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...the Virginia Company of London was set up to start the colony in Virginia? ...the Virginia Company sent colonists to North America and gave them tools and weapons, and the colonists called their settlement Jamestown? ...there were several advantages for settling along the James River: 1) the settlement was located far enough up the river to protect the settlers from an ocean attack by the Spanish 2) the James River provided an easy escape from Indian attack if one would happen to take place; 3) the James River could be used to transfer goods to and from the Jamestown settlement? ...there were two major disadvantages for settling along the James River: 1) ocean high tides would bring salt water from the ocean into the James River, and colonists would become very sick from drinking from the river; 2) the swampland upon which the settlement was made was full of mosquitoes which carried germs that caused malaria, yellow fever, and other deadly diseases? ...six months after landing in Jamestown, 73 of the original 105 settlers had died? ..in 1607 John Smith took control of the Jamestown settlement because he knew that the settlers needed a strong leader in order to survive? ...John Smith made certain every settler worked in order to receive food? ...John Smith bargained with the Algonquin Indians and traded hatchets, beads, and copper for corn and beans so that the settlers would have food? ...in 1609 John Smith was hurt in a gunpowder explosion and had to return to England? ..after John Smith returned to England, the colony of Jamestown barely survived, and again the settlers faced hard times? ...in 1614 John Rolfe found a solution, the harvesting of tobacco, which helped save the colony and its people? Index / School Subjects / Search Engines / Dear Kid Info, |
