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Business owned by investors through control of stocks Operated in Eng & dealt w/ colonial markets in Am
They organized & supported colonies thru charters from Britis & while they worked w/ gov't they made private profits |
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1st successful settlement in VA colony (founded 1607)
Harsh conditions nearly destroyed colony, in 1610 supplies arrived w/ new settlers
Became part of VA Company of London in 1620
Population remained low b/c of lack of supplies until agriculture developed
Became prosperous shipping port when John Rolfe introduced tobacco as a major export and cash crop |
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period early in settlements' development when food and supplies are scarce due to lack of preparation, unfamiliarity with the surroundings, weather, and inability to successfully grow crops
usually cost a large percentage of the settlers lives and lasted for the first few years |
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Colonial leader who brought structure and stability to Jamestown during its starting years
member of the governing council of Virginia
chosen to replace the previous president in 1608
credited with organizing trade with the Powhatan Confederacy and leading the colony through its roughest years |
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English colonist/farmer who greatly aided the colony
introduced tobacco as a crop for export
ensured profits & 8 years of peace b/w Indians and colonists through marriage to Pocahontas |
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founded primarily for profit by the joint-stock
Eng claims in Am to match Spanish and French expansion
markets and resources in New World |
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People who promised their lives as servants in order to get to the colonies.
worked for a certain amount of time to pay off debt
led to social tensions with such eruptions as Bacon’s Rebellion and eventually was replaced by race slavery |
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| problems and failures of Virginia |
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Trouble with Indians
"starving time" in winter of 1609 (colony barely survived)
debt, a high death rate, fraudulent local officials, and more Indian trouble
eventually made the Virginia Company go bankrupt. |
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System enacted to populate colonies
gave large amount of land to anyone who brought over a certain amount of colonists |
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Regular assembly of elected representatives that developed in the VA colony in 1630’s
split into two chambers in 1650
created the House of Burgesses & Governors Council
bicameral legislature that was a model for our congress. |
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| created House of Burgesses as a semi-democratic assembly and forcing governors to cooperate with the legislature |
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Supporters of Charles I in Eng Civil War
continued to be used to mean any supporter of the Brit crown |
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Colonial rebellion against gov of VA in 1676
Nathaniel Bacon was leader of uprising protesting Governor Berkeley’s favorable indian policy
Bacon died, rebellion stopped, freaked out whites (led to end of indentured servants) |
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