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jamestown
Question | Answer |
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in what year was jamestown founded | 1607 |
why did some people resort to cannibalism in jamestown | there was an extremely low food source in jamestown |
what resources where the jamestown miners looking for | gold |
why was it bad that the people of jamestown lived near a marsh | there were many disease carrying mosquitoes |
what was wrong with the location of jamestown | they did nolt go far enough upstream to escape the salt water |
when was the starving time in jamestown | from 1608-1609 |
Great Britain realized that the new world could be used for its | abundant natural resources, also as a market for their manufactured goods and a location to send their poor. |
Great Britain had failed attempts to set up permanent colonies in | Newfoundland and Roanoke |
the first successful colony was in | jamestown,virginia 1607 |
raw material | in its natural state |
due to the english_____________they spent little time on farming and where reduced to depending on the algonquin for food. | focusing on precious metals |
________was well versed in outdoor living and farming. | Captain John Smith |
john smith as a presisdent of jamestown____________ | all people to work |
problems of the fort location | salt water, close to a marsh so there were many mosquitoes that carried diseases. |
what happened in the starving time | they were trapped inside the fort, they had very low food supply, resorted to cannibalism |