Byzantine Empire
CPUSH (Unit 1, #3) Name _____Maria Salazar ______________________
British Colonization in North America: Southern, New England, & Middle Colonies
I. Settling the British Colonies
A. Unlike the Spanish & French, the British colonies were not funded or strictly ______strictly____________________ by the king:
1. ______________join stock________________________ companies were formed by investors who hoped to profit off new colonies
2. Once a _charter_________________________ was gained from the king, the company could maintain a colony in America
II. Virginia
A. In 1606, the __Virginia_______________________ Company was formed by investors hoping to find ___gold_____________ in the New World
B. In 1607, _____________Jamestown_______________ became the first permanent British colony in America
C. The “Starving Time”—Jamestown struggled to survive
1. The location on the Chesapeake was swampy & located in the heart of the _________Powhatan____________________________ Indian lands
2. Colonists expected immediate wealth from gold, failed to plant crops, & faced major __starvation____________________________
3. With the brief exception of ___John Smith _______________________, Jamestown lacked leadership to unify the colonists
D. Jamestown Survives
1. The Jamestown colonists hoped to find wealth and they did.
2. In 1612, John Rolfe experimented with a hybrid form of _____tobacco___
3. Tobacco forced colonists to expand to find new ___lands____________ & some were able to build large _________plantations_________________
4. Tobacco created a need for field laborers to plant & pick the crop
5. Due to the success of tobacco, Jamestown grew into “Virginia”
E. To meet the demand for field workers, Virginians used
1. ____________________indentured servants_____________________________ from England; Typically poor men who agreed to work for a land owner for ____4-7______ yrs in exchange for travel to
British Colonization in North America: Southern, New England, & Middle Colonies
I. Settling the British Colonies
A. Unlike the Spanish & French, the British colonies were not funded or strictly ______strictly____________________ by the king:
1. ______________join stock________________________ companies were formed by investors who hoped to profit off new colonies
2. Once a _charter_________________________ was gained from the king, the company could maintain a colony in America
II. Virginia
A. In 1606, the __Virginia_______________________ Company was formed by investors hoping to find ___gold_____________ in the New World
B. In 1607, _____________Jamestown_______________ became the first permanent British colony in America
C. The “Starving Time”—Jamestown struggled to survive
1. The location on the Chesapeake was swampy & located in the heart of the _________Powhatan____________________________ Indian lands
2. Colonists expected immediate wealth from gold, failed to plant crops, & faced major __starvation____________________________
3. With the brief exception of ___John Smith _______________________, Jamestown lacked leadership to unify the colonists
D. Jamestown Survives
1. The Jamestown colonists hoped to find wealth and they did.
2. In 1612, John Rolfe experimented with a hybrid form of _____tobacco___
3. Tobacco forced colonists to expand to find new ___lands____________ & some were able to build large _________plantations_________________
4. Tobacco created a need for field laborers to plant & pick the crop
5. Due to the success of tobacco, Jamestown grew into “Virginia”
E. To meet the demand for field workers, Virginians used
1. ____________________indentured servants_____________________________ from England; Typically poor men who agreed to work for a land owner for ____4-7______ yrs in exchange for travel to