Jamestown

because they wanted to find gold, spread Christianity, and to make a trade route to China. Why did so many colonist of Jamestown die? Many colonist in Jamestown died because of three problems. These problems where Native Americans, lack of food, and lack of important occupations. The first reason Jamestown colonist died was because of Native Americans. After getting to Jamestown on May 14, 1607 twelve days later two colonist had already died because of Native Americans (Doc E). Within another…

New Jersey is full of places where historical events have occurred. One of these places is Journal Square, which is located in Jersey City, NJ. Its history starts when the Lenni Lenape Indians first settled there. In the 1650s, General Peter Stuyvesant had everyone under his rule. Two years later, Stuyvesant engineered the purchase of most of present-day Hudson County from the Indians in return for materials. On November 1660, the Dutch moved in and claimed Bergen Square (now known as Journal…

It was not an easy beginning. It was the spring of 1607 at Chesapeake Bay, and the English colonists are trying to find a space to build their village. Some come for the land and most come to get rich. But the main question we ask is, Why did so many colonists die? The three main reasons I believe are, The problems with the natives, That they were not prepared to work to survive, and the environmental problems. In my opinion, the bad relationship with the Indians was a big issue. According to…

There are many ups and downs of colony life. Living in the New World is in many ways difficult, but I am thankful for the luck the colony does have. I remember Father telling me that he was uneasy about living in a colony because of what he heard about a colony at Roanoke. Apparently all of the colonists disappeared, leaving no trace behind except for the name of an Indian tribe carved in a tree. I am certainly glad that most of our colonists are safe and sound. The year has been difficult.…

Landgraf Mr. Garland HIS 131-IN1 16 October 2016 The similarities and differences of Massachusetts and Virginia. Massachusetts and Virginia had many similarities, but both also had many differences. Jamestown, Virginia was established in the year of 1607 by the Virginia Company of England. Shortly after Jamestown was established, Plymouth, Massachusetts was established in the year of 1620 by The Pilgrims. Both of these colony’s had many similarities, but along with these many similarities also…

Plymouth and Jamestown being one of the first colonies in America through out there way on their search for a better life many things were going on there way to their destination. As it said in the book, “Such actions have ever since the world's beginning been subject to such accidents, and everything of worth is found full of difficulties” Such as early both being englishmen and english families who traveled to be able to have a better life and a better way of living. But those to english…

destroyed. The thought of this New World was appealing to most but many soon after would change their decision to come. During the first three years about eight percent of the colonists had died. But what killed them? On the peninsula they named Jamestown were many environmental problems that the colonists could not survive with their lack of skills. Not only that, there were many unfriendly Native Americans, including the Powhatan tribe, that killed many people. Most colonists did not have a…

Jamestown vs Plymouth Jamestown was one of the first colonies that was founded. Jamestown is located in Virginia. John Smith was an English adventurer and soldier, he was also one of the founders of Jamestown. Plymouth was also an English colony and this was located in Massachusetts. William Bradford was an English Puritan. He migrated to the Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower. WIlliam Bradford later became the governor of the Plymouth Colony. Jamestown was founded by John Smith and…

of the Roanoke colony? Most people haven’t. Due to the fact that it wasn’t a successful colony, most history books don't talk about it. In this essay, I will argue that the Roanoke Colony is just as important as any other settlement, such as the Jamestown settlement. The Roanoke settlers were nowhere to be found after they tried to explore the “new world”. One hundred and seventeen men, women and children just gone. All that was left was their weapons, the letters (C-R-O) carved into a tree,…

Comparing and Contrasting Jamestown and Plymouth Jamestown and Plymouth were two English colonies established in 17th century new world. Jamestown and Plymouth had some sort of Government, an economy, and some relations with Native Americans. Jamestown had a more formal government and freer economy than Plymouth, while Plymouth had better relations with the Native Americans. Jamestown and Plymouth both had some form of government. Jamestown had written permission from the King to form a colony…