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He forced the settlers to work harder and to build better housing by creating rules that rewarded harder workers with food.
He drew up tough, new rules. The most important rule was "He who works not, eats not."
Gentlemen who were unprepared for hard work.
John Smith, who did not let people eat unless they work, was the leader of Jamestown.
Actually it was John Smith who saved Jamestown by making the settlers work. If they didn't work, they didn't get any food. Later, John Rolfe planted tobacco and the economy flourished.
He forced the settlers to work harder and to build better housing by creating rules that rewarded harder workers with food.
He drew up tough, new rules. The most important rule was "He who works not, eats not."
Gentlemen who were unprepared for hard work.
they were forced to work in Jamestown
Native Americans did much of the farming. The Jamestown settlers were slow to learn how to farm in the new world.
The most serious problem in the he early years of Jamestown was that the settlers did not have the pioneering skills needed to survive. They were not used to hard work because most were nobles.
Many of the early settlers who lived in colonial Jamestown were farmers. These were small families who worked the farm themselves. This work consumed their daily lives.
John Smith, who did not let people eat unless they work, was the leader of Jamestown.
they didn't have enough food because they didn't want to work and the rule was work or no food
Many of the early settlers who lived in colonial Jamestown were farmers. These were small families who worked the farm themselves. This work consumed their daily lives.
He forced the settlers to work harder and rewarded them with food.
Actually it was John Smith who saved Jamestown by making the settlers work. If they didn't work, they didn't get any food. Later, John Rolfe planted tobacco and the economy flourished.