Name:
Jamestown and Plymouth Guided Notes
Every Great Thing has a Beginning
1. In order for something to
it must have a
.
2. The United States of America has to have a beginning.
3. That beginning started with two towns called
and
.
The British
1. Remember in the previous lesson how we learned about the British
wanting to leave for a better opportunity?
2. We are going to focus on where exactly the first British citizens
in the
.
Jamestown
Jamestown is located in present day
mouth of the
at the
.
Failure at Jamestown
1. Many colonists came to Jamestown and struggled to
2. They came
and
the environments.
.
for
3. The colonists anticipated good conditions and gold. Neither were found
when the first groups of colonists arrived in Jamestown
4. One group of colonists became so unsuccessful that only
survived out of the original
!
people
Success at Jamestown
1. A man by the name of
finally came to
Jamestown with high hopes. He was a very bright and
man.
2. John Rolfe became successful as he began to plant
grew very successfully.
which
3. Tobacco at the time was extremely
world.
in the
4. Failure turned into
and Jamestown began to
flourish into a thriving town filled with many colonists.
Plymouth
1. Travel up the coast a couple of hundred miles from Jamestown and we find
another group of colonists in the present state of
.
Plymouth Facts
1. The colonists who settled Plymouth were called
.
2. They were a
religious
group of people seeking
in the new world.
3. They were not interested in
and
.
Plymouth Hardships
1. The colonists arrived right before
much time to
2. Nearly
the colonists
first winter.
and did not have
for the cold season.
during the
Plymouth Successes
1. After the first
eventually met an
winter at Plymouth, the colonists
tribe who were friendly.
2. This is where the Pilgrims and the Indians
many
things together and eventually had the first unofficial
together.
3. Plymouth would
and the population
would increase.
Over the Next Hundred Years…
1. Tens of
of people would
to the east coast of what we now know as
the United States of America.
2. If it were not for Jamestown and Plymouth becoming
then we may not have the
United States
!