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Why did Jamestown Colony succeed while other colonies failed?

Why did Jamestown Colony succeed while other colonies failed?. Building the colony. First settlers arrived in May 24, 1607 Virginia Company 105 men and boy s. The Lost Colony: Roanoke. First English colony in America Led by Sir Richard Grenville, Ralph Lane

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Why did Jamestown Colony succeed while other colonies failed?

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  1. Why did Jamestown Colony succeed while other colonies failed?

  2. Building the colony • First settlers arrived in May 24, 1607 • Virginia Company • 105 men and boys

  3. The Lost Colony: Roanoke • First English colony in America • Led by Sir Richard Grenville, Ralph Lane • Colonists: ill-prepared, depended upon Indians for food, kidnap Indians for information

  4. First Roanoke Colony • The first Roanoke colony lasted for ten months • Sir Francis Drake’s visit • End of the first colonial attempt

  5. Second group of settlers • July 22, 1587 • Re-established relations with the neighboring Croatan Indians-> failed • Colonistsconvinced Governor White to return to England-> failed • August 18, 1590 settlement was deserted

  6. What happened with them? • Managedto get to Croatoan Island? • Joined the Indian tribes? • Got killed by Indians?

  7. Jamestown: The troubled beginning • Group of gentlemen who didn’t have the skills to sustain life • Arrived to late for planting crops • Bad location for living

  8. The man that made a failure to success • Peace with Indians • Trading with the Indians • Hard times: disease, famine

  9. Final Success • John Rolfe and the tobacco • 1614, John Rolfe began to successfully harvest tobacco • He married Pocahontas

  10. Why was Jamestown a success? • Better relations with the Indians • Charismatic leader • No need for British supplies • Tobacco plantation

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