Jamestown

=Jamestown =

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=<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 54); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 166)"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 166)">   = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 54); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 166)"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 166)">   = <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 166)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 54); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 166)">Jamestown was the first settlement in America. Jamestown was named for King James and founded in 1607. The London Company was hoping to find silver, gold, and copper when they sent 104 settlers to America. Jamestown had many troubles in the beginning such as disease, Indians, and getting their priorities straight. The help of John Smith and Sir Edwin Sandys really did help out Jamestown and kept it from falling apart. When Smith left, the Starving Time happened. In 1611 Thomas Dale's harsh ways helped Jamestown out a lot even though people called him a tyrant. Jamestown started making their money of off tabacco.

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 166)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Spain was in control of all the exploring. So, England needed some power too. They had already sent out seadogs to steal Spanish gold and destroy their ships, but they needed more gold and land. English colonist Sir Walter Raleigh took some people over to America to find gold for England. Raleigh didn't go but John White did go in his place. They landed in present day North Carolina on an island called Roanoke. John White left to go back to England to get supplies, but when he came back, three years later everyone was gone including his daughter, Ellinor Dare, and granddaughter, Virginia Dare.

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 166)">Early Life in Jamestown
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 166)">After Roanoke failed, the British still wanted gold so that is why they sent ships The Discovery, The Susan Constant, and The Godspeed to America. They left with 106 settlers in December 1606 and arrived April 26, 1607. Sadly, Jamestown's goal to find gold and make England powerful, was easier said the done. Life was hard. Mosquitoes lurked everywhere in the swampy land. Usaully they carried disease called malaria. If that was not enough, no one could plant anything or find any gold. The colonist died leaving only 38 of the 106 still living. Colonist bickered about what to do a lot, which helped the situation even less.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 166); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Attempt at Change in Jamestown
<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 166); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">England knew Jamestown was failing so they sent help. Most people they sent to be leaders, only had expirience in business back in England. Sir Edwin Sandys appointed a governor. They also sent 600 men to Jamestown. If you paid for yourself, you got a stock. If you couldn't pay, you would work for seven years as a servant for the people who paid for their trip. Things were still going badly and the governor didn't even come! Finally, John Smith came to help. He helped the colony stay together. He set their priorities strait. When he left, the Starving Time came. The Starving Time was 1609-1610. People had little food and lots died or gave up hope and left.

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 206)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">In 1612, tabocco is introduced into Jamestown. It becomes a very important cash crop for Virginia. Jamestown also remained the capital of Virginia until 1699 when Williamsburg is named the new capital of Virginia. After this, Jamestown began to shrink until only a few farms were left. After the 1900s Jamestown became to be restored and loved once again <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 206)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">.



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Garraty, John A. __The Story of America__. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1994. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 206)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> "History of Jamestown." __Jamestown Rediscovery.__ 1997-2000. The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. 08 October 2008. http://www.apva.org/history/ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 206)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> "Jamestown Settlement." __History is Fun.__ Jamestown-Yorktown Fondation. 26 October 2008. http://www.historyisfun.org/Jamestown-Settlement.htm.