Walter Raleigh gets permission to explore for England
What happened in 1584?
100
Virginia Company was started to sponsor colonies
-England granted a charter(permission) to V.A. company
What happened in 1607?
100
gold
-grown in usa sold in europe
What is the "gold" of the V.A. colony?
100
included an elected person from each town/area along with a governor
What is the def. of house of burgesses?
200
Walter Raleigh becomes a sir and sails to establish a military colony.
What happened in 1585?
200
no one was on the same page... so cpt. john smith arrives at jamestown
What happened in 1608?
200
-time of famine
-food shortage
1609 JAMESTOWN
What is the definition of the starving time?
300
go home, on a supply ship
What happened in 1586?
300
house of burgesses
-included an elected person from each town/area with a gov.
THIS WAS A FORM OF *REPRESENTATIVE GOV.*
What happened in 1619?
300
#1 private land owner ship
#2 representitive government (house of burgesses)
What were the new ideas of jamestown?
400
sends colonists (100 ish) to repopulate Roanoke Island
* promise to send supply ships in 1 year
(couldn't send ships in 1 year because england needed ships for battle against the spanish armada)
What happened in 1587?
400
the starving time
-time of famine, food shortage
-100s -60 people survived
What happened in 1609?
400
-100 men
-Chesapeake bay area (virginia)
-problem: swampy land