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Jamestown

Published on Jan 05, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Jamestown

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History

  • 104 colonists
  • Arrived spring 1607
  • Local Phowatan Indians
  • Sickness, famine, Indian attacks
  • By the end of the first year, only 40 colonists were still alive.
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Who Came to Jamestown?

  • Not enough labourers
  • Most people who came were gentlemen
  • Captin John Smith
  • John Rolfe and Pocahohantas
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Causes of death

  • Indian attacks
  • Drought
  • Salt poisoning, brackish water
  • Arsenic poisoning or Ratsbane

Importance in History

  • Representetive government
  • Tobacco
  • Capitol of Virginia
  • Encouraged colonists to come to the New World

What Could Have Happened?

  • Government
  • Tobacco in the colonies
  • House of Burgesses
  • Population growth
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