Jamestown Research Paper
Jamestown
Date visited: 2 February 2013
Group: Raunak Bhandari and Steve Bullesbach
Raunak Bhandari
Period 1
19 February 2013
Raunak Bhandari
Period 1
19 February 2013
Mr. Fronckel
A Journey to Jamestown Jamestown was a journey to early 17th century; it was America’s first permanent English colony. Jamestown was founded in 1607 by the Englishmen. It was a four-and-a-half-month voyage from England, and they used 17th century piloting and navigation. They came in boats named, Susan Constant which carried seventy-one people, Godspeed which carried fifty-two people, and Discovery which carried twenty-one and it was also the smallest boat out of the three. 350 men and no women set sail on December 20, 1606, so when they arrived at Jamestown on May during harvest time. Half of the colony perished the first year, and then they faced a brutal winter which let them to trade with the Indians. Indians wanted English tools and the Englishmen at Jamestown needed Indians food. Starving Time—the colonists were afraid to trade with the Indians, they gave up and starved to death. Sir Thomas, owner of the VA Company, tried to get another charter for the king. Lord …show more content…
De LeWarr arrived at James town on May of 1608 and took over and turned the colony around for a year, but then left for England. Thomas Dale took control of the town and he was very harsh. He wanted everyone to work so that they could survive. Later came a peace time between the Indians and the settlers when John Rolfe married Pocahontas. Pocahontas felt appreciated to help the English. Pocahontas later died when she went to England with her husband. Later VA Company, who was supplying the English settlers, went bankrupt because no profit was made for the first decade, but the English colonies were able to pull through. Jamestown was first settled by 350 Englishmen and built a triangular town to protect themselves by any outside threat. Jamestown is one of the most important American histories because it was the first permanent English colony. Others saw that people could actually survive on their own so more Europeans went there to settle down. Jamestown is remembered for VA Company who led the settlers there and later failed miserably and the Englishmen who were strong and survived. They were also well known for their hard working men and women who were there when VA Company failed. Life for the people who lived in Jamestown was hard many died because of weather and food. No one wanted to work or do anything they relied on VA Company to feed them and give them cloths. During the late 16th and early 17th century Europeans were looking to make profit and explored the word.
What I learned from this visit was that only 350 men came into Jamestown and survived on an unknown land at first. Also Indians had fire inside their houses to smoke their houses so that mice would not be able to destroy their food. Indians also built canoes made out of Cyprus, most of them grew near the water and they built it with rocks. Indian women farmed while the men fought war with other tribes and they went hunting. I also learned that Chesapeake meant “mother of waters”. Indians also stored food for winter and seeds so that they could harvest when the time came. What I thought was awesome during this time period the smallest boat, Discovery, was able to come from Europe without anyone
dying. When I visited the site I thought it was going to be boring and I was not going to learn anything new because we learned about Jamestown in 5th or 6th grade. But I was amazed, I learned a lot more than I expected. I learned more about how Indians lived and also how the Englishmen lived in their triangular shaped town with was well guarded. Also John White a painter who painted about the lifestyle of the Indians and the English during that time period. Because of his painting the historians learned more about Indians and the English and how they lived. In conclusion, Jamestown was a site that I think everyone would enjoy. You get to learn about how VA Company failed and how people at that time period did not give up after brutal winter and starvation. Also it is a nice place to be everyone is friendly and you get to meet “Indians” and they talk about how they live and how they build boats. Jamestown is a small place but holds a ton of history facts which is amazing. I would recommend everyone to visit Jamestown it was the best. If anyone goes there and comes out I guarantee that you will learn something new.
Date visited: 2 February 2013
Group: Raunak Bhandari and Steve Bullesbach
Raunak Bhandari
Period 1
19 February 2013
Raunak Bhandari
Period 1
19 February 2013
Mr. Fronckel
A Journey to Jamestown Jamestown was a journey to early 17th century; it was America’s first permanent English colony. Jamestown was founded in 1607 by the Englishmen. It was a four-and-a-half-month voyage from England, and they used 17th century piloting and navigation. They came in boats named, Susan Constant which carried seventy-one people, Godspeed which carried fifty-two people, and Discovery which carried twenty-one and it was also the smallest boat out of the three. 350 men and no women set sail on December 20, 1606, so when they arrived at Jamestown on May during harvest time. Half of the colony perished the first year, and then they faced a brutal winter which let them to trade with the Indians. Indians wanted English tools and the Englishmen at Jamestown needed Indians food. Starving Time—the colonists were afraid to trade with the Indians, they gave up and starved to death. Sir Thomas, owner of the VA Company, tried to get another charter for the king. Lord …show more content…
De LeWarr arrived at James town on May of 1608 and took over and turned the colony around for a year, but then left for England. Thomas Dale took control of the town and he was very harsh. He wanted everyone to work so that they could survive. Later came a peace time between the Indians and the settlers when John Rolfe married Pocahontas. Pocahontas felt appreciated to help the English. Pocahontas later died when she went to England with her husband. Later VA Company, who was supplying the English settlers, went bankrupt because no profit was made for the first decade, but the English colonies were able to pull through. Jamestown was first settled by 350 Englishmen and built a triangular town to protect themselves by any outside threat. Jamestown is one of the most important American histories because it was the first permanent English colony. Others saw that people could actually survive on their own so more Europeans went there to settle down. Jamestown is remembered for VA Company who led the settlers there and later failed miserably and the Englishmen who were strong and survived. They were also well known for their hard working men and women who were there when VA Company failed. Life for the people who lived in Jamestown was hard many died because of weather and food. No one wanted to work or do anything they relied on VA Company to feed them and give them cloths. During the late 16th and early 17th century Europeans were looking to make profit and explored the word.
What I learned from this visit was that only 350 men came into Jamestown and survived on an unknown land at first. Also Indians had fire inside their houses to smoke their houses so that mice would not be able to destroy their food. Indians also built canoes made out of Cyprus, most of them grew near the water and they built it with rocks. Indian women farmed while the men fought war with other tribes and they went hunting. I also learned that Chesapeake meant “mother of waters”. Indians also stored food for winter and seeds so that they could harvest when the time came. What I thought was awesome during this time period the smallest boat, Discovery, was able to come from Europe without anyone
dying. When I visited the site I thought it was going to be boring and I was not going to learn anything new because we learned about Jamestown in 5th or 6th grade. But I was amazed, I learned a lot more than I expected. I learned more about how Indians lived and also how the Englishmen lived in their triangular shaped town with was well guarded. Also John White a painter who painted about the lifestyle of the Indians and the English during that time period. Because of his painting the historians learned more about Indians and the English and how they lived. In conclusion, Jamestown was a site that I think everyone would enjoy. You get to learn about how VA Company failed and how people at that time period did not give up after brutal winter and starvation. Also it is a nice place to be everyone is friendly and you get to meet “Indians” and they talk about how they live and how they build boats. Jamestown is a small place but holds a ton of history facts which is amazing. I would recommend everyone to visit Jamestown it was the best. If anyone goes there and comes out I guarantee that you will learn something new.