1. The consistent failures of Jamestown‚ up to a decade after its founding‚ left many people in shock. When we look into the detail in the quality of the people that originally settled in Jamestown‚ we see people of specialized craftsmen: blacksmiths‚ carpenters‚ bricklayers‚ jewelers‚ perfumers‚ etc. These people were skilled and trained professionals in their domain‚ and they expected to be paid accordingly and refused to cooperate in the field labor and other labors outside their field of
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Early British North American colonies Jamestown‚ Virginia was founded in 1609 by the Plymouth group. Their goals were to create a town that had livestock‚ crops‚ homes & land for the settlers. At first there was death from the diseases‚ then when their immune systems built up there become order‚ governed by Sir Thomas Gates and Sir Thomas Dale. They organized workers‚ disciplined and sentenced offenders‚ and gave incentives to workers like ownership of land in trade for work for the company
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what many would describe it if we were in their place. Two groups of different people embarked on the same voyage to the new land which were Jamestown and the Plymouth Plantation. What distinguished each other was what kind of person they hold as a leader‚ how they worked together as a group‚ and their purpose of traveling there. In the beginning of the Jamestown voyage‚ their main captain was quite corrupt and he was only there for a certain part of the voyage (pg 72-73) describes how the president
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new world‚ Jamestown in particular‚ one can see that most of the new colonists who inhabited Jamestown were extreme separatists. They made the voyage on the Mayflower‚ seeking separation from the English crown‚ and the Church of England. The original colonists who were going to live in Jamestown had set up a “social contract”
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Jamestown is the most important settlement in the history of America. Why? If not for the brave men (and women) who completed the long journey from Europe to the Americas‚ we might be speaking Spanish. If not for their integrity and determination‚ there might still be wars going on between the Spanish‚ French‚ English‚ and the Indians. One of the most important members of the Jamestown colony was John Smith. However‚ unlike the many nobleman who made this voyage to find riches and fame‚ Smith (who
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Early Jamestown: “Why did So Many Colonists Die?” Outline So many colonists in early Jamestown perished because of the environmental conditions‚ their relationship with the Powhatans‚ and their lack of proper settler skills and general unpreparedness. In all four years of early Jamestown‚ the most deaths were caused by sickness‚ famine‚ and other environmental conditions‚ and it is arguably the most important reason that so many colonists died [Fausz 45]. During the time period that the colonists
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In 1607 about 110 settlers tried to settle in Jamestown‚ which is located in Virginia‚ but many of the did not survive. Why did so many colonists die? Some of the reasons why the colonists died were because of disease‚ bad water and droughts so they couldn’t grow food. The diseases were bad because the English were coming with disease which was bad because when one person got it pretty much everyone got it. In the summer of 1607 nearly half of the settlers died from disease. In total‚ nearly 130
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1) Background on both Massachusetts and Virginia a) The London Virginia Company founded Virginia in 1607. i) Started with Jamestown. b) Settled mostly by English aristocrats. c) Discovered tobacco‚ and became a monopoly. d) Pilgrims founded Massachusetts in 1620 arriving on the Mayflower. i) Pilgrims wrote the Mayflower Compact. (1) Provided a democratic government based on the opinions of everyone. e) Massachusetts and Virginia were extremely different in politics due to economic developments
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The colony at Jamestown‚ the colonies at Plymouth‚ and the colony at Boston had different nature‚ goals‚ successes and failures. There was a cross of similarities and differences. One thing that remains obvious is each was looking for something that was lacking in their home land. There was a perception and a picture that each group had when they left their homelands. Arrival in the new would prove to be an alternate reality from that which was envisioned. The new reality still provided a challenge
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Over 400 years ago‚ the Powhatan Indians inhabited a place called Jamestown‚ Virginia. Their every-day life was disrupted‚ though‚ when‚ in 1607‚ a ship carrying men from England came to claim their land‚ making Jamestown their new capital. This could have been seen as a bright opportunity for both parties: the Powhatan Indians could have shared their knowledge of the land they occupied‚ and the English could have shared some of the skills and technology brought over with them. But‚ of course‚ the
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