Jamestown Hardships

Between the years of 1606 and 1620 two colonies were founded along the eastern cost of North America. These two colonies were known as the Jamestown colony (1606), and the Plymouth colony (1620). They were similar in that they both struggled to survive in the early years of settlement due to famine, and disease. They were different in a variety of ways with some relating to environmental factors, Indian relations, reasons for coming to the new world, and their experiences upon arrival in the new world.

Jamestown was the first permanent settlement in North America, founded in 1607 in Virginia. About 104 men and boys arrived at a new settlement in Virginia and named it after their king, James I, which was Jamestown. This new settlement was surrounded by many powhatan people that lived there. Although, even though English have found a new settlement, many colonist died. Colonists died in early Jamestown for three big reasons: their water was bad, they lacked key skills, and they had bad relations with the Powhatans.

Long before what we now call America there was nothing but unequipped pilgrims coming from Europe, and Native Americans. They faced many challenges including harsh climates, diseases that attacked their incognizant immune systems, and Natives who were ready to fight for what was rightfully theirs. Among these colonies two stand out, and while they share a few similarities both are profusely different; Jamestown and Plymouth.

The Starving Time document was an excerpt from John Smith’s book The Generall Historie of Virginia. The starving time took place in a colony named Jamestown. The Jamestown colony was located in modern day Jamestown, Virginia and named after King James I. The purpose of its founding was to find gold and wealth, like the Spaniards did in South America. But to no avail, most of the people died after several months. In Jamestown, there were many major issues that prevented them from reaching their goal, and they include hostilities with the native people and the lack of supplies.

Jamestown is now known as the very first permanent English settlement in the New World. However, from 1607-1610, early Jamestown constantly hovered right above the line of failure from reasons both outside the settlement and within its borders. Three main reasons the Jamestown colonists died were because of their lack of preparation, poor relations with the Native Americans, and the location of their settlement.

There were many lesson that the colonist learned in their early Jamestown experiences. John Smith was like a director for the colonies, He had guided the colonies through survival by having the colonist learn how to farm and by the help of the local Powhatan. Later on Smith was going to return to England due to injuries,as a result of this the colonies were lost, without the leadership of John Smith the colonies deteriorated to the point of famine. The colonies were saved through high profitable crops known as Tobacco, which required load of labor. They also had the intentions of owning more land to accommodate for the increasing population in the area so they had learn how to dominate over the native people. In this essay I will be reviewing over three lesson that the colonist learned over their early Jamestown Experiences.

The Europeans and the Native American’s come from very different customs and cultures. The colonists had very

Although the Chesapeake and New England colonies were the earliest English colonies to flourish in the New World, they were both extremely different in the ways that they developed. Similarities between the colonies can be found, but the colonies were mostly different. The colonies differed most in religion, society, culture, economy, and their relationships with the American Indians of the region. The reasons for such differences can be understood by realizing that the colonies were settled by incredibly different people who possessed different cultures, religious beliefs, and motivations for settling in their respective colonies in the first place. The Chesapeake and New England colonies had similarities and differences in their development, including how each colony affected nearby American Indians. Their differences and similarities can be understood by analyzing each colony’s geography, economy, religions, and cultures.

The founding of Jamestown was brought about in June of 1606 when King James I, granted a charter to the Virginia Company of London. The Virginia Company of London was a joint stock company established during this time with the purpose of growing settlements in North America. This group of London entrepreneurs had hopes of profit in building a secure settlement on Jamestown Island, and with the help of three ships and 100 colonists, The London Company became the first English Settlers in North America.

Throughout the 17th century, the English faced many hardships. The settlers of Jamestown had faced misfortune of the new land such as disease and malnutrition, and failure of crops. Over time the English built their economic and social structure with perfecting crops, indentured slaves and building a new society that would spark others to explore.

In the early settling of the Americas, the main goal for an established colony was to make money for their country; however there were almost always underlying goals for the members of each colony.The earliest colony, Jamestown, stuck firmly to it’s goal of profit as even the church required a tax. Rules were also implemented to make sure members worked, those who didn’t work did not eat. The pilgrims we all know and love had other plans on their mind when they finally set out for the new world, originally they were sent to help collect profit but accidentally sailed north of Jamestown. In this new area they were free from the Anglican church and for the most part, became self sufficient. The Puritans had the most balanced approach to their goal when established they kept England happy but, had the goal of being a model for religious communities. They made money and were extremely strict with their religious beliefs, some were beaten for breaking the rules as this would bring god's wrath upon everyone. Others settled away from the puritans as they thought their rules were far too strict, such as the Quakers. All of these colonies can be seen to settle in three regions of the east coast, the colonies within the regions all having something in common. Each region is motivated by something different be it, religion, trade, or materials.

The struggles that the people that lived in the colonist had to live through and experience are the reason why modern day America is the way it is.

Even though these colonies were diffrenet in many ways, they also had some similaraties. For example death. Many people died due to starvation, and diseases. Many diseases were spread and there was no cure for them at the time. Both colonies had a rough start in the beginning of their journey. Plymouth and jamestown were borth started in the early

In this essay I will be discussing similarities and differences of colonies of Plymouth which was lead by Bradford and the Jamestown plantations which was lead by John Smith and I will be discussing which one I would have wanted to be a part of. Both Captain Bradford brought 100 people,families and John Smith brought 100 people mostly men. The Jamestown Colony was majority men which wanted to get rich, everyone was for themselves and the Plymouth Colony was mostly families which helped each other and wanted religous freedom they were lead by Bradford which was very caring for the people from the Plymouth Plantation. The people of jamestown had struggled and had severe starvation among them during 1609.Winter time had came and the Jamestown colony had struggles with food shortages and couldn't plant their crop due to the winter.

There were many uncertainties about America. There were stories about failed colonies, hostile natives and no reliable food sources. It took much faith to get on their unsafe wooden ships and sail into the unknown. But the pilgrims were motivated to start anew. They believed in the christians role on earth and wouldn't let anything stop them.