Introduction
The Jamestown Colony was the first successful British colony in the "New World." However, it did have more than its fare share of difficulties. It almost failed due to issues like poor leadership, poor native relations and a complete lack of understanding of the land they settled on.
Task
You will embark on a quest to try and help the settlers at Jamestown by understanding the challenges they faced. You will formulate a plan to help them avoid those challenges, and then travel back in time to show them your plan and help them.
Process
View the following pages to better understand the challenges the settlers faced. You should be keeping notes on their issues and the ideas you have to fix some of their problems.
- https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/a-short-history-of-jamestown.htm
- https://historicjamestowne.org/history/timeline/
- https://historicjamestowne.org/history/history-of-jamestown/first-settlers/
- https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/games/action-and-adventure/on-the-trail-of-captain-john-smith/
- https://historicjamestowne.org/archaeology/map-of-discoveries/
Evaluation
Write a paragraph explaining your plan to help the settlers through their first year in the settlement. Make sure you include "fixes" to some of the many problems they faced.
Conclusion
Now that you've helped the settlers live an "easier" life, let's explore how the rest of the colonies followed suit and grew!