WHAT WERE TWO REASONS FOR THE EARLY HARDSHIPS AND FAILUES OF JAMESTOWN?
WHAT WERE TWO REASONS FOR THE EVENTUAL SUCCESS OF JAMESTOWN?
HOW DID JOHN SMITH DEAL WITH THE NATIVE AMERICANS?
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ReplyDeleteThe colony of Jamestown was doomed form the start, as many important aspects in settling a colony were wrongly executed. First of all, the location of the colony was on a peninsula. The peninsula was surrounded by swampland, which in turn bred disease-carrying mosquitoes. The malaria that was contracted from these bugs was a leading cause of death among the colonists. Furthermore, the colony had run out of food, and it had gotten to the point where it was either "eat the crops that were being planted or starve." The settlers chose to sell the crops that they had planted, mainly tobacco, due to the obsession of money and wealth. On the contrary, later on Jamestown had grown stronger and larger. This was mainly due to the money that was being brought in by the harvesting and selling of tobacco. Tobacco was popular during the settlement of Jamestown. To continue with, Jamestown had also thrived due to the effects of trading between the Native Americans and the English settlers. Many things were exchanged, such as herbs and food for tobacco. The Native Americans had also taught the settlers how to hunt and how to farm, which led to the colony's eventual success as well. The colony's eventual success was due to the arrival of John Smith.
ReplyDeleteWhen John Smith had arrived in the colony of Jamestown, He had made many changes which had allowed the colony to flourish under his rule. Smith and the Native Americans had sort of a love - hate relationship. It was one moment that Smith was welcomed into the tribe, where he was taught to hunt and fish, and the next moment he was being chased by the Native Americans of the Powhatan tribe. The Native Americans were said to entertain Smith with feasting and dancing, and then chase him out and try to kill him the very next day. Smith's relationship with the Native Americans wasn't exactly the best that it could be, but it was their relationship that had allowed the colony of Jamestown to eventually succeed under the command of John Smith.
Jamestown failed because its inhabitants were extremely concerned with...wait for it...GOLD. Yes the driving force behind any noteworthy European of the time, gold. They were so enthralled with the prospect of gold that all other things fell to the way side. Laziness also inhibited growth. They refused to plant crops, as any sensible Englishmen would. The Greed and Sloth that the colonists exemplified was their ultimate downfall.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the colonists wobbled out of the gate much like a new born deer, they did eventually get on up on their feet. It was because of one John Smith. He took the colony and turned into a well-oiled machine. He instituted a harsh communist system where you worked or you starved. A very effective plan, as Stalin demonstrated some 300 years later. Another man, John Rolfe, helped out Jamestown. After John smith left and Jamestown fell apart John Rolfe came in and saved the day. He brought tobacco and planted. Tobacco being the cash crop of the day, and today, managed to save Jamestown from themselves. Honestly the colonists act like helpless children; without leadership they can't manage to feed themselves.
Back to John Smith, he was especially great with the neighboring Native American tribe. Even though the Natives thought he was a harbinger of death he was still able to set up trade with them. In the end the Natives loved him, mainly a little minx by the name of Pocahontas.
Robert Young Jr.
ReplyDeleteThe settlement of Jamestown failed for many reasons. One reason Jamestown failed is that they were obsessed with finding gold and silver, that was never here. Because they were concerned with the gold and silver, they didn’t planting crops and are not hunting animals. They were relying on the gold to buy themselves whatever they needed. Another reason why Jamestown failed in its early stages is that it was founded on a peninsula surrounded by swamps. The swamps are a breeding ground for mosquitoes and malaria by nature, but the people of Jamestown use it for their everyday activities. The people use the bathroom, bathe, eat, and drink with/out of the swamps. The swamps are going to be the leading cause in death because of the various diseases created.
Jamestown eventually became a supreme colony. A reason Jamestown became a success is because the colonists got past the idea of gold and silver. This allowed the community to unite and grow as colony not as independents. Another reason Jamestown finally flourished, is that they realized they needed to plant crops in order to eat, and make money by selling them. The main product in Virginia was tobacco. Tobacco soon began to be grown in every farmer’s garden as well as vegetables.
John Smith is a veteran in the military, and comes to restore order within the colony. He runs the colony like a general would run his troop group. He has a rule, “No work, no food. “ This encouraged many people to work thus the beginning of a thriving plantation. John Smith fortifies their defense before making friends with the chief of the nearby Indians. By making friends with the chief of the nearby Indian tribe, Jamestown received help and or crops in hard times.
Jamestown failed for many reasons. One reason was that the people who first came over from England were nobles and people of high ranking. They did not want to work and would rather find gold than hunt and farm. They drank and used the bathroom in the same water and only cared about becoming rich. Another reason that the first English settlement in the New World failed at first was because they built Jamestown in a horrible location. On a swampy penninsula in the middle of the Powhatan Empire, was not the best choice for a settlement. Crops didn't do well, water was disgusting, and they were constantly being bombarded with angry natives. But Jamestown later succeeded, thanks to John Smith. Although an amazing liar and a no-nonsense soldier, Smith raised Jamestown from the ashes. He made the colonists work and befriended the natives. Later, John Rolfe came to the setlement. He started the tobacco industry and boosted Jamestown's economy. Instead of becoming rich off of gold, Jamestown made its living on tobacco, thanks to John Rolfe.
ReplyDeleteBefore John Smith came to the New World, natives were constantly attacking the weak settlement of Jamestown. But when Smith came, he made peace with the natives. He learned their language and learned to hunt and farm like them. And in turn, the natives gave Smith food for the white colonists. Although sometimes they wanted to kill John Smith, the colonists were on much better terms with the natives after Smith came and didn't have to worry if the "savages" were going to attack them in the middle of the night.
When Jamestown was first established, they endured many hardships and failures. Not only did it take four long months on three ships to get there, when they arrived the drinking water was impure and the land was swampy. The swamp carried mosquitoes that spred disease. Aside from the disease carrying mosquitoes, the gentlemen refused to work because they were not used to working hard. People chose to live in tents and since everyone was interested in gold instead of planting crops, food was scarce. Men grew weak and diseases like pneumonia, malaria and dysentery spread. Only nine months after being discovered, Jamestown had a mere thirty-eight people alive.
ReplyDeleteA bitter sweet victory for Jamestown arrived in 1608 and his name was John Smith. His dictator like leadership forced people to work for food and he made people plant crops and strengthen their defenses against hostile Indians. Another blessing for Jamestown was John Rolfe. Because of him planting a new type of tobacco seed from the West Indies, Jamestown thrived. People from England would buy as much as possbile making Jamestown rich. Thanks to both John's, Jamestown was saved.
John Smith and the Native Americans liked and disliked each other at the same time. Thanks to the Native Americans, John was able to learn how to fish and hunt. But the Native Americans also tried to kill John Smith and chase him out of their town. Though their relationship was not strong, their relationship was part of the formation of Jamestown.
Jamestown wasn’t successful for numerous reasons. The first settlers of Jamestown were fixated on finding gold and silver. Being so they we preoccupied. The Settlers were so fascinated by the thought of finding gold and silver that they didn’t even think about hunting or planting crops. Another reason was the first settlers were wealthy and contumacious people whom believed they should not do manual-labor.
ReplyDeleteThe success for Jamestown eventually came around. Captain John Smith became the leader of the English settlement, and ran it as if it was a dictatorship. His motto was "no work, no food." Once Captain Smith was injured in a explosion and sent back to England, then John Rolfe emerged. In 1612 John Rolfe arrived as an aggressive, zealous settler. He began to plant tobacco seeds and had acquired from the West Indies. Captain Smith interacted with the Native Americans in a very civil way. He learned from them, he spoke a very small portion of their complex language. Captain Smith also traded with them food for blankets. Various trades took place, which the Natives American and the settlers benefitted from.
Jamestown wasn’t a great success because many things. First of all, many people died because of the voyage to the “New World” and in the new world because of disease. Many people died of malaria, pneumonia, and dysentery. Not many settlers were smart they didn’t know that you shouldn’t drink the water you bathe and go to the bathroom in, that’s why the people got the disease of dysentery. Another reason why the Jamestown society didn’t work was because they lost a great leader. John Smith held that whole town together. He was the person to have a great connection with the Native Americans. As soon as John left to England because he was injured the town went down the toilet.
ReplyDeleteThe only two reasons why Jamestown was a success were because of two men. The first man was John Smith. He established a great relationship between the Natives and the Jamestown society. John smith led Jamestown to victory. After Smith left all of a sudden John Rolfe came and brought over the tobacco plant. Which brought the economy up and production was booming and everyone wanted tobacco. John Smith made a deal with Pocahontas. In this deal John would get in trouble get the plenty of death and right before he gets his head chopped off Pocahontas would stop her father and tell him that John is a great person and that they both care for each other. That’s why Jamestown had its advantages and disadvantages.
Two reasons why early hardships played a very special part in Jamestown was a lack of food supply, and different diseases. I choose these two because they played an important role during the 1609; they were low on food because settlers spent most of their time searching for gold and silver. Another reason is disease that caused many people to get sick for example malaria, and dysentery that caused many to get weak or either die. Since they didn’t have as much antibiotics that we have today to cure the diseases over a half of settlers died because of this. Jamestown had many failures such as lands, and also settlers got put through a lot. The land made many sick because of the water, it made them very sick this water wasn’t fresh these people bathe, wash their clothes, and also bathe themselves in this water.
ReplyDeleteTwo reasons why Jamestown became success by John Smith searching for gold and silver but didn’t capture any but did reach food. The food went short in a little amount of time. They had to trade with other villages to get more food. Thomas Dudley is another reason for success because he signed the charter, which meant who ever signed the agreement could take over. John Smith dealt with the Native Americans by tagging his English soldiers around, which eventually let John Smith take control of the settlement. John Smith did the best he could so he told them to plant crops and built them a strong army to fight off the Indians.
Jamestown had many flaws when it was first established. 2 of the major failures of the Jamestown. the most biggest one is because people worked more on trying to find gold in the new world. most of the people wear trying so hard that they neglected to find food. therefore leading to the population to starve. the other major problem was with the English settling inside of an Indian tribe land. this made the Indians mad and they attacked the English many times. then there came 2 major reasons that made Jamestown prosper. one major reason was the first money plant which was Tobacco. the other major reason was the new leadership of John Rolf.
ReplyDeletejohn smith one of the leaders of the Jamestown colony had a bipolar relation with the Indian tribe. with there help he learned many new trates like how to fish and grow food. things took a turn when they tried to murder him. in the end he had a lot of ways to deal with the Indians. this is the story of the Jamestown colony.
The settlement of Jamestown failed for many reasons. One reason Jamestown failed is that they were obsessed with finding gold and silver. They weren’t worried about plating crops and feeding themselves because all they cared about was finding gold. Another reason why Jamestown failed is that it was founded on a peninsula surrounded by swamps. They drank, washed their clothes and used the bathroom in the same water. Nine months after being discovered, Jamestown had thirty-eight people alive. A success in Jamestown was that they planted and sold Tobacco. Tobacco was very popular and it helped them gain success.
ReplyDeleteJohn smith helped turn Jamestown around. Because of the Native Americans, John was able to learn how to fish and hunt. John smith and the Native Americans had a love hate relationship. One day they were teaching smith how to farm and another day they were chasing him out of the village. Towards the end, the Native Americans loved john smith because of Pocahontas. Because of john smith, Jamestown was a successful settlement.
The colony of Jamestown failed because of the colonists’ greed and stubbornness. They were so focused on searching for gold, that they ignored the fact that they were dying from disease and starvation. They were also too stubborn to grow their own food. Most of them came from wealthy families so the rich snobs refused to do manual labor for food, thus they died of starvation. They were also dying from malaria and dysentery because the water they used was the same one they used for bathing, drinking, and using the bathroom.
ReplyDeleteBy some miracle Jamestown was saved, not once, but twice by John Smith and John Rolfe. John Smith cracked down hard on the colonists. He didn’t give food to those who didn’t work. Many of the colonists hated him for this, but it worked. John Smith also treated the Natives with respect and was friendly with them. These was great for the colonists since the Natives would help them every once in a while. Jamestown was finally succeeding because of John Smith. However, when John Smith left everything fell apart. Just as things seemed to be hopeless, John Rolfe arrived with tobacco seeds. Jamestown’s environment was perfect for growing tobacco; and because only the Spanish had tobacco, this changed everything. The American colonies began to sell tobacco as its main export. Without John Smith and John Rolfe, Jamestown would be a ghost town.
For fellow Europeans, the Americas offered a new start and innovative way to draw benefits for themselves and their country. They hoped to utilize this newly discovered land to increase the size of their empire, their wealth, and their overall dominance in Europe. England was especially fond of this idea. When the English arrived in America, they decided to institute a permanent colony in which they named Jamestown; however, the settlement differentiated greatly from the idea that many had developed in their heads. Jamestown was destined for failure towards the beginning of its development. One reason for this initial failure was that upon arrival, the English settlers were nobles, the aristocracy of England. This would prove to be detrimental as they were indisposed to perform any of the hard work that was required if the colony was to be a success. The settlement needed hard workers that were more inclined to survive than they were to increasing their wealth. Additionally, the colony was established in a poor location. Although it was strategically placed on a peninsula which would allow for easy defending against a potential enemy, the detriments significantly outweighed the benefits. They were in a swampy landscape which encouraged the production of mosquitoes that introduced many lethal diseases, like malaria, that proved to be fatal for many of the colonists.
ReplyDeleteDespite these factors that were against the success of Jamestown, eventually the settlement was able to improve its situation. One reason that led to the ultimate triumph of the colony was tobacco. Without the introduction of this plant to the colony, it would have most definitely failed. The crop was able to flourish in the environment that the land offered, allowing for high quantities of it to be grown. Because of the high demand for this plant, Jamestown was able to flourish and prosper. Another reason that would lead to the eventual success of Jamestown was when the people were allowed to own their own land and accumulate their own money. Because the colonists were now working for themselves and their families, they became more prone to work; thus increasing their chance of survival as well as the overall endurance of Jamestown itself.
Although these factors greatly aided in the eventual success of Jamestown, the settlement received its initial first step to success when a former English soldier named John Smith was sent to the colony. Despite his seemingly harsh and unorthodox methods, the colony would probably have been a failure without him. His relationship with the fellow Native Americans that shared the land was complicated. The Natives would often develop differencing opinions about him and the colonists. They either hated him or worshiped him. John smith was able to trade with the Natives, which benefited the colony. Moreover, he acquired many skills learned from these peoples that were able to be applied to Jamestown.
Jamestown wasn't filled with your average,everyday, salt of the earth people, it was filled with wealthy English noblemen. English noblemen aren't necessarily the hard working type as they refused to plant their own crops. They were also only interested in finding gold so that they could get even richer. This ultimately led to the complete and utter failure, since you can't really survive that long without food.
ReplyDeleteThis all changed when John Smith arrived. John Smith whipped Jamestown into an efficient and prosperous civilization. But once John Smith left Jamestown fell apart once again. Enter John Rolfe, the new savior of Jamestown. When John Rolfe arrived in Jamestown he brought with him tobacco, the crop that would turn Jamestown around once and for all.
But enough of John Rolfe, lets get back to John Smith. John Smith was able to trade with the Native Americans, even though they tried to kill him a couple of times. When the Native Americans put their murderous tendencies aside they really did love John Smith, at least enough to trade with him that is.
Jamestown failed for many reasons. One reason why Jamestown failed is that it was founded on a peninsula surrounded by swamps. The people of Jamestown did their every day activities in the swamps they would go to the bathroom, drink and bathe in the swamps. The swamps were the place where the mosquitoes and malaria would by nature. The swamps were the principal cause on deaths in Jamestown. Another reason why Jamestown failed is because they were obsessed with finding gold and silver, that wasn’t in that land, they were so concerned with the gold and silver that they didn’t hunt animal or plant anything. They were just looking for the gold that they wanted to buy themselves anything they wanted.
ReplyDeleteJamestown became a successful colony when Captain John Smith became the leader of the English. When he was the leader he put every to work if they wouldn’t work they wouldn’t get any food he said “no work, no food”. When he went back to England because he got hurt in an explosion came another leader his name was John Rolfe and he mad a very nice friendship with the Native Americans, he learned their language and traded food with the natives.
John Smith made the people from Jamestown stop being so obsessed with the gold and silver and told them that the way they could make money is by planting crops and selling them in order to get the food they needed. The main product was tobacco. Soon all the farmers had tobacco in their gardens as well as other vegetables.
Jamestown had some failures. One of them being was that they were too focused on finding gold and silver then planting and hunting for themselves. The promlem with that was there wasn't any gold and silver to find. Another promblem with Jamestown was the disceases. Jamestown was surrounded by swamps which had a colony of mosquitos around them. This caused malaria which many people died from.
ReplyDeleteJamestown also had some successes that saved them. Everything change when John Sith showed up in the picture. John Smith had everybody work on planting then working on finding gold and silver. Another man who save Jamestown was John Rolfe. He planted a tobacco plant which lead to everybody else doing it. It alowed people to sell it and make money. The way that John Smith treated the Native Americans was different than everybody else did. Instead of mistreating them he bonded with them.
Even though at the end of the reformation of Jamestown everything turned out well it was a rough ride. Jamestown did not have enough food. The people were too lazy to plant crops so no crops were being produced. The people also did not feel like hunting. A reason that could make someone understand them was they were surrouded by a swamp. This swamp had diseases spreading around. This caused many people to die. Being surrounded by a swamo is not the best way to start off a town.
ReplyDeleteEven though Jamestown was not a big success at first they began to improve. John Smith helped settle down the problems with Native Americans. Him and Pocahontas made a plan together. Her father captured him and she came right when they were about to lill him and told her father that she cared for him. Her and Smith did not have feelings for each other. Her and Rolfe did get married. Rolfe brought tobacco plant and that heped bring up the econmy. Little by little people began to come and even Africans came to work as slaves. Later on they would spread out in Virgina and claim their own land. Jamestown had gone through rough times but at the end everything worked out.
When settelers first came to America, they werent excactly the hard working kind of people. They were the type of people who didnt really like to sweat. Why someone would send people who didn't like to work hard to a place where you would be working hard to survive..i don't understand the logic. Since the people neve worked they never planted crops which means food was scarce. That is one reason why Jamestowen wasn't the most sucessful place at first. A second reason would be that they were so concentreted on finding gold and siolver, which never excisted there. Finding gold was the most important thing to them and nothing more. Eventually Jamestown became more sucessful thanks to John Smith, who was previously in the military, which woulkd explain how he kept people in order. Smith made a simple rule which was the motto "No work, No food". Due to him being the way he was, people finallty started to work, and things began to get done. John Rolfe is another person to thank for Jamestown's sucess. John originally came to Jamestown to search for gold, but he found there was none. John somehow got his hands on some tobacco seeds only obtainable in Spain. Eventually there was over a million dollars of tobacco, in todays money. It isn't to surprising to now hear that America was founded on tobacco.
ReplyDeleteJohn Smith and the NAtives had a love-hate reationship. They were usually very civil. When the other settelers wanted John Smith killed one of the Natives, Pocohantis, brought him to her people and vougded for him. Although they thought he is up to no good, they accepted him.
At first, Jamestown failed as a society. The people were obsessesd with looking for gold and silver instead of planting there own crops. The people did not want to work and because of this they lacked a descent food supply. Another factor that caused Jamestown's failure is the location. They built it around a swampy area. There drinking water was dirty and it was a breeding ground for disease carrying mosquitos. Over half of Jamestown's population died of malnutrition, malaria, pneumonia, and dystentery.
ReplyDeleteJamestown's success came when they got a new leader; Captain John Smith. When Smith came he made the people work which caused success. He made the people work for their food. His motto was "no work, no food." Many people didn't like this but it was effective. He also made the people stop concentrating on gold and silver and made them start planting crops. Later John Rolfe came to Jamestown after John Smith left. He planted tobacco crops which boosted Jamestown's economy and helping out the people. Both men also developed a relationship with the Native Americans who helped them with the land and helped the people grow crops.
Due to lack of foresight and common sense among those who colonized Jamestown, the colony was destined to fail from the start. For the most part, only wealthy men who had no interest in doing anything except searching for gold came to Virginia. Their inhibition to plant any crops or make any other attempts to provide food caused their food supply to dwindle at excessively drastic rates. The colonists had also picked a poor location to build their town, for the stagnant water of the swamp they chose did nothing more than fester with disease and their wastes. Due to the combination of disease and lack of food, more than half of Jamestown's population succumb to the impending forces.
ReplyDeleteJamestown's eventual success only came when a new leader stepped up: John Smith. While most colonists held hostile feelings towards the Indians, John Smith sought help from them. The Indians taught the colonists how to plant crops and keep themselves alive. Soon after, John Rolfe came to the settlement of Jamestown with tobacco seeds. The seeds were planted and grown to produce a tobacco crop which would bring Jamestown untold amounts of wealth.
The reason that Jamestown was a failure at first was because the settlers didn’t want to work or farm. They just sat around and looked around, if they decided to do something it could have been different. Jamestown was successful because of John Rolfe. He brought what would change the entire settlement and would kick start the development of our nation, tobacco. After he began to grow tobacco the town started to grow in size and population, they began to export more and gain more wealth.
ReplyDeleteJohn Smith made good friends with the natives. He wanted their help while others hated them and called them savages. John asked them to help the settlers survive in any way possible such as farming.
Common sense and better plamning among those who colonized Jamestown could have prevented the inevidable failure that was early Jamestown. The majority of English settlers were only wealthy men who had no interest in doing anything except searching for gold. Their failure to provide food caused their food supply to drastically deteriorate. The location of Jamestown also could not have been settled in a worse place, for the stagnant water of the swamp they chose to settle strictly festered with disease and bodily waste. Due to the Ppor planning of the oligophrenic King, more than half of Jamestown's population was wiped out.
ReplyDeleteJamestown's eventual success only came when John Smith stepped up. While most colonists held hostile feelings towards the Indians, John Smith sought to llearn their ways. The Indians taught them how to plant crops and fish. Soon after, John Rolfe came to the settlement of Jamestown with Spanish tobacco. The crop would bring Jamestown untold amounts of wealth
Luke Harshaney
ReplyDeleteThe British settlement in Jamestown Virginia during the early 1600's faced innumerable trials and tribulation. One of the main problems faced by the settlers was a complete lack of a desire to perform manual labour; an example of this is a lack of crops and building construction. Furthermore, most of the land around Jamestown, which sat on a peninsula, was a stagnant, still pool of water; this water soon became ripe with bacteria, which spread sickness and death.
Though the faliures of Jamestown were massive, it soon became an incredibly wealthy and powerful English Settlement. Tobacco, introduced by John Rolph, made for an incredibly profitable endeavor and with limitless potential. Another one of the successes of Jamestown was John Smith's reforms which led to a stronger and more ambitious group, all leading to the growth of the English Colonies stretching along the eastern seaboard.
When the English Settlers first went to jamestown, they suffered many hardships and failures. First of all, they went only in search of gold, which was roomered to be underground. They brought no livestock with them, so they were starving. Also, Jamestown was built in the center of the Pohatan empire, and the Natives quickly became enemies with the settlers. The Natives had bows and arrows that were faster to load and fire than an English Musket. When John Rolf arrived, only roughly 60 out of 500 settlers were remaining. Because of Him, Jamestown became very wealthy and successful with the introduction of tobacco.
ReplyDeleteJohn Smith was another cause of Jamestown becoming more successful. He was a tough, militaristic man who believed that everyone must work, or they will starve. Smith also dealt with the Natives by learning their language, hunting and fishing with them. He basicly became one of them.
Jamestown was the first English settlement in the Americas that was located on the coast of Virginia. This settlement was made for disaster. As it was said during class, if there were ten things you could do wrong when settling in land, the settlement of Jamestown did eleven things wrong. Hardships and failures in Jamestown came from the location and the people. First of all, Jamestown was located on a peninsula. While being surrounded by water is good when it came to security and protection, the land was very swampy and the water was impure, so it was not good to drink. Along with that, the swamp carried many mosquitoes that would go on to spread disease, thus killing many of the colonists. The next reason Jamestown ended up with hardships were the values of the colonists. All they cared about was searching for gold and silver. The men were well educated that did not want to do any work or put an effort into making their lives better. They decided that it would be easier to build tents instead of houses and it seemed to them that it was not worth raising crops. Later, when the men had no profit from gold and they ran out of food to eat because they did not plant crops, they got weak from hunger and died. The men were lazy and all they wanted was the gold and riches, and that desire made their lives miserable.
ReplyDeleteEventually, Jamestown began to gain success. While it was not the perfect colony, the settlers’ spirits’ were uplifted when good things started to happen. First of all, the arrival of Captain John Smith changed the ways of Jamestown. He made sure that the men planted and he strengthened their defenses against the unfriendly Indians. Another reason Jamestown finally became successful was the discovery of tobacco by a settler John Rolfe. The settlers learned that the growing of tobacco was very profitable. This led to tobacco being grown in each garden in Jamestown. Jamestown prospered ever since tobacco was introduced. When it comes to John Smith, he was a great leader in Jamestown. The colony grew and became much stronger under his leadership. When he was forced to go back to England due to an injury during a gunpowder explosion, Jamestown went back into the hard times they were in previously. Jamestown was at its best with John Smith and that ended when he left.
Ryan Tunison
ReplyDeleteWhen the English colony of Jamestown was first established, it faced many hardships. First off, the chosen location for the settlement was poor, being a swampy area with impure drinking water. Furthermore, the settlers who came, being noble ranking Englishmen, spent most of their time searching for gold and silver when they should of used the time they had to plant crops. Although Jamestown suffered from its failures, the colony was improved by the actions of two people. To start with, John Smith arrived to the colony and took control with the simple motto, "You don't work, you don't eat." With this Smith rebuilt Jamestown into the strong colony it was meant to be. However, once Smith left to return to England due to injury, the colony resulted back to failure. Secondly, after John Smith, a man by the name of John Rolfe came to the almost hopeless colony with a product: tobacco. This new kind of tobacco (a mix of the South American seed and the one the English already had) brought Jamestown out of failure once again, giving the colony a main crop to thrive off.
One aspect significant about John Smith was the way he treated Native Americans. Differing from other Europeans, Smith saw it best to create good relations with the native kingdom. His effort is proven by the moments of respect and love the Native Americans showed for Smith even though there were times of hate. This hate, for example, was most severe to the point the natives wanted to kill him. Despite this, John Smith would always talk his way out of his troubles, gaining the Native Americans trust once again. This trust allowed Smith to obtain food from the natives in order to save Jamestown. Other accomplishments Smith did among the natives was hunting with them and learning their language.
When settlers came over from England most of them were rich so they weren't used to working. When the first arrived there location was not in the right place, they settled on a peninsula. They regularly use the same swamp to drink, wash clothes, and also produced waste. No one in Jamestown thought about eating when they got there, they just wanted to find gold. After people started dying by the thousands, a man named John Smith came along. John Smith helps the English tremendously he starts planting crops and trying to get along with the native Americans. The most famous crop was the tobacco crop which was a mixture of a South American seed. John Smith saved the English from another failure.
ReplyDeleteJohn Smith liked the Native Americans. He put in a lot of effort to learn there language and to rationalize with them. The native Americans did not really know what to think of John Smith sometimes they hated him and other times they loved him. He learned how to farm from the Native Americans. John Smith influenced Jamestown heavily.
Antonio Brito
ReplyDeleteJamestown was a poor location for a settlement period. They expected everything to be so simple and easygoing with gold as their main motivation. No one took into consideration on what they were going to eat, or how they were going to survive as a group. So, the men dug wells for water, but the drinking water was bad. Also, the land was wet and had too many mosquitoes which later lead to the spreading of disease throughout the colony. After one year, about half the colonists had died of disease tribes of the Eastern Woodlands Indians lived in Virginia. The Indian tribes formed a confederation led by Chief Powhatan.
A man by the name of Captain John Smith became leader of the Jamestown Colony. He saved the colony by making a rule that anyone who did not work did not eat. So, colonists built a civilization and planted crops with tobacco as the most important of all that single handedly saved Jamestown from plummeting to the bottom.John Smith maintained a peace with the nearby Algonquian Indians keeping a healthy, manageable relationship. At the time, almost 30 tribes of the Eastern Woodlands Indians lived in Virginia. The Indian tribes formed a confederation led by Chief Powhatan. One day, Captain John Smith was captured by the Indians. A legend says that Pocahontas, the chief's daughter saved his life.
There were many difficulties in the first English settlement in North America, James Town, but there were two that stuck out above the rest. The first was that the settlers that came over where high ranked and were gentlemen. This effected the growth because they didn’t know anything about planting crops or living in the “wild” so they had an extremely hard time surviving. The other reason that the town almost failed was because since the “gentlemen” of the English colony didn’t know anything about living in areas like these, they picked the worst possible location for a settlement, a swampy, gross area. The crops did not grow because of the ground, and the water was disgusting and people would die when they would drink it. Also they built it right in the middle of the Powhatan Empire which angered the Natives.
ReplyDeleteThere were also plenty of successes in Jamestown after John Smith landed in America. He was a very strict but effective leader. Johns Smith’s motto, if he had one back then, would probably be “if you don’t work, you don’t eat.” He made sure that the colonists all worked and grew food. He was a main component in making Jamestown successful. He also made the colonists befriend the natives. He knew that if they befriended the natives then they could trade for Native goods like fur and food. The second thing that saved Jamestown from turning to dust is tobacco. When John Rolfe planted tobacco it saved Jamestown’s financial struggle because know they could sell the tobacco to other colonies and gain money from it. This really helped Jamestown because they could know flourish and buy what they need.
In the beginning of Jamestown the Natives despised the English, but when John Smith came, he made peace with the Natives and eventually learned there language and learned how to survive like them, by hunting, fishing, and farming. This was the first step to living peacefully with the natives. Because John Smith was learning their language and how they hunt, fish, and farm, the Natives provided food for the English colonists. Before John Smith came the colonists were afraid to close their eyes at night because the natives might try to kill them in their sleep, but when John Smith came and made allies with the Natives they could rest easy. Even though sometimes the Natives still wanted to kill John Smith, it was a lot better than staying on the edge of the colonists seats waiting for an attack.
Walter Padilla. Iigbt let's get this started. James town was a really big mistake. They are really stupid and are a bunch of idiots that them people build it in a peninsula. What's even worse is that it was near swamp. Did they think because in the swamp there were desease that caused most of the people to die. They had a tought time in this world. I don't blame e'm. Some respect for those who suffered out there. The second one is that they be running out of food mad quick for some reason. No joke they fat or something cause I thought they were skinny people. Ok now for thir success in Jamestown. Some dude came out of no where to be the best thing to ever happen in Jamestown. This guy had some seeds in his pockets and them seeds were tobacco. YEAH NOW WE TALKING!!!! ;). Back to Jamestown. This savior a name was John smith. Since bringing tobacco Jamestown became the main product for them. John smith became leader of the colony. HE A REAL BROTHA. John smith and tobacco was the best thing that helped Jamestown from drooping to the bottom. They later met a tribe whose chief was powhanta. They captured John smith and took him as a prisoner. Powhatan didn't like him, pro ally because John smith might have been ugly teehee :D , so they decided to execute him him .since John was like a pimp and got some girl to follow up on the plan to save John smith. Smart man. Powhatan was like " ok spare this ugly dudes life, my daughter thinks he's worth letting him live". That girl was Pocahontas.
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Two reasons for the early hardships for Europeans could be many things. One of the main reasons was their extreme laziness. they didn't want to do any manual labor. Another reason is that they lived near still water. Mosquitoes were carrying malaria. The mosquitoes began infecting the settlers and most of them died. Jamestown seemed like a huge failure
ReplyDeleteTwo reasons for the success of Jamestown were the leaders it had and tobacco. Leaders such as John Smith and John Rolfe. John Smith was a powerful military dictatorish leader he made the lazy settlers work. Sadly he got injured and had to leave, never to return to Jamestown again. John Rolfe came in during "the starving time" everybody was either hungry or dead, kinda like Detroit (; John Rolfe brought with him tobacco seeds. These seeds changed Jamestown into a flourishing economic center. If it wasn't for the men who took Jamestown and shaped it up, it would have been a wate of time and money for England
The first English settlement in North America was Jamestown. The Virginia Company of London sponsored 104 men and boys to come here, hoping to profit from the resources in the New World. During the first few years, more than half of the settlers died, but later on, more settlers came, and they formed a colony. This was the first English colony meant that there were many colonies that followed. Starting here, English settlers started to spread all over east America. The arrival of many important figures such as John Smith and john Rolfe helped Jamestown out of despair. There were success and there were failures during the development of Jamestown, which lead to its ultimate accomplishment.
ReplyDeleteThe early settlement of the English was not successful. People died from diseases, such as malaria, pneumonia, and dysentery. They also got sick from drinking unclean water and the mosquitoes from the swamp also helped to weaken the settler’s health, since mosquitoes do carry sicknesses. In addition to that, the reason settlers came here was to look for gold and silver; therefore, they spent most of their time searching for gold and silver and did not plant crops for food. This caused them to eat poorly and weakened their health. Though, the series event started to turn for good after the arrival of John Smith, a former English soldier. He convinced settlers to start planting crops, which allowed the settlers to become healthy. He also helped the colonist defend against Native Americans, who wanted to get rid of these foreign men. During an attack, Smith was captured, but released a month later and gained the trust of the tribe leader Powhatan. With the trust of Powhatan, the Indians began to provide the English settlers with food. However, after an explosion, Smith had to return to England due to an injury. During this time, the conditions for the settlers became bad again with starvation, droughts, and attacks from other Indian tribes. Despite this, there were successes for the colonists. One of them is that the colonist started growing tobacco using the seeds brought over by John Rolfe. Tobacco eventually became the foundation of Jamestown’s economy. Due to this, England started sending slaves over to America to help with the plantations, which helped Jamestown thrive. Lastly, the formation of the House of Burgesses helped make laws for Jamestown. This was the first representative government in history. This idea later spread to other European countries. The success and failures are all building stones to the Jamestown, which still thrives today.
Jamestown went through many difficult times. All the English thought about was gold. The English made a bad decision settling in Jamestown since many wars were there and many property was damaged. Jamestown had many problems. Many of the English men got sick from diseases such as swellings, flixes, burning fevers and many other diseases. Tobacco was the main crop in Jamestown,they made profit from it. John Smith and John Rolfe both helped to make Jamestown a better place.
ReplyDeleteJames Smith was very nice towards the Native Americans. He wanted to gain their trust and respect. He wanted to improve the colony and make it a better place. That's exactly what he did. The Native Americans began to trust him. They always had doubts of him though.
The first area where people settled in what was called the "New World," was called Jamestown. Making Jamestown a nice place to live wasn't easy. Most of the rich men who lived there didn't want to do any work. Also, all they looked for was gold and not looking for anything that really mattered. The English settlers were also struck with diseases like burning fever. Times in Jamestown were hard. Until one man came, his name was John Smith.He was very strict, he made sure that if you didn't work, you didn't eat. This motto stuck with the settlers and made them good workers. He turned Jamestown around. Smith gained the trust of the Native Americans. Before, the natives were afraid the settlers were going to attack them in their sleep. Overall, John Smith turned the town around and improved everything.
ReplyDeleteEnglish settlers mainly came to the New World, in the hope of finding gold. Explorers searching for gold did little to no farming causing a starving period of time to come about. Unfortunately, if there are no people growing crops/food, no one will have anything to eat. The food supply eventually became scare as winter started to approach. During winter, malaria and the harsh weather conditions caused many colonists to become ill, and die off. After spending an entire year in Jamestown, 38 of the 144 settlers survived the starving period and cold winter.
ReplyDeleteAfter this period of time finally ended, success in Jamestown started to bloom. The new leader, John Smith, devised a new plan, stating "if you don't work, you don't eat." Fortunately, that statement frightened the Native Americans enough to make them realize they had to start working. The natives planted many crops such as, tobacco, which allowed the colonists to trade among others for food or other goods. John Smith gradually tried to fit in with the Native American group. Smith learned the language of the natives and tried to adjust himself to their customs, following their way of living. Keeping a state of peace with the natives, gave Smith a chance to live his life within their colony and receive food, as gifts, from the natives.