John Rolfe

One of the main reasons they didn’t survive is the lack of skills. If they chose the right people they would have survived! John smith…

So many colonists died in Early Jamestown because of the lackful environment, Indians, and diseases/accidents. Early Jamestown was a town that was known as bad luck, in the past. Early Jamestown was also known as the first English Settlement in North America, first 110 people were on the ship during 1607-1611. Many people died and there were many poor and some wealthy ladies and gentlemen from 17-35 years old on ship. History, mystery! Huh? Now you’ll find out some reasons why many colonists…

It was a hard-knock life for English Settlers in Jamestown. 104 English settlers arrived at Jamestown in the spring of 1607. Only 90 were left in the spring of 1610. Throughout those brutal years, settlers fought off indians, disease, and brackish water and drought. Journey through the tough life of English settlers in 1607 and 1610. Allies over enemies is a phrase the English settlers should have referred to when they first met the indians of Jamestown. Indians played a major role in…

A journey to Virginia began on December 6, 1606, on three ships, the Godspeed, the Susan Constant, and the Discovery. Approximately 104 boys and men arrived in North America looking forward to starting a new settlement in 1607. Eventually, they chose Jamestown, Virginia, named it after the King James I. Jamestown was the first permanent settlement in North America. They chose it because of multiple reasons, one of them was because it met the criteria for a settlement. Jamestown had three of its…

We are The Virginia Company, We were sent by the King of England himself to this land and found a new settlement. We came on ships as the first charter to form the first official settlement of the New English World. We have settled in inland by traveling in through the James River, our location gives us a great protective advantage, as well as magnificent land for farming tobacco as a way to make large amounts of money. Settlers are wanted here as a way for them to gain opportunity to start in…

The Disney movie “ Pocahontas” was historically without a doubt would be accurate. Every detail in the movie was accurate just like when in the movie when John Smith “ look at this strange looking fella ” it was a raccoon he has never seen one before, so this was one of the very true facts. Also when Pocahontas and John Smith were good friends in the movie and in real life so that was a historical fact because of their friendship. In both the movie and in real life was when Europeans went…

common goal. One such component that the colonists alluded to in varying documents is the traditions, particularly the aesthetics portions like apparel and architecture, of the Powhatan people and how they are comparable to those of the English. Captain John Smith, in the document, “The Generall History of Virginia,” suggests the Powhatan tribe’s attire and architecture are complementary to that of traditional European pieces, informing the European world to the “large mantels of Deare skins,…

The colonists in Jamestown had to resort to cannibalism to survive during the awful winter known as “Starving Time”. They dug up graves of dead Indians and Englishmen to feed themselves. Jamestown was a colony that was established in early 1607 by English settlers. It was named after King James I and it’s located in present day Virginia. So why did so many colonists die? Colonists died in early Jamestown because of several problems, a few of which were diseases, lack of proper nutrition and the…

One major reason why people died in early jamestown is because of war with the Powhatan tribe of native americans. In 1607 the first settlers of Jamestown arrived and they were greatly underprepared.More reasons why the colonists of early Jamestown died is because they did not know a lot about their surroundings, they were at war with the powhatan indians frequently , and they did not have enough food to survive the first year. The people of Jamestown did not know anything about the land…

that is exactly what Disney tried to achieve in the so-called “responsible, accurate, and respectful” (Text 3, line 3) recreation of Pocahontas’ story that Disney claims to have made. In A General History of Virginia, one reaches the conclusion that John Smith falsely portrayed the events of his time spent with the Native Americans, whom he calls “savages” (Text 1, line 75) and “barbarians” (Text 1, line 70), because he attempts to glorify himself even though his account of his captivity is…