The English started colonizing Virginia in the late 16th century, establishing Jamestown in 1607. The early colonists struggled to survive the harsh conditions and almost died out until they began growing tobacco crops in 1616. To survive, the English established plantations worked by slaves and traded furs with Native Americans through companies like the Hudson's Bay Company. This colonization by the English eventually led to tensions that caused the American Revolution and independence from England in 1783.

1. The English
ENGLISH COLONIES

2. Virginia 1570-1650
 Started colonizing in Virginia in
the late 16th Century
 Assumed they could live off of the
Native’s food and find gold
 The first colonizers almost died
from the harsh weather, but
succeeded in making tobacco crops
in 1616

3. Jamestown
 1604 a peace treaty was signed
with Spanish lowering the dangers
of attack
 1606 king James granted the
Virginia Company a charter to
colonize and govern Virgin and
reached Chesapeake Bay on April
26, 1607
 Almost all colonizers died until the
introduction of tobacco

4.  To survive, the English set up
plantations and brought in slaves
 Also had Hudson’s bay Company
that were involved In the Fur
Trade with the Algonquians
American Rev.
 Being over taxed the settlers
rebelled and started the
American revolution in 1775
 Won independence from
England in 1783
Hudson Bay
Fur Trading