Hardships In Jamestown
In Jamestown, there were many hardships, a few on land and a few on water, a few diseases and a few wars . It is unbelievable that Jamestown was successful with so many deadly hardships. There were so many deadly hardships that If you were in Jamestown in the 1600’s, you would have a 20% chance of living. That means if you sent out 1000 settlers on a trip to Jamestown in that time, the amount of settlers that would survive would be 200. As you can see, there were many hardships to only have a 20% chance of living. Would you want to risk going to Jamestown and trying to be in that group of 200 settlers who lived? Well think about that.
A hardship that almost caused Jamestown to fail as a successful settlement was the Starving Time. The Starving Time took place in 1609 to 1610. The starving time began when John Smith was gone and he miscalculated the amount of food that was in storage for winter. There was very little in storage but there was still animals. Once all of the food was gone, the settlers ate there dogs. They even ate cats, rats, mice, serpents, snakes, boots, and shoes. The new captain of Jamestown, George Percy, who said that the settlers felt the “sharp prick of hunger which no man can truly describe but he who hath tasted the bitterness thereof.”
A conflict with the Natives Americans, was the Great Massacre of 1622. The Great Massacre was when Pocahontas's, Sachem decided to get rid of the English once and for all. The Powhatans plan was to have the Indians walk up to the houses and act all friendly, then kill the English and scalp them. Instead, a little boy named Chanco heard about this and warned Jamestown. So everyone in Jamestown was saved. But everybody outside of Jamestown, got killed.
By: Chaili and Noah
A hardship that almost caused Jamestown to fail as a successful settlement was the Starving Time. The Starving Time took place in 1609 to 1610. The starving time began when John Smith was gone and he miscalculated the amount of food that was in storage for winter. There was very little in storage but there was still animals. Once all of the food was gone, the settlers ate there dogs. They even ate cats, rats, mice, serpents, snakes, boots, and shoes. The new captain of Jamestown, George Percy, who said that the settlers felt the “sharp prick of hunger which no man can truly describe but he who hath tasted the bitterness thereof.”
A conflict with the Natives Americans, was the Great Massacre of 1622. The Great Massacre was when Pocahontas's, Sachem decided to get rid of the English once and for all. The Powhatans plan was to have the Indians walk up to the houses and act all friendly, then kill the English and scalp them. Instead, a little boy named Chanco heard about this and warned Jamestown. So everyone in Jamestown was saved. But everybody outside of Jamestown, got killed.
By: Chaili and Noah