FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Question
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The colonists learned to grow tobacco and began exporting it to England.
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The colonists discovered gold in the rivers near Jamestown.
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The colonists took advantage of the newly invented cotton gin, which led to the rise of cotton plantations.
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The colonists began trading with the local Native American tribes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The winter of 1609-1610 in Jamestown is referred to as the “starving time.” Disease, violence, drought, a meager harvest followed by a harsh winter, and poor drinking water left the majority of colonists dead that winter.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1612, John Rolfe, one of many shipwrecked on Bermuda, helped turn the settlement into a profitable venture. He introduced a new strain of tobacco from seeds he brought from elsewhere. Tobacco became the long awaited cash crop for the Virginia Company, who wanted to make money off their investment in Jamestown.
Detailed explanation-3: -“he who shall not work, shall not eat”. The colony slowly grew as people were enticed to join the ‘New England’. Neither gold nor silver saved the Jamestown settlers but tobacco. Plantations of tobacco sprang up along the banks of the James River and the settlement of Jamestown was assured.
Detailed explanation-4: -Famine, disease and conflict with local Native American tribes in the first two years brought Jamestown to the brink of failure before the arrival of a new group of settlers and supplies in 1610.