Jamestown

Roanoke: Settlement began in 1587

​Home of Virginia Dare (first English baby born in the New World)

​Virginia was the grandauther of leader John White

John White, left Roanoke to get supplies from England

He returned to find it abandoned

​He had to leave quickly because of a big storm

​All he found was CRO carved into a tree

Jamestown: First successful English settlement (1607).

They brought 104 all male settlers.

Located near the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia.

One of the 13 original states

No fresh water because the water was brackish.

Brackish: salty water; unsafe to drink.

Not prepared for life in Jamestown. They could not hunt, fish, grow crops, build homes, etc.

Powhatan Tribe: A tribe that lived on the land by the Chesapeake Bay in the early 1600's.

There were about 15,000 Powhatans there.

"Three sisters": corn, beans, squash.

Pocahontas: Served as a friend between the Englishmen and the Powhatan.

The Powhatan looked down upon the Englishmen.

Tensions rose between the settlers and the Powhatan.

​Plymouth: Founded in 1620

​Pilgrims: were leaving England to have religious freedom

​Traveled on the Mayflower

​Uncomfortable journey, because the ship was for cargo not people

Settled in an abandon Native American village.

Not prepared for the first winter, and only 50 people survived.

​Befriended the Wampanoag tribe.

​Squanto, a Native, taught them how to plant corn.