Colonialism In Jamestown

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If you ever heard of Jamestown before I’m pretty sure you just brushed it off of your shoulder. But of course it’s a town in Virginia and Virginia is in the United States which is known for being the most advanced and successful countries of them all. Although this is true it hasn’t always been so nice. We have had some ups and downs all around the United States but Jamestown is where I want to talk about. Jamestown is a town where colonists wanted to settle but it didn’t work out so well because a lot of them died in the years of 1607-1611. The reasons so many colonist died in Jamestown is because of the sickness going around, their bad relations with the natives, and they had unskilled workers. So the people who aren’t used to the Jamestown habitat they aren’t aware of the diseases that are in the area. The weather was very bipolar so people were getting sick by the day. The water that they found was unsanitary and dirty. The water was a big problem because it was brackish and you need water to survive so they had no choice to drink it. If they didn’t have the dirty water they had droughts. That means no water so they really have limited options to live right about now. …show more content…

They started attacking the villages. They needed food so they decided to attack to get it. But the natives were not afraid to attack them back. They were brave so they wanted revenge. And that’s not even all because as the natives gain trust with the colonist they do them wrong all over. The colonist started to bring more people then they claimed they were going to bring at

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