Migration •People and Animals Have Moved, Or Migrated, Since the Beginning of Time
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http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn: ANd9GcRVQibXx0OsF_6xoE3FUPoMr mcjw19NZJqivD9Xaeq4juHaZ_n2 Migration •People and animals have moved, or migrated, since the beginning of time. http://www.flickeringmyth.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/08/ice_age_4-wide.jpg The British colonists of the 1600s and 1700s moved to America for the same two reasons people move today. • Religious Freedom • Economic Opportunity http://www.tattoomixer.com/tattoo-cross/tattoo-cross- http://www.proudtobebritish.co.uk/Product_Images/XLarge/UJ 215317_0658.jpg _Magnet_Pound.jpg Where did most of America’s colonial settlers come from? Great Britain AKA: United Kingdom AKA: England http://www.altiusdirectory.com/Travel/images/uk-statewise- map.gif Remember the two reasons people migrated in the 1600s and 1700s? Jamestown, Virginia • Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in America. • It was settled in 1607 for economic opportunity. • The men were looking for gold. • Remember Pocahontas? P.S. There was no gold. http://cineplex.media.baselineresearch.com/images/261 638/261638_large.jpg Near Failure at Jamestown • The men were so busy looking for gold (that wasn’t there) that they neglected to focus on shelter, farming, and friendly relationships with the native Powhatan people. • They also built their fort on a swamp. Swamps are full of mosquitos. Mosquitos carry lots of nasty diseases, like malaria. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/09/21/article-2428511- 1826076F00000578-882_634x422.jpg • • Some of the settlers resorted to cannibalism. to resorted settlers the of Some death. to starved settlers original ofthe Many http://www.ornaverum.org/images/kendall-jamestown- cannibalism-cutting.jpg John Smith • John Smith got the Jamestown colony into shape. Disney Real • He enforced very strict rules. • “He who does not work, neither shall he eat.” http://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/images/jsmith-apva.jpg https://s-media-cache- ak0.pinimg.com/236x/49/19/78/491978dff5203f77dd5440820e2400d5.jpg John Rolfe • John Smith got hurt and had to return to England. • John Rolfe is the guy who actually saved the Jamestown colony. • He is also the guy who married Pocahontas. • He saved Jamestown by introducing tobacco as a cash crop. • It’s probably the only time in history that tobacco saved lives. (Selling it, not smoking it) http://cityfig.com/images/Zimbabwe-tobacco-farm.jpg http://accokeekfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Tobacco-3-1.jpg http://cp91279.biography.com/1000509261001/1000509261001_1095813852001_bio-top250-pocahontas- proposalaccepted.jpg Servitude • The Jamestown settlers and other early colonists tried to enslave the Native Americans. • That did not work. Native Americans were highly susceptible to European diseases because they had never been exposed to them before. • Indentured servants were used instead. • Indentured servants were people who wanted to move to the colonies, but could not afford the trip. • They sold their labor in exchange for passage to the New World. • After 4-7 years labor they were given their freedom. http://9f1780.medialib.glogster.com/media/7e012ec4f7faec39df5c4d6f77b7ceeda7b3cface8a8de6979 51fb883295eeb9/indenturedservants.jpg Slavery • Seeing that the indentured servants were earning their freedom, the colonists turned to a more permanent form of servitude. • In 1619 they began importing African slaves. • Slavery lasted in America until 1865. • America is not the only country to have slaves. Every race of people has owned slaves and every race of people has been slaves. http://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/images/print-edition/20131221_JWP001_0.jpg Plymouth Colony • In 1620 the Pilgrims left England and sailed to America. • They came here for religious freedom. • Before they stepped off the ship, The Mayflower, the men sat down and decided on what kind of government they would have. • The wrote the Mayflower Compact, which established self- government for the people of the Plymouth Colony. http://www.ncmayflower.org/images/compact.jpg http://www.ncmayflower.org/images/compactsigning.jpg.