HIST 1311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Spectral Evidence, Salem Witch Trials, Cash Crop
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Jamestown - first successful english settlement 1607: roanoke was the lost colony, virginia company - the private company to sponsor the voyage/settlement, started to make profits. Started working with the social corporate where every colonist makes the sa(cid:373)e profit. Ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)er, joh(cid:374) (cid:373)ith e(cid:373)erges as a leader a(cid:374)d starts (cid:374)e(cid:449) policy, (cid:862)if you do (cid:374)ot (cid:449)ork, the(cid:374) you do (cid:374)ot eat. (cid:863: smith was captured by the powhatan tribe and pocahontas saves him from execution. John rolfe & tobacco: 1614 jamestown successfully sales tobacco, boosts work ethic, producing cash crop, pocahontas marries john rolfe and accepts christianity. 1619************* possible test question: colony gets own legislatures, house of burgesses (elected body) . 98 women come over to virginia looking for husbands: portuguese ships land offering to sell african slaves. O(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e pays ser(cid:448)a(cid:374)t"s (cid:449)ay to nw for 5-7 yrs. of labor. More economical to own servants due to people having short life span. As life span increases, becomes more economical to own slaves.
