Pocahontas

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…

The English settlers came to the new land to get rich and to have religious freedom. They called their land Jamestown. A few years after they came more then eighty percent of them died. Was it from Settler Skills, Environmental Conditions, or Relationships Between Indians? The Jamestown colonists did not make the best choices out of their lifetime. According to the text (Document A ) “ where filth introduced into the river tended to fester rather than flush away.” The colonist used the river…

Many colonists did not get the chance to settle themselves in early Jamestown. Issues took place on their journey to a new world. Three important areas affected the colonist’s lifespan. The environment, settler’s skills and relations with the Indians all had an impact on their survival. Very many different aspects of responsibility fit these categories of the very few that survived. The environment wasn’t the best land to go to for a new settlement. Within the first couple months of finding…

John Smith sought adventure. William Bradford sought freedom. Both men had adventurous lives. But John Smith is still better. John Smith was born into a farmers family. He didn’t want to be a farmer, he sought adventure. So, he ran away to become a sailor at thirteen. His parents stopped him, however, and shipped him off to become a merchant boy. John quit at age sixteen, shortly after his father died, and his mother re-married. He became a mercenary, and became a good soldier. When the war he…

Teaching Children Unsubtle Prejudices Disney’s Pocahontas is quite possibly one their most controversial and racially charged films as of yet. This fact is almost undeniable. How then is it possible that in spite of this very dangerous fact it remains one of the most beloved animated films of all time? Obliviousness and lapse of memory are probably the culprits. As children it is easy to not perceive the rather overt and racist overtones of this film. From the very beginning the tone is set…

Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation both were looking for new land and a new beginning. There are some similarities in both stories, but there are also some differences. In Jamestown there is a man named Capt. John Smith. In Plymouth Plantation it’s a group of sailors that are lead by a man named William Bradford. They both have similar encounters with the Native americans when you compare both of them side to side. The stories are close to being the same, but they are not if you pay close…

In April 1606, King James I of England granted the London Company permission to colonize southern Virginia. On December 20, 1606, the London Company sent 100 settlers to Virginia on the Susan Constant, the Discovery, and the Godspeed. After a brutal journey of five months at sea, the settlers landed near Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. There they founded the Jamestown colony, named after the monarch that authorized the expedition. The voyage, however, was not the only difficult part of settling in the…

In "Captivity," Sherman Alexie retells the historical backdrop of European venture into North America and the expulsion of Native Americans from their conventional grounds. The story appears to claim that Native American history as we probably am aware it rotates around Mary Rowlandson. Toward the start of the story, Alexie quotes Rowlandson's 1676 account, in which she was caught by Indians, one of whom "gave me a biscuit, which I put in my pocket, and not setting out to eat it, covered it…

Colonists decided to settle North America for a variety of reasons including religious freedom, opportunities, land, exile, and to escape the tyranny of English royalty. Although the settlement in Jamestown wasn 't the first attempt at colonization in the new world for England it was the first successful colony. The settlers in Jamestown were funded by the Virginia Company to create and colonize a civilization. The Virginia Company was an opportunity for people to explore the new world funded by…

Introduction Jamestown, a name that is synonymous with the first British settlement in the Americas, is regarded by many American historians as the birthplace of the United States. We tend to think of Jamestown as a glorious fortress constructed by English journeymen who were driven by fame, fortune, and opportunities the Americas will provide for them. However, according to the historical records, Jamestown only existed from 1607 CE to the settlement’s abandonment in 1699 CE. Multiple…