Why Did John Smith Want To Colonize North America
The Jamestown colony paved the way for Europeans to colonize North America, and even present day United States of America. Spain was a rival nation of Europe’s, and they were always fightings, or bickering about things like religion. So when Spain was conquesting in South America, that caused Europe to want to colonize present day North America for golds, riches, and power. A second reason that caused Europeans to go to North America (Virginia) was that laws dealing with inheritance in England made it hard for those who had older brothers attain land, and they knew that they would be a lot more room for houses in Virginia. Which all led to the Europeans making the long hard voyage.
Many commoners, or normal people, and gentlemen (fancier, more rich men) rode together on the ship over, which as you can probably guess, caused many altercations between men. One of the men that caused the most controversy on the boat was, John Smith. John Smith was a commoner who had very strong beliefs that often did not line up with others, especially the gentlemen who he though were not ready to face the dangers, and hardships of the colony life when the arrived. Boy was he right! When the settlers first arrived …show more content…
In desperation because of the lack of food at the time (later called ‘the starving times) John Smith made a risky move with the Indians. He traded them some of their jewels in hope of more food supply. It was a miracle that the Chief accepted the offering, but many think his daughter, Pocahontas swayed the chief a bit, because she liked the jewels. Even though John Smith bought a bit of time for the colonists, the ships with food took way too long. By the time they arrived almost 90% of the settlers there had died. Because of their intense starvation, it caused them to eat anything they could. Such as, dogs, cats, rats, and even their own
Many commoners, or normal people, and gentlemen (fancier, more rich men) rode together on the ship over, which as you can probably guess, caused many altercations between men. One of the men that caused the most controversy on the boat was, John Smith. John Smith was a commoner who had very strong beliefs that often did not line up with others, especially the gentlemen who he though were not ready to face the dangers, and hardships of the colony life when the arrived. Boy was he right! When the settlers first arrived …show more content…
In desperation because of the lack of food at the time (later called ‘the starving times) John Smith made a risky move with the Indians. He traded them some of their jewels in hope of more food supply. It was a miracle that the Chief accepted the offering, but many think his daughter, Pocahontas swayed the chief a bit, because she liked the jewels. Even though John Smith bought a bit of time for the colonists, the ships with food took way too long. By the time they arrived almost 90% of the settlers there had died. Because of their intense starvation, it caused them to eat anything they could. Such as, dogs, cats, rats, and even their own