Jamestown Fiasco Essay
“I believe that the settlement of Jamestown was a fiasco for the following reasons…”
First, there was only a few laborers that settled in Jamestown. They lack the knowledge and skills needed to be successful at planting and bring in an harvest. The Natives had the knowledge of farming and had such advice as burying dead fish as fertilizer.
Source: Denial, Catherine (2016) Success and Failure in The New World. Retrieved from http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/25510
Second, within a couple of months of life in Jamestown, the original 144 men had dwindled down to 38 men. The rest of the men had died due to famine and diseases. The result of this was lack food and supplies taken when they first settled. Ships carrying …show more content…
The Natives then stopped the colonist from travelling farther inland onto their lands. The colonist was barricaded and unable to hunt or cultivate food. This resulted in colonist living on dogs, rats, snakes and the dead corpses of men. This action resulted in Jamestown being known as participating in cannibalism. According to Smithsonian forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley Given these bones in a trash pit, all cut and chopped up, it’s clear that this body was dismembered for consumption.” This was proof that cannibalism was done in Jamestown.
Source: Brinkley, Alan.2015. American History: Volume 1:to 1865. New York, NY: McGraw Hill Education
Sixth, the first set of colonist to occupy Jamestown were all men. Three shiploads of men settled on Jamestown in 1607.These men were all soldiers by trade. Organization of the settlers became chaotic because all the men were accustomed to leadership roles and began arguing. The Chaotic organization accused of hoarding food, blamed for an escape attempt and john smith escaped a sentence to hanged. One of the six councilors was also and executed. This chaos caused John Smith to write about the mismanagement and corruption within the colony.
Source: Strochlic,Nina (2013)
First, there was only a few laborers that settled in Jamestown. They lack the knowledge and skills needed to be successful at planting and bring in an harvest. The Natives had the knowledge of farming and had such advice as burying dead fish as fertilizer.
Source: Denial, Catherine (2016) Success and Failure in The New World. Retrieved from http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/25510
Second, within a couple of months of life in Jamestown, the original 144 men had dwindled down to 38 men. The rest of the men had died due to famine and diseases. The result of this was lack food and supplies taken when they first settled. Ships carrying …show more content…
The Natives then stopped the colonist from travelling farther inland onto their lands. The colonist was barricaded and unable to hunt or cultivate food. This resulted in colonist living on dogs, rats, snakes and the dead corpses of men. This action resulted in Jamestown being known as participating in cannibalism. According to Smithsonian forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley Given these bones in a trash pit, all cut and chopped up, it’s clear that this body was dismembered for consumption.” This was proof that cannibalism was done in Jamestown.
Source: Brinkley, Alan.2015. American History: Volume 1:to 1865. New York, NY: McGraw Hill Education
Sixth, the first set of colonist to occupy Jamestown were all men. Three shiploads of men settled on Jamestown in 1607.These men were all soldiers by trade. Organization of the settlers became chaotic because all the men were accustomed to leadership roles and began arguing. The Chaotic organization accused of hoarding food, blamed for an escape attempt and john smith escaped a sentence to hanged. One of the six councilors was also and executed. This chaos caused John Smith to write about the mismanagement and corruption within the colony.
Source: Strochlic,Nina (2013)