Jamestown after establishing tobacco plantation in 1610 |
| indentured servants | colonists who agreed to work for a period of time--usually 7 years--to pay for their passage to Jamestown; were NOT forced to work for someone for the rest of their lives |
| slaves | individuals who were forced to work for another individual; brought to Jamestown in 1619; the circumstances surrounding the institution of slavery changed over the course of time |
| arrival of women | in an effort to create a long-term settlement, women were brought to Jamestown beginning in 1608, in order that they would find husbands among the men in Jamestown, create homes and raise families |
| House of Burgesses | the first representative government in the English colonies, formed in 1619 |
| representative government | men elected by members of Jamestown to make laws for the colony |
| headright system | individuals given 50 acres of land for each individual worker they brought into Jamestown; tobacco required a lot of land and labor in order to produce; this was the beginning of what would become the plantation economy in Virginia |
| charter | an agreement/contract given by the English government for individuals to set up colonies; outlined rights and responsibilities of those who lived in the colony |
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