Many people were involved in the saving of Jamestown. John Smith and Lord De la Ware both made contributions by making the colonists stop looking for gold and start planting crops. They also made the rich tend the fields like the common man. They negotiated with the Indians and traded with them for supplies they needed like food. John Rolfe also introduced tobacco to the land as a cash crop and the profit, made by the tobacco, was enough to keep the funding for the colony coming,
Of the 400 people who were in Jamestown in 1607, there remained only 40 men in 1610. There was a rescue mission of ships sent from England that arrived in 1610. On the way to the rescue, the rescuers shipwrecked in a hurricane, on Bermuda. William Shakespeare's play, The Tempest, is based on this historical event. Some of the shipwrecked victims fixed up one of the ships so they could continue on to rescue Jamestown. As they sailed into the James River, they encountered a ship of the Jamestown survivors, who were going to try to return to England. The rescuers convinced them to stay. Interestingly, one of the rescuers was Stephen Hopkins, who returned to England a few years later, and then came back to America again, on the Mayflower! John Smith is credited with convincing the colonists to grow a cash crop of tobacco, which allowed Jamestown to continue to exist.
Many people were involved in the saving of Jamestown. John Smith and Lord De la Ware both made contributions by making the colonists stop looking for gold and start planting crops. They also made the rich tend the fields like the common man. They negotiated with the Indians and traded with them for supplies they needed like food. John Rolfe also introduced tobacco to the land as a cash crop and the profit, made by the tobacco, was enough to keep the funding for the colony coming,
Captain John Smith saved Jamestown in the 1700's
Pocahontas saved Jamestown because she saved the life of John Smith.
John Smith saved Jamestown the second English colony. (the first colony went missing without a trace.) John Smith saved Jamestown with valuable tobacco crops.England...
The address of the Jamestown Settlement is: 2110 Jamestown Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185
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the jamestown settlement was important because the founders were trying to colinize jamestown and it was the first lasting settlement before that, Roanoke did not last
Pocahontas saved Jamestown because she saved the life of John Smith.
John was a hero because he saved the jamestown settlement from starvation
John Smith saved Jamestown the second English colony. (the first colony went missing without a trace.) John Smith saved Jamestown with valuable tobacco crops.England...
John Smith is the leader who saved the Jamestown settlement from failure. By making everyone work in order to eat, he ensured that everyone was willing to pitch in for the common good.
First English settlement is Jamestown located in Virginia.
The address of the Jamestown Settlement is: 2110 Jamestown Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185
Permanent colonization of the New World began in 1607 with the English settlement of Jamestown, in what we now call Virginia. From the beginning, Jamestown, which was named after King James I, had its troubles.
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The leader of the Jamestown settlement was John Smith. :)
The web address of the Jamestown Settlement is: http://www.historyisfun.org
the jamestown settlement was important because the founders were trying to colinize jamestown and it was the first lasting settlement before that, Roanoke did not last
Jamestown.