Transcript Why did Jamestown Colony succeed while other colonies failed?

Why did Jamestown
Colony succeed while
other colonies failed?
Building the colony
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First settlers arrived in
May 24, 1607
Virginia Company
105 men and boys
The Lost Colony: Roanoke
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First English colony in
America
Led by Sir Richard
Grenville, Ralph Lane
Colonists: ill-prepared,
depended upon Indians
for food, kidnap
Indians for information
First Roanoke Colony
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The first Roanoke colony
lasted for ten months
Sir Francis Drake’s visit
End of the first colonial
attempt
Second group of settlers
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July 22, 1587
Re-established relations with the neighboring
Croatan Indians-> failed
Colonists convinced Governor White to return
to England-> failed
August 18, 1590 settlement was deserted
What happened with them?
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Managed to get to
Croatoan Island?
Joined the Indian
tribes?
Got killed by Indians?
Jamestown: The troubled beginning
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Group of gentlemen who didn’t have the skills
to sustain life
Arrived to late for planting crops
Bad location for living
The man that made a failure to
success
Peace with Indians
 Trading with the
Indians
 Hard times:
disease, famine
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Final Success
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John Rolfe and the
tobacco
1614, John Rolfe began
to successfully harvest
tobacco
He married Pocahontas
Why was Jamestown a success?
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Better relations with the Indians
Charismatic leader
No need for British supplies
Tobacco plantation