Case Study: Why Was Charles Town Difficult To Settle?

For any civilization or colony to develop, there will be obstacles that get in the way of settling. Early civilizations like ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Indus Valley all dealt with difficulties of creating an advanced system of living. When early settlers sailed to the New World, they attempted to create settlements. Many failed, but some persevered through the obstacles that faced them. Charles Town, South Carolina was one of the settlements that was successful. This colony was the first settlement to be developed in South Carolina. Charles Town was named after King Charles II who granted the Carolina's to Eight Lord Proprietors. Lord Proprietor Anthony Ashley Cooper had an idea of creating a large port town that could import and export goods with Great Britain. He developed the colony at Albemarle Point on the Ashley River in 1670. It was later renamed Charles Town in honor of the King. Making Charles Town a successful colony was not easy. Why was settling in Charles Town difficult? Charles Town was difficult to settle because of the layouts of maps, resources, and diseases.

In the New World, various resources, climates, and considerable amounts of land allowed numerous opportunities for settlers. Those who once yearned to climb the social ladder or gain the freedoms bestowed from land ownership flocked toward the newfound settlements. Colonization proved to be a grueling task; however, success was found after adapting to the new environment and facing many hardships. Two colonies established early in the seventeenth century included Virginia and New England. Both Virginia and New England were forerunning settlements that differed in the following senses: political, social, and economical.

The Chesapeake region and New England colonies greatly differed in their development of their two distinct societies. The Chesapeake region was a loosely fitted society with little connection with each plantation while the New England colonies had tightly knitted communities with a sort of town pride. The difference in unity and the reason for this difference best explain the significant disparity between the dissimilar societies.

While both the people of the New England region and of the Chesapeake region descended from the same English origin, by 1700 both regions had traveled in two diverse directions. Since both of these groups were beset with issues that were unique to their regions and due to their exposure to different circumstances, each was forced to rethink and reconstruct their societies. As a result, the differences in the motivation, geography, and government in the New England and Chesapeake regions caused great divergence in the development of each.

The problems that made Charles Town difficult to settle was geography, resources, wildlife, diseases and natives. All of these factors contributed to the harsh settlement of South Carolina. I believe that this journey was lengthy and treacherous. Many obstacles were in the way of Charles Town like inaccurate maps, wildlife, soil, land, natives and diseases. All settlers faced trial and error to get to this open port and trade goods. Later Charles Town, was very successful and had one of the best ports and well

Jamestown settlers could not adjust to the new environment. The area was dry when the settlers arrived, and the environment was in a drought. Most perished from thirst and were denied food from the seasons. Winter and fall caused the fish to migrate, and were very limited during those times of the year. (Doc. A) They also could not plant food, because the water supply was also scarce during those times of the year. (Doc. A) Summer and spring were the only times available for food and hunting, but even with the amount of food they had they could not last the winter. (Doc. D) The colonists did not have a lot of useful jobs. (Doc. C) The men, who were sent to America were composed generally of gentlemen and those whose professions are not fitted for survival in the

The last reason Charles Town was difficult to settle was because of diseases. The indians kept coming into the settlements which probably caused this outbreak. A brutal case smallpoxs tore through Charles Town. Almost everyone got it, they didn't know how to cure it so the people who got it either died or suffered through it. Most of them fled the country hoping they wouldn't get it, but they also hoped it wouldn't spread through the entire world.

The first English colony in the New World was nothing short of a disastrous failure. On April ninth, 1585 Governor Ralph Lane, Sir Richard Grenville, and six hundred other men departed from Plymouth. The settlers arrived at Roanoke on June twenty-sixth, 1585. On page twenty of North Carolina: Change and Tradition in a Southern State the text states, “From the outset, however, the colony was ill-fated” (Link, 20). The colonists soon concluded that Roanoke was not an appropriate location for their colony so Sir Richard Grenville decided to leave Ralph Lane and one-hundred and seven other men to establish the colony at the north end of Roanoke Island. Sir Richard Grenville traveled back to England and promised to return sometime in spring 1586

Jamestown, the first colony, was the one that faced the most hardships. Being an early endeavor, the inhabitants of the colony faced several problems that they were unexperienced with and unprepared for. Jamestown was located in a swampy environment, which made farming difficult. There were also diseases that

It was not an easy beginning For the Jamestown settlement. The first group of colonist came there in 1607, and the last group in 1611. They came in through Chesapeake bay, which is in Virginia, and sailed up James river then settled on a peninsula. The reason they came was to find gold, teach the Native Americans about God, and find a hidden trade route to China. One thing that helped a lot was growing tobacco and others.They were also not successful with any of their tasks.The reason so many colonists Died was for these three things mainly, Native problems, environmental problems, and that they were not prepared to work.

One of the reasons Charles Town was really difficult to settle was because of geographical issues. Geography was an issue because the cartographer (map-maker) didn’t know if the maps were accurate. Another reason geography was an issue was because

To help with emerging oneself into the text, the author uses photographs and illustrations from living museums and authentic historical reenactments to show how colonial people lived in the 1600 and 1700s. The author does not just make mention of names of those who come over to settle into the New World but tells how and why the New World was settled. The author is very detailed in describing how things were for the settlers. The author even includes the hardships settlers and their families faced when they arrived in the New World such as the death of many settlers due to illness. There is so much information in the book and the author provides the reader with questions to begin each new topic in the book. This will help readers with critical thinking. The book has colored sidebars with even more interesting information and historical facts about colonial times and activities to try with the class.

Carolina is a word from the Latin name of Charles Carolus. The first settlement in North Carolina occurred in 1587. The North Carolina colony was founded in 1653 by the Virginia colonists."One of the settler's name was John White was the father of the first English baby born in the new world".The original 13 colonies were divided into three areas of the new England, Middle, and Southern colonies.North and south Carolina was one colony until 1729

By 1733 the amount of English establishment had arose, 13 English settlements had been built, additionally at the same time the English’s economy had successfully developed through production of lucrative crops and tobacco. Whom might have helped to strengthen the british settlements? The slaves of course. Since the first british settlements african slaves had been brought to north America colony Jamestown and was practiced throughout 17th to 18th century without severe obstacles. African slaves helped build the economic foundations of the new nation. By the time of 1770 African slaves covered 20% of the American population.

In 1587, Walter Raleigh sends another group of 117 people this time including men, women, and children. Also, this time he picked a leader, his name was John White and he was a survivor from the first group he sent. When the second group arrived at Roanoke, they didn’t have enough supplies again and John White decides to go back to England to get more. However, he returned at the same time the war between England and Spain was going and John decides to stay and fight for his beloved country. John ends up forgetting about his people at Roanoke for about 3 years and eventually the colonist that he left behind vanished.