THE 13 COLONIES: VIRGINIA

HOW WAS THE COLONY FOUNDED? WHY? BY WHOM?

• Founded by the Virginia Company (Jamestown colonists)
• The English wanted more land so they could become wealthie
• The English wanted to establish permanent settlement

What kind of people settled in the colony?

WHO WERE IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THE COLONY

• John Smith, the first leader of Jamestown
• John Rolfe, a farmer who planted tobacco crop in Virginia
• Nathaniel Bacon, a farmer who led an attak against the natives

WHAT HISTORIC EVENTS HAPPENED IN THE COLONY

• Bacon's Rebellion, a group of farmers, led by Nathaniel Bacon, attack the natives who where killing farmers
• The Great Massacre of 1622

WHY WAS THIS COLONY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER COLONIES

• They grew and exported tobacco
• Named after Queen Elizabeth I, "The Virgin Queen"
• Home of Jamestown, the first permanent English colony

WORK CITED

• Life in the Thirteen Colonies: Virginia
• The Library of the Thirteen Colonies and the Lost Colony™: Virginia
• John Rolfe portrait https://www.pinterest.com/bfarley55/wax-museum/