JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA

FACTS

• Founded in 1607
• Motivation: gold, route to south seas, and find the lost colony of Roanoke
• Democratic Goverment
• Successful due to tobacco production
• Influential people: John Smith and John Rolfe

ISSUES WITH THE INDIANS

• Due to Smith they exchanged / sold good to Indians
• After Smith left, the Indians began to attack the weakend settlers
• 1610 Lord De La Warr arrives in Jamestown with orders from Virginia Company to declare war on Indians
• Dues to starvation settlers began attacking Indian villages for food
• Pocahontas became a mediator between Indians and settlers

FACT CONT.

• Important document: Charter of Virginia Company
• Gave same rights to the settlers as the englanders have