SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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first permanent English settlement in new world
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convert Native Americans to Christianity
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acquire land
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find gold
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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: -1619 Arrival of first Africans. 1620 Arrival of 100 women to be brides for the settlers. 1622 Indian uprising; killed one third of the English population.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-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.