The Use Of Literary Elements InBlood On The River : Jamestown 1607

As I am embarking a great new adventure I've come to think it be wise to record, for myself or future generations of my kin, the stories of my travels thus far and my impending journey to the town of Jamestown in the colony of Virginia in the Americas. But before the promise of the New World, I must expound upon my journey in the old.

Subject: This letter talks about life in Jamestown from the perspective of a settler. At the beginning times of European colonization of the New World-what is now known as America-Britain, along with France and Spain, sent over many of their citizens to start a new life in America and lay their claim to the land. Sebastian Brandt was one of the men sent over from England, and had come to Jamestown with a large group of other immigrants. However, only a fraction of them remained alive after the freezing winters and newfound disease struck into their settlement. Brandt’s own wife and brother had died in the year previous to him writing the letter. Brandt requests that supplies, such as gloves, gunpowder, oil, vinegar, a bed, and sheets, be sent to them from the London Company, as many more of the settlers in Jamestown would die if left on their own and without any outside help. Brandt also asks for his nephew to be sent to him from where he resided in Derbyshire. Brandt talks about the hardships in Jamestown, such

The English had two main colonies in the new world, Jamestown and Plymouth. The first colony was Jamestown, established in Virginia in 1607. Jamestown was settled by Captain John Smith, and was named after King James I. Tobacco was the main export of Jamestown, and became the basis of the Jamestown economy, sending more than 50,000 lbs of the plan back to Europe by 1618 (textbook 46). Jamestown had a very rocky start, many colonists dying in the first few years of the settlement, and the settlers had many problems with natives. Shortly after the arrival of English colonists the Natives attacked them, and were finally forced back by a canon from the English. A very uneasy truce was finally settled between the natives, called the Powhatans,

The Puritan’s voyage to the New World in 1620 is one of the most well known pilgrimages throughout history. However, there are two different accounts of the events to be discussed: one by William Bradford himself and another in the form of a documentary. Bradford was one of the 102 people to voyage across the Atlantic in order to start the Plymouth colony in Cape Cod. He would later become a very influential leader. His version of the events, entitled Of Plymouth Plantation, is his first-hand account of the voyage and settlement of Plymouth. Bradford wrote his chronicle in plain style, a type of writing that is simplistic and very straightforward. History Channel’s A Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower shows the events from an outside point of view and uses multiple sources.

The group that made up the largest portion of the southern social ladder was the small farmers.

When English settlers arrived at Jamestown, Virginia in the early 17th century, they began dropping like flies, dying from starvation and malnutrition. Surprisingly, game, berries, and nuts were not sparse in the lush Virginia woodland; however, the Englishmen elected to waste precious time bowling in the streets rather than work to survive. Some historians believe that the settlers were nobles unaccustomed to getting their idle hands dirty. The author, Edmund S. Morgan, argues that the core of the Jamestown labor predicament stems from the temperaments of 16th century and early 17th century Englishmen concerning work and concludes that the sole solution to the service problem was African slavery.

In 1606, King James I chartered a joint-stock enterprise called the Virginia Company. Owned and operated by wealthy merchant investors seeking to reap the benefits of the New World from the gold and silver they hoped to acquire. in 1607, the Virginia Company sent three tiny ships to America with one-hundred men and boys. After five arduous months at sea the settlers landed in the Chesapeake Bay area. The settlers knew that the Spanish would find them if they settled near the coast, so they made the trek forty miles inland and settled along a river they named James in honor of their King, here they formed the first permanent English settlement of Jamestown (Shi and Tindall p.45). However, the are the settlers chose was unforgiving, it was marshy

The mystery of Roanoke Island has yet to be solved. How can a group of settlers

Imagine a city in the peaceful Kaghan Valley in the Himalayas. Welcome to Jamestown! We have a cool, comfortable climate that makes it so that farming is easy throughout the year. Our Valley has a fairly temperate climate where the temperature ranges from 33 degrees Fahrenheit to 52 degrees Fahrenheit. All of these features contribute to a perfect environment.

As late as 1691, King William III and Queen Mary II sent word that Jamestown would remain the seat of government in Virginia. However, when Lt. Governor

Smith went back to England about 2 years later, and Pocahontas made regular visits to Jamestown bringing gifts

In May of 1607, there was the arrival of the first white settlers in Jamestown, Virginia. Virginia Company, a group of entrepreneurs from London, funded the explorers. Three ships namely Susan Constant, Godspeed, and the Discovery were used to transport the 104 men and women who left England to look for greener pastures in North America. Half of the settlers aboard the three ships were mostly “gentlemen” and some others from upper classes who do not know how to find a way to save their own lives. As soon as the colonists arrived at Jamestown On May 13, 1607, their expectations were immediately cut short since this group was met by

The concepts of freedom according to the newcomers of Jamestown included the right to own land, vote, have economic independence, and a trial by jury. The goals of Jamestown were to escape the cruelties of their homeland. The Jamestown community fled from their homes in search for a place they could worship freely and to find gold to make a better life for themselves. The Virginia Company’s first charter wanted to prevent the spread of Spanish colonies, limit Spanish Catholicism, convert the Virginia Indians, and spread Protestant Christianity. The common 1630s Puritan family on the other hand was completely different.

The first reading was challenging. There was an element in the reading that stood out, and that was the language. This excerpt was written in a way that was difficult to understand. It was difficult to understand because early English was not the same as the English today. Many of the sentences were poorly constructed and run on. The way the colonists wrote in 2.2 is contradictory to the way they wrote in 2.5. In a matter of 30 years, their writing improved greatly. Although they still had excessively long sentences, their spelling improved. Many words in 2.2 were misspelled. For example, they spelled bloud for blood and dailie for daily. This made it hard for the reader to understand what the colonists were trying to say. The second reading, 2.5, was easier to understand what they were saying.

The Colonial Period in American Literature Blake Quickel The Colonial Period of American Literature was vital not only to the timeline of literature in our country, but it shaped the values and tradition that we identify America with. Literature from this period gives us a look into the beginnings of our country from different views such as Poems and stories from Native culture, Puritans, and the founding fathers. These writings give us an honest view of the way of life during this time. The Puritan writings we read in this class were very interesting in how they showed the early stages of America’s religion. Although religion in our government and our country’s values has become less and less extreme over time, it is amazing knowing how much control it had over society in our country’s beginnings; and many of the morals exorcised in the Puritan culture are still values relevant to our society today. In a reading from the “Introduction: Puritan Voices” assignment (a), the writer refers to the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a “man’s world”, describing the limited roles of women in society and how men were portrayed in the church as superior. Puritan ministers often preached that the soul had two parts, the immortal masculine half, and the mortal feminine half. Gender inequality is an enormous part of American Literature throughout all periods, and here you can see where these values originated in our country. Puritan society exists as a valid demonstration for why the first