Bay colonies

When Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, he noticed it had already been inhabited by others. Which means he was not truly the first one to discover it since it was already colonized. This of course didn’t stop him for claiming it. The initial estimate of inhabitants thought to be on the land was ten million South Americans and four million North Americans. There is no way to be absolutely sure how many were actually there, because they were scattered all throughout America. On the other hand

and autoclaved samples. In the untreated control area the colony is composed of several closely packed moderate sized colonies; they are white in colour, opaque, raised, circular, with the outer ridge of the mass of colonies being somewhat irregular in shape. For the 70 degree treated sample the findings were about the same; moderate sized colonies, white in colour, opaque, convex, circular, with the outer edge of the mass of colonies having an irregular shape. The biggest difference was seen the

John Smith. In Jamestown, the Englands had a warm climate and had a lot of soil to allow plantation. They were weak, unable to work, diseases. They were claiming land and riches. Jamestown was in search for treasure to bring back to their home colonies. They also wanted to spread their faith to the natives. Jamestown experimented with many different things but their main crop was tobacco.Tobacco was the one that made them make money

Dantre Kennybrew period.5 The Killing of the Colonist: Why Did So Many Colonist Die? I wonder why so many people died in Jamestown. Well i think that so many people died because of the lack of their environment. There were a lot of problems in Jamestown i think that they picked a bad place to settle. The reason why the environment was they bad nature, bad relations with the natives, and bad job and skill. The colonist had bad nature because their environment was not normal. It is because the

The Jamestown Colony is a very important part of our country. What would it be like if Jamestown Colony never existed. Would we speak Spanish or would Indians occupy the land? These English men gave up their lives to make our country. When the first English Colonists came over to America they faced many problems, such as storms and indian attacks. They had three ships that they brought over the biggest one being called the Susan. These ships carried anything from weapons, food, and people. They stopped

An Intertwined Atlantic The initial interest of the colonies was to be able to maintain themselves until they received support and or supplies from the British. They struggled as they built their settlements and endured the hardships the land had to offer. Their inexperience in farming this land and the lack of available food began to dwindle the numbers of the first settlers. However, as they received more help, whether in the form of a supply drop from the British, or the assistance offered from

speculation on why so many colonists died in Jamestown. I believe that many colonists died in Jamestown because of: their environment, insufficient supplies and calamities that occurred to them during their travels or while they were staying in the colony. The colonists’ environment affected their population because of how much they needed this resource: water. In document A it states, “English colonists dug shallow wells to supply themselves with sources of drinking water, but these were vulnerable

Why Was Charles Town Difficult to Settle? Exploration was an exciting way to explore the world and claim land for your country in the 1700’s. People explored the world for many different reasons. When the Lords Proprietors set sail to settle in South Carolina, they came with an agenda. They hoped to make money by charging the other settlers with an annual tax. However, before they could do this, they had to successfully settle in South Carolina. When settling in South Carolina, the English settlers

Due to the Industrialization of European countries during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, exploitative imperialism was the only viable option for continued sustainable growth. The switch to indirect imperialism was a temptation for governments in many countries, an idea which would continue their economic growth following the ideals of free trade. This concept would then be practiced with those regions of the globe indirectly managed by the imperial powers to gain similar economic

because they only had a certain amount of food, which later ran out. According to Document D, their supply of grain would help them survive, but not be near as much grain to last the entire winter for them. Also thirty-six men sailed to the Chesapeake Bay to trade corn with the Patawomeck Indians, but didn’t trade much, Document D had also said. Also, the island they were on was not suited at a point of great natural food abundance, even with the locations very close by. (Doc. A) There were fish present