Over the years, several people have learned and been taught that Christopher Columbus was the first person to find America. However, America was found by several different people before Christopher Columbus came to what is now known to be called the United States of America. For example, Vikings, Aztecs, and Cherokee Indians were a few of the people that came before Columbus and lived in America. After Christopher Columbus, who was exploring for Spain, told who he was working for what he had discovered and came back with items that could be good for trade, then Spain started to explore America more and more. By the 1500s, Spain ruled the exploration of America. (A New World (1000-1776)) The Spanish exploring America was just a start of it.
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The first attempt to settle in America was in a settlement called Roanoke by an English explorer named Sir Walter Ralegh. Although it was attempted to make the settlement successful, Roanoke was a failure. In fact, when the colony’s governor came to Roanoke all of the people were gone and the only thing that was left in the whole settlement to find was the word “CROATOAN” carved into a tree. (Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People) Not only did Roanoke fail to become a settlement once, but it failed twice. It is believed that the people that lived in Roanoke were killed by an Indian tribe and that is why it was …show more content…
In 1607, the Virginia Company funded a group of English settlers to go to North America and make a settlement, which is now known as Jamestown. (A Short History of Jamestown) Jamestown was a deathtrap for the settlers. In fact, most of the people that came to settle Jamestown died and only a few remained. After realizing this, Captain John Smith stepped up to be the leader and helped with the survival of the settlers, but however that did not mean that Jamestown was very successful at the time. Furthermore, the settlement Jamestown was only successful because of a man named John Rolfe. John Rolfe helped and saved the settlement of Jamestown by planting and harvesting a new plant, which was tobacco. (A Short History of Jamestown) Tobacco was discovered as a new way to earn and make money. With the help of Rolfe and the tobacco, Jamestown became known as the first permanent English settlement in North
The first attempt to settle in America was in a settlement called Roanoke by an English explorer named Sir Walter Ralegh. Although it was attempted to make the settlement successful, Roanoke was a failure. In fact, when the colony’s governor came to Roanoke all of the people were gone and the only thing that was left in the whole settlement to find was the word “CROATOAN” carved into a tree. (Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People) Not only did Roanoke fail to become a settlement once, but it failed twice. It is believed that the people that lived in Roanoke were killed by an Indian tribe and that is why it was …show more content…
In 1607, the Virginia Company funded a group of English settlers to go to North America and make a settlement, which is now known as Jamestown. (A Short History of Jamestown) Jamestown was a deathtrap for the settlers. In fact, most of the people that came to settle Jamestown died and only a few remained. After realizing this, Captain John Smith stepped up to be the leader and helped with the survival of the settlers, but however that did not mean that Jamestown was very successful at the time. Furthermore, the settlement Jamestown was only successful because of a man named John Rolfe. John Rolfe helped and saved the settlement of Jamestown by planting and harvesting a new plant, which was tobacco. (A Short History of Jamestown) Tobacco was discovered as a new way to earn and make money. With the help of Rolfe and the tobacco, Jamestown became known as the first permanent English settlement in North