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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

History Is Fun: The Virginia Company of London [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A one-page description of the Virginia Company of London.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Primary Sources: The Virginia Company

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An hour-long professional development workshop on teaching the establishment of Jamestown with primary sources. Features experienced classroom teachers. Materials and a complete lesson plan are also provided.
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

History Is Fun: Company Charters and Challenges [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
When the Virginia Company of London began planning for its new colony in Virginia in 1607, leaders developed a 'wish list.' Over a period of seventeen years, King James I granted several charters to the Company, establishing an English...
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Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: James I

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What connection did King James I have with Virginia? In 1606, James authorized the Virginia Company of London to found the Jamestown colony. The English successfully settled in Virginia, planting the foundation of Great Britain's...
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

History Is Fun: Life at Jamestown [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A 16-page history of the establishment and growth of the colony of Jamestown. Covers the early challenges, the starving time, the Virginia Company, the conflict with Powhatan, the beginnings of the tobacco economy, the introduction of...
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

History Is Fun: Early Industries in Virginia [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the many enterprises undertaken by the colonists in Virginia to try to make a profit. They were not successful until they began to grow tobacco.
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Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Nova Britannia

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, learners learn about how early promoters advertised the Virginia colony.
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

History Is Fun: Life at Jamestown [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An extensive collection of resources for learning about the colony of Jamestown. Includes essays, lesson plans, biographies, the economics of tobacco, information about laws, leadership, and a culminating project where students design a...
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Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: Virginia: The London Company

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on the development and practices of the London Company, including discussion on the economy and resources in 17th Century colonial America.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Britain in the New World: The Growth of the Tobacco Trade

For Students 5th - 8th
Many colonists came to Jamestown to find gold. Read about what finally brought money into the colony, and what John Rolfe's role was in that. Read about who the workers were who provided the labor for this new money source.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Britain in the New World: Jamestown Settlement

For Students 5th - 8th
Jamestown, although not a financial sucess, was the first succesful English colony in North America. Find out how the colony was financed, what the first colonists hoped to find, how the colony was governed, and the hardships that were...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Jamestown

For Students 9th - 10th
The first of the British colonies to take hold in North America was Jamestown. On the basis of a charter which King James I granted to the Virginia (or London) company, a group of about 100 men set out for the Chesapeake Bay in 1607....
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Edwin Sandys

For Students 9th - 10th
An English statesman and one of the founders of the proprietary Virginia Company of London, which established the first permanent English settlement of Virginia.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Jamestown and Plymouth, 1620

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the two principal English settlements in North America under the charters of the Virginia Company, with the London Company (Jamestown-1607) in the south, and the Plymouth Company (Plymouth-1620) in the north.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: King James' Patent, 1606

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of eastern North America showing the territory of the King James Patent of 1606. The map is color-coded to show the territory granted the Plymouth Company and the London Company by King James I of England, which divided the...