Jamestown

a. Students will define the concept "joint-stock company." b. Students will identify the characteristics of a joint-stock company colony and determine that Jamestown was a joint-stock colony. c. Students will define the words **profit, investment, share, shareholders, and dividend** as it relates to the economic development of the Jamestown Colony. d. Students will assess wether they would invest in the Virginia Company (joint-stock co) colonizing the new world.
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1. Read three scenarios of Jamestown and identify two or three obstacles faced by early Jamestown colonists. 2. Investigate and label examples of problems from the three scenarios. . 3. Analyze problems and present possible solutions to the class as a group.

Jamestown, Virginia

View: __Nightmare in Jamestown__. National Geographic, 2005
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Read this excerpt from a letter Richard Frethorne wrote to his parents in 1623 from Jamestown. Freethorne identifies the struggles faced by the colonists and describes his experiences. A short excerpt can be found at: [] The full letter (more detail) at: []
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