. The student's American history . nresult. On theeve of the Rev-olution (1765),the Virginiansin justifyingtheir resistanceto the StampAct appealed tothis clause ofthe originalcharter. Theydeclared thatthe first settlers brought withthem, and trans-mitted to theirposterity, all theprivileges . .that have at anytime been held ... by the people of Great Britain. ^° 38. Government of the colony; trial by jury; religiousworship; community of goods. — The colony was to begoverned by a resident council, under the direction of ahigher council in England, controlled by the King.^^ Trial by jury was to
. The student's American history . nresult. On theeve of the Rev-olution (1765),the Virginiansin justifyingtheir resistanceto the StampAct appealed tothis clause ofthe originalcharter. Theydeclared thatthe first settlers brought withthem, and trans-mitted to theirposterity, all theprivileges . .that have at anytime been held ... by the people of Great Britain. ^° 38. Government of the colony; trial by jury; religiousworship; community of goods. — The colony was to begoverned by a resident council, under the direction of ahigher council in England, controlled by the King.^^ Trial by jury was to be granted in capital cases, andreligious worship according to the usage of the Church ofEngland was to be established.^^ For the first five years thecolonists were to deposit all the fruits of their labor in theCompanys storehouse ; but the Company was to supply thesettlers with food, clothing, and other necessaries. 39. Settlement of Jamestown (1607) ; instructions to theemigrants; Captain John Smith. —In 1607 the London. Cy ^ J / 3i Grants made in Virginia (bycharter of 1606) to theLondon and the Ply-mouth Companies. _7(L -34 30 THE STUDENT S AMERICAN HISTORY. [ltiOT-1609. Company sent out one hundred and five emigrants to Vir-ginia. Xo women or children went. Like the Californiapioneers of 49 their object was to find fortunes in the soil ofthe New \\orld. They took out pickaxes to dig for gold. Theemigrants had particular orders to search for mines of preciousmetals, and to seek for a passage to the Pacific. The colonists landed on the banks of a river which theynamed the James in honor of the King. For a like reasonthey named their settlement Jamestown (1607). Perhaps theablest man in the party was Captain John Smith. He becameone of the governors of the colonv. and wrote its history. Most of the settlers belonged to a class in England who wereunused to manual labor, and hence wholh unfit to struggle withthe hardships of an American wilderness. Sickness carried offma
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