Language Barriers In Colonial America

The English colonies had a hard time while trying to establish British America. They ran into challenges like lacking food and supplies, a language barrier that limited communication, and diseases that killed. The southern colonies and the New England colonies were settled for different reasons and they developed very differently. The success rate for the colonies was very dependent on natural resources and meeting basic needs of their people.
The British Came over to the Americas expecting it to be smooth sailing once they arrived. They did not realize however, that they were going to run into issues such as a lack of food and diseases. They showed up and immediately started hunting for riches and other things of value, but forgot about simple things like eating, and this resulted in diseases and starvation, which then lead to lots of death. Another challenge they faced was the language barrier, “Few settlers other than John Smith bothered to learn the Indians’ language” (Roark, etc., 57). The language barrier hurt them because they weren’t expecting it and it held them back from being able to communicate with the Indians who were already in the Americas.
The colonies were all settled for different reasons. The southern colonies, which included the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and Maryland, were typically settled for economic reasons, and …show more content…
They also faced problems with diseases and struggled to communicate because of a major language barrier. The southern colonies were settled for economic reasons such as farming, and the New England colonies were settled for religious reasons such as religious freedom. A few colonies were settled for other reasons but these are just the reasons for the majority of them. Colonies were either successful or not successful, their success relied on the natural resources and how they utilized