Friday, October 21st
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Early Colonization
KEY VOCABULARY WORDS:
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Colony – a place that is ruled by another country
Artifacts – evidence of civilizations left behind (pottery, bullets, tools, arrowheads)
Charter – a written statement that gives a group or an individual certain rights
Powhatan Confederacy – the union of all Powhatan, 32 tribes – over 8,000 people
pledging their loyalty to Chief Powhatan and in return he “will protect them.”
5. Longhouse – a Powhatan permanent home
6. Financed – paid for
Early Colonization
- Sir
Walter Raleigh attempted to start a colony in the
Americas and the first one failed
- Remember LAND EQUALS POWER
- John White
1587, a map maker named John White led
110 men and women to settle Roanoke
Island (which is now the Outer Banks of
North Carolina)
-Settlers were running out of food, so they
elected John White to go back to England
for supplies
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Lost Colony at Roanoke Island
- Before John White left, he asked the colonists to
leave him a sign if they had to abandon the
settlement. C-R-O had been carved in a tree and
everyone was GONE! Never found still remains a
mystery.
White searched for many years and never found
them
Powhatan Indians
- A Powhatan house was called a longhouse made out
of saplings and reeds
Native Americans Lives In the Four
Seasons
Spring
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Picked berries, hunted and fished.
-The Powhatan homes, food, clothing and activities all
depended on their environment and the four seasons
Summer
-Powhatan belonged to an even larger group, called,
the Eastern Woodland Indians
Fall
- Werowocomo was a large Indian town used by
Indian leaders. It was the headquarters of the
Powhatan tribe, led by Chief Powhatan.
Winter
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Uncovering the Past
- Artifacts like pottery, tools, and arrowheads have
been found in Virginia. They tell us about the people
(Native Americans) who lived in Virginia.
- Archeologists study these artifacts and dig to recover
new information about Native Americans and other
people from the past.
Planted the 3 sisters = corn, beans and
squash
Harvested crops and stored food for
winter.
Ate stored food
Virginia Tribes Today
- There are still tribes living in Virginia
today. They live in the Piedmont and
Tidewater regions of Virginia.
- These tribes include:
 Coastal Plain
o Chickahominy
o Mattaponi
o Nansemond
o Pamunkey
o Rappahannock
o Upper Mattaponi
 Piedmont
o Monacan
- Most of what we know about the Native Americans
in Virginia has come from archeological digs and
records kept by the English settlers.
Indian Language Groups in Virginia
Powhatan Indians – Algonquian Language - Tidewater
Siouan Language – Piedmont
Cherokee Indians – Iroquoian Language – Allegheny
Plateau
- BE ABLE TO LOOK AT A MAP OF VIRGINIA AND KNOW
WHERE EACH OF THESE LANGUAGE GROUPS ARE LOCATED