Jamestown Summary
Jamestown Summary
All Europe wanted was gold and England wanted in on gold finding so they made the Virginia Company and had 144 men and boys on the 3 ships that were going to Jamestown. There were no women on the ships because the men did not plan on staying long they were only interested in fame and fortune. Many of the men thought that John Smith lacked the necessary skills to lead the colony making them a little on the edge. Dangerous storms and lack of supplies threatened the ships. The ships spotted land on April 26, 1607.
When they got there, by September half of the colonist were dead. By winter they barely survived and they were still starving and the Powhatans helped them out by making a trade. That barely helped them so they cooked
every little thing including bugs and worms to help them survive. Starvation wasn’t the only problem they had. The water was salt water, which made them really sick and most of them died. Salt water makes you even more thirsty then when you drink more it drys and srivers up your inside organs. It wasn’t their fault though they came when Virgina was in a drought.
All Europe wanted was gold and England wanted in on gold finding so they made the Virginia Company and had 144 men and boys on the 3 ships that were going to Jamestown. There were no women on the ships because the men did not plan on staying long they were only interested in fame and fortune. Many of the men thought that John Smith lacked the necessary skills to lead the colony making them a little on the edge. Dangerous storms and lack of supplies threatened the ships. The ships spotted land on April 26, 1607.
When they got there, by September half of the colonist were dead. By winter they barely survived and they were still starving and the Powhatans helped them out by making a trade. That barely helped them so they cooked
every little thing including bugs and worms to help them survive. Starvation wasn’t the only problem they had. The water was salt water, which made them really sick and most of them died. Salt water makes you even more thirsty then when you drink more it drys and srivers up your inside organs. It wasn’t their fault though they came when Virgina was in a drought.