Jamestown
Intro
Jamestown is one of the very early colonies settled by colonists.
As there were many problems with this colony in its early years, it
strived to be one of the richest colonies drawing in many English men and gentleman. Many problems with this colony like a lack of food which lead to
colonist stealing from the Native Americans who had the better land, the Native
Americans did help but they got angry and started to kill any colonist who
looked for food. Many colonists had no other choice but to eat other dead
colonists and Native Americans that they dug up and ate, they also ate there
clothes and any items they used. Many colonist died during the winter to only
38 colonists. Another major problem was the drought which had already started
before they arrived in 1606, and ended in 1612. The land the colonist claimed
was not a very good or healthy environment, it was on marshlands, which lead to mosquitoes carrying Malaria. Even though the Jamestown colonists struggled they
strived to be one of the best colonies.
Chapter 1
Development of Jamestown
In 1607
Jamestown was settled by the colonists this was going to be the second early
settlement in what is now known as the U.S. The pilgrims who came from
mainly England to start a brand new life in the new world or land as they
called it. They had to start an entirely new life from
scratch,
they could only bring certain things and supplies for their homes. At first
Jamestown ran into some big problems but Jamestown become a royal, affluent,
and big town, to live in drawing in many rich families. Jamestown grew to be
very large colony with a population of 5,000, which is alot for the first town.
Jamestown was original strategically going to be far from the the river to
avoid attackers and battleships.
Chapter 2
Hard times
On May
14, 1607, the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery, landed on
Jamestown The hope for Jamestown was to find riches such as gold, silver, And
sassafras, but the journey was very rough as colonists had to be crammed
into these little ships eating and drinking unsanitary food with rodents
giving everyone diseases and killing people. As they arrived they saw miles
upon miles of new land great for their many needs of farming and housing but
food was very important resource. Another impediment was the Marshlands
Jamestown was situated on. The big drought that had started before they arrived
was another big issue for the settlement, and from the time they arrived to
around 1624 when King James turned Jamestown into a royal colony attracted many
Gentlemen and English men and women. Problems between that timeline were mainly
the starving time which took place from 1609-1610 the colonist would have to
eat anything they could find their clothes shoes and they ever dug up humans.
Chapter
3 Wealth
Jamestown’s
main hope was to find gold, silver sassafras, and other luxury items, But they
found very little of those items. In later years the colonist of Jamestown
discovered Tobacco which interested many people in those times. This was a good
relief for the colonists, because if they did not produce anything worth money
they would have to live on their own. The only problem with there Tabaco it was
too and bitter, The colonists said that the Tobacco from the Indies it is said
the location had an impact on the taste of the finally product. John Rolfe
tried to plant Tobacco seeds from the Indies in Jamestown, and it worked this
became a very big deal in Jamestown. The Tobacco problem with this is that it
drained the nutrients out of the soil causing only about 3 growing seasons for
the plot of land the grower had. This soil disruption caused a huge drive for
soil and land, then three years later the original soil has its nutrients back
to grow more tobacco. People grew it every they could possible do it in from
the streets to public spaces. Another good thing for Jamestown was that in 1624
it was made a royal colony by King James I and it was the capital of
Virginia. Many people enjoyed Jamestown's tobacco but King James I thought it
was filthy and bad for your health creating your lungs black. But it made a lot
of money for London England and basically everyone who smoked it. As Jamestown
persuaded through its hard times to becoming successful it also started to
change to not being
the
capital anymore in 1699 to no longer existing in through the 1750s, which was a
big decision but it was decided to be a museum for colonists.
Jamestown
may have been the first early colony in the new world but it was one of the
first colony to no longer exists. Jamestown was a very rough time to live
in as the colonist strived through the starving time and fought through the
hard times Jamestown made history.
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