...On the way to Jamestown, the colonists had no idea what dangers lay ahead. In the years of 1607-1611, the English colony of Jamestown was a despairing place. Without proper provisions or occupations, most of the settlers there died. The leader of the colony, John Smith, insisted they persevered and kept going. When they first got to the settlement, the settlers thought they were going to find great riches. After a few weeks, it was evident that there was no gold to be easily found. The Powhatan tribe surrounding the settlements were angered when white men tried to trade with them and, attacked the settlements often. Because of Indian attacks and disease, 80 percent of all the colonists that arrived had died. There were many problems which contributed...
Words: 805 - Pages: 4
...“Jamestown and triumphs” Julie Atkinson Reconstructive US History Professor Brumbaugh December 20,2014 Before the settlers landed in Jamestown, The Indians occupied the land and lived there for centuries. They were the first people to arrive in Jamestown. Some say there were 25,000 Indians; others say around 50,000 of the American natives, who lived on the land. There were about thirty different tribes whom the powhatan chiefdom took charge. However, each tribe had their own chief. In time there would be a change; King James 1 of England granted for another colony to be established under the Virginia Company of London which consisted of many wealthy Englishmen who wanted to invest their money into the company. They expected to open new lands for financial and patriotic explorations and use the resources of the new world. They wanted to establish English shipbuilding industries and to convert the Indians to Protestant Christianity. The Spanish were aggressive to convert the Indians to Roman Catholicism. Since there were already Spanish colonies in America, the English needed to develop new employment opportunities for the English. For this reason, English people wanted their own colonies. Around the time of 1607, there were three ships sailing from England: the Susan Constant, the Godspeed and the Discovery. They held around hundred and fifty English men, and boys who sailed four months before they reached Jamestown. During their voyage they encountered crowded conditions...
Words: 3345 - Pages: 14
...John Smith. Smith was an Englishman who knew how to fight on land and sea. His ship arrived and sailed up a large river, the James, which they named after their king. When Smith set sail from England he and his crew thought they would find gold in the new land. But, that was not to be the case (Thompson, p. 14-15). Jamestown was built near a swamp. This swamp contained brackish water which meant it was both fresh and saltwater. Many people became ill from drinking this water. Then, they started dying due to starvation, disease, and the hot weather. Let’s not forget they had to contend with the Indians, as well. But, Smith learned from Raleigh’s mistakes at Roanoke and came to the new land better prepared. He even learned some Algonquian language (Thompson, p. 15). While at Jamestown Smith knew how to trade with the Indians. One of them was with Chief Powhatan, leader of the Powhatans, who spoke the Algonquian language. Powhatan was a powerful chief who ruled many Indian nations by conquest. The English traded metal tools, European copper, glass beads and trinkets with the Powhatans in exchange for food and fur (“A Brief...
Words: 1288 - Pages: 6
...Jamestown and Plymouth were the first successful colonies in the north. Jamestown established in 1607. While Plymouth was established later in 1620. Both colonies had similarities and differences. One similarity was that they are both English colonies, but were very different in many important ways. A difference between both of them was that in Jamestown generality was for themselves. If you did not work, you would not have any food. This leads to numerous of them dying from starvation and exhaustion. In Plymouth everyone would help each other out. They were dependent upon each other and help with shelter and food, during winter mainly. The settlers in Jamestown were members of the Anglican faith, the official Church of England. Religious belief and practice were not prominent elements in the colony's existence. The Pilgrims use to believe in Anglican faith but then made in their own, which was called the Puritan or Congregational church. Plymouth was a religious community of Puritans committed to pursuing their lives in accord with Calvinist principles. This created conflict nobody was killed in Jamestown but in Plymouth Indians were treated cruelly and killed....
Words: 367 - Pages: 2
...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JAMESTOWN IN VIRGINIA SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR SHELLY BAILESS SURVEY OF AMERICAN HISTORY I HIUS221-B09 LUO BY YVONNE MCCLENDON JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA MAY 20, 2013 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHAT WAS THE NATURE AND CHARACTER OF THESE COLONIES? . . . . CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH GEORGE ALSOP. CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INTRODUCTION How Jamestown was established in Virginia, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Massachusetts and the establishment of Maryland and what was their nature and character of the colonies. Captain Smith major complaint, why the colonist was unable to fish or hunt general misconceptions of the treasure council. George Alsop method of growing and harvesting tobacco. The important of tobacco to the economy of Maryland. What was the nature and character of these colonies? That no man speak imperiously or maliciously against...
Words: 785 - Pages: 4
...been told and written about, but there is only one true story of her life, and her connection to the settlers of Jamestown. It is my turn now as the writer of this new movie to set the story straight, and show what really happened to Pocahontas. There have been many different stories of the life of Pocahontas, but one of the first one that comes to mind is the Disney animation story. This story had many false parts about the story, and it misleads many people to who Pocahontas really was. One of the most misleading parts about the movie was that john smith was this nice caring man, and that when he was going to be but to death by the Indians it is Pocahontas who also but her head the on the stone to save his life. This never actually happened in real life, and John smith was not the caring loving man the movie portrays him to be. Many the of the other Englishman he was with described him as a harsh self arrogant man. Finally the movie never brings up the very important part in the movie when she marries John Rolfe, and moves all the way back to England. This movie was very misleading, and was very historically in accurate, which lead to many people misinterpreting the real life of Pocahontas. Now As the scriptwriter of my new movie it is my turn to set the story straight. I would start of the story giving background of both the English settler in Jamestown and why they were coming to the New World. And I would also start to give background information about the Tsenacommacah...
Words: 818 - Pages: 4
...Jamestown was the greatest colony New England ever made because it changed life, we persevered through struggle, and because of Jamestown, we have come so far in technology. New England made a great choice to put a colony in Virginia. The Virginia Company of London, a group of investors who hoped to profit from the venture, sponsored the colony. Chartered in 1606 by King James I, the company also supported English national goals of counterbalancing the expansion of other Europeans seeking a northwest passage to the Orient. The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery left the ports of New England in December 1606 carrying 105 passengers. Only one of those 105 people died along the voyage. In April 1607, the ships landed on the shores...
Words: 780 - Pages: 4
...Kathleen Brown establishes that all the information regarding Pocahontas’s life is from second-hand sources and that even the primary source of Captain John Smith is unreliable. My decision for choosing this article is simply logical, I’ve studied Pocahontas in the past and have a firm understanding of her importance as a cultural bridge between the English and the Indians. This article is the best choice simply because Pocahontas is an example of how two cultures can coexist and even aid in each other during times of distress. Pocahontas was born into the most powerful Eastern Woodland Indian tribe of the Powhatan. Pocahontas life changed forever when three English ships arrived near the Chesapeake Bay in April 1607. After some complications between the people of Jamestown and the Powhatan tribe, Pocahontas was sent by her father to begin a peaceful communication...
Words: 570 - Pages: 3
...During early Jamestown a tremendous about of settlers died several causes ranging from native attacks to disease raging through the settlement. During 1607 to 1610 Jamestown, located in modern day Virginia. Why did so many people colonists die? Many colonists died in early Jamestown between 1607-1611 for many different reasons for example many harsh and brutal attacks from natives, terrifying and devastating plagues, and no one to care for those crippled by disease and defending against natives. When the colonists first arrived the natives were not happy and often attacked the colonists making the natives a problem for the colony. According to J. Fredrick Fausz, "an abundance of bloodshed on both sides: England's First Indian war, 1909-1614, "the Virginia magazine of history and biography, January 1990 during the first year of the colony two people died from attacks at fort James then three more die from ambushes, then kill two more to capture captain John smith,then in 1609-1610 the killed 60 out of 120 stationed near the falls, and of one hundred men arriving they killed about half, finally during a siege they killed 33 more men. During the years of early Jamestown natives were a large threat primarily because of many attacks and sieges including natives killing half of 120 men stationed near the falls and when 100 new men arrived they killed about half of them making natives a large cause of many deaths....
Words: 480 - Pages: 2
...historians who discuss the experiences of two very different settlements and the task they undertook to settle new colonies in different locations for very different reasons. The Mormon settlement in Utah had a different reason for colonization than the settlement at Jamestown as shown through their financial pursuits, leadership examples, basic resources and differences in geography. One of the historians, Karen Kupperman, writes about the settlement of Jamestown. She writes that “even the most privileged [suffered] from food shortage, disease, absence of family and friends, opposition from inhabitants of the land, and sheer exhaustion” (pg. 19). Not every place is similar with the same resources. Each comes with unique characteristics and conditions. She starts off by explaining how organizing settlements in the Northern hemisphere was very different than in the Southern hemisphere. The only model the British had to follow for colonizing was South America. In the North there was no gold or silver to mine for profit nor a large number of natives to enslave. Because of these lacking traits it was difficult to find people who would finance the trip to colonize Jamestown. This brings up the most important factor when looking at colonization: money. Another one of the historians, Dean May, writes from a Mormon angle about a similar experience of colonization by the Mormons. He describes how Brigham Young, the Mormon leader, was faced with a hard decision when he was...
Words: 1509 - Pages: 7
...English colonial settlement at Jamestown. As equally important to mention about Clara Barton, another symbolic woman who played an important role in the history. Barton was a pioneering registered nurse who founded the American Red Cross and she is remembered as the mainly supporter and who gave medical assistance to thousands of men who served in the military forces during the civil war. Even though these two women had many aspects in contrast, they had the same purpose in their lives, they made many sacrifices to achieve the prosperity of their communities. Pocahontas was born in 1596 and her original name was “Amonute”. Consequently, her famous nickname “Pocahontas” was born because she liked to play all day and suddenly her father called her as “playful one”. At the beginning of her childhood she was living in her mother’s village, but when she turned...
Words: 1453 - Pages: 6
...GEN223 John Smith vs. John Winthrop In the early years of America, there was a great deal of political and religious turmoil occurring in England. People wanted to escape to a place where they wouldn't be outlawed for their independent congregations and personal philosophies that they believed in. Eminent men, like John Smith and John Winthrop, saw America as a great opportunity to start over where they could establish new communities separated and undisturbed by England. They each wrote a proposal to the people of England to recruit them to come and help establish colonies in the New World. Both of these men had very different visions of what America was and what they wanted it to become upon their arrivals. Smith believed in the importance of hardworking to achieve wealth and the option of becoming financially independent. While Winthrop was concerned with working for God and averting selfishness to form a community with a close bond. John Smith was an English adventurer and soldier well known for his many adventures to different lands. Smith saw the New World as a place for people to set out on a journey for economic success. In his mind, America had resources that were waiting to be discovered for both utilization and profit. In a Description of Virginia, Smith communicates that in the New World, there is a definitive likelihood for many successful business enterprises by saying, 'the fertility of the soil, and the situation of the river are so propitious to...
Words: 2044 - Pages: 9
...considered a failure by the French) o Samual de Champlain founded Quebec City and is known as the father of New France o de la Salle sailed down the Mississippi, founded Memphis and claimed Louisiana (named after Louis XIV) for France 3. English Reasons for exploration o Mercantilism – more land and raw resources for land-starved English, along with the creation of new markets for goods Lost colony of Roanoke (story) o (2nd voyage to Roanoke 1st hitched a ride back with Sir Francis Drake) Sailed to Roanoke and ran out of supplies. John White then sailed back to England for supplies, but was delayed 3 years because of English-Spanish War. When he finally sailed back Roanoke had disappeared with only the word “CROATOAN” left behind. John white/Virginia Dare o John White was governor of Roanoke and artist of Native Americans. Virginia Dare was his daughter and the first European born in the New World. 1st settlement- Jamestown Early problems o people...
Words: 2075 - Pages: 9
...– February 4, 2016 Part I – Identifications: John Winthrop: Governor of Massachusetts Bay that was elected 12 times. Envisioned the city on the Hill. Roger Williams: Williams was banished from Massachusetts Bay for agitating ideas like the separation of church and state. Moved North to the area now known as Providence, Road Island and established the Protestant Church. Eliza Lucas Pinckney: Was in Charge of 3 South Carolina plantations by the age of 16. Imported indigo to her plantation, which became a very important cash crop. John Smith: Leader of Jamestown Colony in Virginia. First explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay part of the first settlement to the New World. Helped save colony from devastation. Anne Hutchinson: Was a Puritan spiritual adviser and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy that shook the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She helped create a theological schism that threatened to destroy the Puritans' religious experiment in New England. She was eventually tried and convicted, then banished from the colony with many of her supporters. John Rolfe: Was married to Pocahontas and moved to England with her. Most notably established the tobacco industry in the colonies and was killed by Indians upon re-arrival in the new world. Pocahontas: Was a Virginia Indian notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Daughter of Powhatan and married to John Rolfe. John Calvin: Influential Frenchman who helped develop Calvinism...
Words: 1505 - Pages: 7
...Colonization of America Reflecting on the lives and writings of John Smith, James Winthrop and William Bradford, we learn about the important roles they played in the Colonization of America. Even though John Smith was unable to finish colonizing Jamestown, he still had the principal ideas on how it should be done. His famous statement, “He who does not work shall not eat” (pg. 236 paragraph one). This profound statement forced the wealthy to work alongside the poor. Proving that no one is better than the other even if they are of a different class. Smith was always looking out for the best interest of his people by coming up with ways to bring them monetary wealth and successes through using the resources the new world provided; furthermore, Smith realized the importance that the “Natives” has on the colonies survival. He knew they could not survive without the “inferior” natives (pg. 257). The natives knew how to survive in the “new world”. James Winthrop and William Bradford also realized this and used the Indians as teachers and tools to learn how to survive. The settlers and natives become friendly with one another. It was not until later that the hostilities began, which led to wars. I believe the Indians felt sorry for the “superior” race and accepted the fact that we considered them “inferior”. They probably laughed at us because we thought we were so high and mighty, but we could not maintain our civilization in this unfamiliar land – like little infants rely on their...
Words: 506 - Pages: 3
