SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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No Native Americans Lots of mosquitoes Plenty of brackish water
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Plenty of drinking water Friendly Native Americans Beautiful beaches
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It was easy to defend It had a natural portIt was inland 60 miles
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It was near the Spanish
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Detailed explanation-1: -The investors had one goal in mind: gold. They hoped to repeat the success of Spaniards who found gold in South America. In 1607, 144 English men and boys established the Jamestown colony, named after King James I.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Life in the early 1600s at Jamestown consisted mainly of danger, hardship, disease and death. The first settlers at the English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia hoped to forge new lives away from England―but life in the early 1600s at Jamestown consisted mainly of danger, hardship, disease and death.