History+of+US+Notes

=**Here are some notes from various chapters in our book: Chapters 2-5, 6-7, 11-12.**=

A History of US by Joy Hakim

Note taking on October 15, 2008.

Chapter 2 - “Across the Ocean” pages 18 – 20. Main idea: Three ships sailed from England to the New World in 1607. Details: Christopher Newport was captain.

Most of the 105 men were gentlemen.

They couldn’t leave England for 6 weeks due to winds.

Chapter 3 – “The First Virginians” We read this earlier in the year and talked about the Powhatan.

Chapter 4 – “English Settlers come to Stay” pages 25 – 28. Main idea: The English landed in Virginia in April, 1607, and founded Jamestown. Details: The three ships were “Susan Constant”, “Discovery” and “Godspeed.”

Captain Newport opened a sealed box from the London Company and read names of 7 council members. John Smith was a surprise.

James River and Jamestown were named for King James.

Chapter 5 – “John Smith” pages 29 – 31. Main idea: Jamestown Colony might not have survived without Captain John Smith. Details: Some colonists admired him, and some hated him.

Indians also had mixed reactions: traded with him, tried to kill him.

Pocahontas, Powhatan’s favorite daughter, saved him?

“If anyone would not work, neither should he eat.”

Wounded by gunpowder explosion and returned to England.

How do I choose the main idea? Think: What is the most important idea to remember? Details: What are smaller ideas that I didn’t already know?

Homework for Friday: Read chapters 6 and 7. Copy chapter title. Write one main idea and 3 – 4 details. Use the same format I used on this sheet. This is a change from your Work List. A History of US by Joy Hakim

Chapter 6 “The Starving Time” p. 32 – 33

Main idea: The winter of 1609 – 1610 was awful. It was called the Starving Time.

Details - John Smith counted food in October and thought there was enough for 10 weeks.

The Powhatan didn’t trade with settlers.

The Powhatan attacked Jamestown. They were stuck in fort.

By May when more English arrived, only 60 / 500 were still alive.

Chapter 7 “A Lord, A Hurricane, a Wedding” p. 34 – 36.

Main idea: Jamestown survived and had a time of peace due to Pocahontas’s marriage.

Details - Lord de la Warr and 300 new settlers restarted Jamestown.

Sir Thomas Dale moved the town to a healthier place, Henrico.

Pocahontas was taken hostage and renamed Rebecca.

Pocahontas married John Rolfe, went to England as a celebrity, and died there of small pox.

A HISTORY OF US by Joy Hakim

Notes over Chapters 11 and 12.

Chapter 11 “Indians vs. Colonists”

Sometimes Indians and colonists were friendly. Sometimes they were not. Colonists wanted Indian land, and Indians did not want to give land up. So problems continued.

Chapter 12 “Massacre in Virginia, Poverty in England”

Hundreds of English men, women and children were killed in the Great Massacre of 1622. Pocahontas’s uncle, Opechancanough, tried to get rid of the colonists by planning and leading the massacre.

King James took Virginia over to be a royal colony after the killing.

King James believed he had “divine right” to rule. Divine means his power came from God.

While he was king, the Bible was translated into English. This is the King James version of the Bible.

England was crowded and dirty and poor. So more and more people moved to Virginia.