The 13 Colonies: Virginia
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
HOW WAS THE COLONY FOUNDED? WHY? BY WHOM?
- Founded by the Virginia Company (Jamestown colonists)
- The English
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What kind of people settled in the colony?
MOST OF THE SETTLERS IN VIRGINIA WERE FARMERS
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WHO WERE IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THE COLONY
- John Smith, former soldier and the first leader of the Jamestown colony
- John Rolfe, planted tobacco and made the colony more successful
- Nathaniel Bacon, a farmer that led an attack against the natives
WHAT HISTORIC EVENTS HAPPENED IN THE COLONY
- Bacon's Rebellion: an attack led by Nathaniel Bacon against natives who were attacking farmers
WHY WAS THIS COLONY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER COLONIES
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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/
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