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When settlers arrived in 1607 where did they build Jamestown and why did they choose this site?
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Why did the English build forts when they arrived in Jamestown?
to protect themselves from the Indians
How did the Indians treat the Pilgrims when you first arrived in Jamestown?
they showed them to grow vegetsbles,catch fish,grow crops,build houses.
How did John smith improved conditions in Jamestown?
He forced the settlers to work harder and to build better housing by creating rules that rewarded harder workers with food.
What building materials did the English settlers use to build Jamestown?
They cut down trees to make the Jamestown fort. Why triangular.? they made it triangular because they had to make it really fast. spanish were going to attack soon so they did it that way
How did settlers cross the Mississippi river?
It was the Interstate Highway system of its day.
What year did the settlers build Jamestown?
Jamestown was built and settled in 1607.
When did english settlers build jamestown?
1607
Why did the English build forts when they arrived in Jamestown?
to protect themselves from the Indians
Why was Jamestown built on a peninsula?
Settlers choose to build jamestown on a peninsula because it was easy to defend from the Native Americans.
How did the Indians treat the Pilgrims when you first arrived in Jamestown?
they showed them to grow vegetsbles,catch fish,grow crops,build houses.
What were problems with the place the settlers chose to build in Jamestown?
They build in a swamp with high disease rates, which raised the Death Rate.
What did The first Jamestown Settlers try and find?
The 106 men who arrived to form Jamestown in 1607 were mainly there for adventure and to find wealth. They were a group who knew little about how to form a settlement or the prepare for the conditions they would find. The site they chose to build the fort was very poor with bad water and disease carrying insects. Within 6 months after their arrival the mistakes they made in not planting crops, the bad water and disease had killed over half of the men who arrived on the first ship.
How did John smith improved conditions in Jamestown?
He forced the settlers to work harder and to build better housing by creating rules that rewarded harder workers with food.
What was the wrong location of Jamestown?
The Jamestown location was bad because they build their fort beside/on a swamp with had bugs that carried deadly diseases and the water also killed many of the settlers. South Williamsport. Kayla V.
What building materials did the English settlers use to build Jamestown?
They cut down trees to make the Jamestown fort. Why triangular.? they made it triangular because they had to make it really fast. spanish were going to attack soon so they did it that way
What building materials did Jamestown settlers use?
Captain John Smith (leader of Jamestown) and the settlers, needed materials to build fences, dug wells, and for building houses. They had a lot of constructing going on that time.
What year was Jamestown colony established?
The English arrived and started a settlement in Jamestown in 1607. The first group was made up of 104 men and boys. The first English women arrived in 1608, but there were only two of them. Around 90 more women arrived in 1620, and an additional 50 in 1621.
