Jamestown Settlement
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Outline of the settlement of Jamestown
The settlement at Jamestown was made possible by a charter given to the Virginia Company by King James I in June of 1606. By December of that same year, 104 settlers embarked on a journey to find gold, a new water route to the east, and to set up a colony for England. This group, as described by Captain John Smith, was perhaps the most ill-suited to carry out any of these tasks, for they were a bunch of gentlemen and knew nothing about taming the wild.
In May of the following year, the group landed in present-day Jamestown. As soon as they landed, the new settlers were attacked by a group of Algonquian Indians. As a result in under a months time, the settlers built a fort around their settlement as depicted by the picture to the left. The Powhatan Indians on the other hand were very helpful to the settlers. They brought the settlers food and supplies and often uplifted them. With the help of the Powhatan and Captain John Smith's leadership, the colony was saved from the verge of vanishing. When Captain John Smith left for Europe in late 1609, the inhabitants experienced a excruciating winter. Many died and the few survivors abandon the fort, only to return when Lord De La Warr landed with his fleet of 150 new settlers and stash of supplies. Battles and distrust was still prevalent afterwards between the colonists and the Algonquian Indians. However, after the marriage of Pocahontas ( daughter of the Indian Chief ) and John Rolfe ( a tobacco entrepreneur ), there was a period of peace
In May of the following year, the group landed in present-day Jamestown. As soon as they landed, the new settlers were attacked by a group of Algonquian Indians. As a result in under a months time, the settlers built a fort around their settlement as depicted by the picture to the left. The Powhatan Indians on the other hand were very helpful to the settlers. They brought the settlers food and supplies and often uplifted them. With the help of the Powhatan and Captain John Smith's leadership, the colony was saved from the verge of vanishing. When Captain John Smith left for Europe in late 1609, the inhabitants experienced a excruciating winter. Many died and the few survivors abandon the fort, only to return when Lord De La Warr landed with his fleet of 150 new settlers and stash of supplies. Battles and distrust was still prevalent afterwards between the colonists and the Algonquian Indians. However, after the marriage of Pocahontas ( daughter of the Indian Chief ) and John Rolfe ( a tobacco entrepreneur ), there was a period of peace
Importance of Jamestown
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The English arriving at Jamestown
Jamestown was the first successful colonization by the English, keeping in mind that the settlement of Roanoke was a bust. Jamestown was a model for future settlements, and it gave a basic outline of do's and do not's. Jamestown can also be called the mother of all other colonies, for it came first and because it is the first successful colony in America, it can be regarded as the "mother of this great Republic." (from a 1907 Virginia guidebook)