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Despite profiting from the sale of tobacco, the Jamestown settlement had other difficulties.  It had made peace with Indian [[Chief Powhatan]], whose daughter Pocahontas married settler [[John Rolfe]].  But after Powhatan died, his brother led a sudden attack on the settlers in 1622, massacring 357 out of a total of only 1200.

Despite profiting from the sale of tobacco, the Jamestown settlement had other difficulties.  It had made peace with Indian [[Chief Powhatan]], whose daughter Pocahontas married settler [[John Rolfe]].  But after Powhatan died, his brother led a sudden attack on the settlers in 1622, massacring 357 out of a total of only 1200.

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But Indian strife was only one of many problems.  Labor was in short supply for working the fields.  Settlers began importing indentured servants, who received free travel to the colonies in exchange for a promise to work for seven years.  But Virginia also turned to a cheaper approach to labor: importing slaves from West Africa beginning in 1619 to work the crops.   

But Indian strife was only one of many problems.  Labor was in short supply for working the fields.  Settlers began importing indentured servants, who received free travel to the colonies in exchange for a promise to work for seven years.  But Virginia also turned to a cheaper approach to labor: importing slaves from West Africa beginning in 1619 to work the crops.  But the importation of slaves to the New World was not new in 1619; many European countries had been importing a total of 40,000 slaves to the New World prior to 1600 based on the Portuguese plantation system for working the land.

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In 1624 King James (of “King James Bible” fame) took back the Virginia colony and established it as a royal charter.  King James was left with a problem colony that enslaved workers and grew tobacco.  More trouble lay ahead.  In 1676, Nathanial Bacon was a Virginia settler who decided to take the law into his own hands.  He first massacred Indians in western Virginia, then took his small army of rebels to Jamestown, where he burned it down because the governor had refused to allow him to kill the Indians.  Bacon himself soon died from a disease.  The governor returned and hung two dozen of his supporters.  How Virginia produced four of our first five presidents is amazing.  You can think about this and answer on the homework assignment.   

In 1624 King James (of “King James Bible” fame) took back the Virginia colony and established it as a royal charter.  King James was left with a problem colony that enslaved workers and grew tobacco.  More trouble lay ahead.  In 1676, Nathanial Bacon was a Virginia settler who decided to take the law into his own hands.  He first massacred Indians in western Virginia, then took his small army of rebels to Jamestown, where he burned it down because the governor had refused to allow him to kill the Indians.  Bacon himself soon died from a disease.  The governor returned and hung two dozen of his supporters.  How Virginia produced four of our first five presidents is amazing.  You can think about this and answer on the homework assignment.   

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There were other colonies.  Pennsylvania was founded over 50 years *after* Virginia and Massachusetts.  Georgia was founded over 50 *years* after Pennsylvania, which means over 100 years after Virginia and Massachusetts.  Philanthropist [[James Oglethorpe]] founded Savannah in Georgia in 1733 for poor debtors in jails of England.  Also created a buffer colony between South Carolina and Spanish Florida.  Oglethorpe was very religious and very strict.  Too strict for the King, who took over the colony in 1751.  The colony was not nearly as strong and developed as the other colonies, so the other colonies did not take it very seriously.

There were other colonies.  Pennsylvania was founded over 50 years *after* Virginia and Massachusetts.  Georgia was founded over 50 *years* after Pennsylvania, which means over 100 years after Virginia and Massachusetts.  Philanthropist [[James Oglethorpe]] founded Savannah in Georgia in 1733 for poor debtors in jails of England.  Also created a buffer colony between South Carolina and Spanish Florida.  Oglethorpe was very religious and very strict.  Too strict for the King, who took over the colony in 1751.  The colony was not nearly as strong and developed as the other colonies, so the other colonies did not take it very seriously.

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