HIST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Primogeniture, Smallpox, Starving Time
13 Sep 2016
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The companies were empowered by the monarch to govern themselves o. Selected a settlement sight in may 1607 o. 105 passengers and 39 crew members o o o o o o. Picked a settlement in the middle of algonquian-speaking indians. John smith became leader of the colony in 1608 o o (cid:862)(cid:374)o (cid:449)ork, (cid:374)o food(cid:863) Lacked farmers most of the passengers were tailors, barbers, carpenters, and a blacksmith. Everyone in the kingdom had to eat fish on wednesday and fridays o. Gates and lewar: laws divine, political, and martial. 67 young women sent to jamestown to marry the men. 120 pounds in tobacco to pay for the passage of future wife. Women who agreed to go to jamestown were guaranteed: Living conditions in jamestown until they found a suitable husband. Promised a husband that would be wealthy enough to give them a comfortable life. The spanish had a monopoly on tobacco at the time.
