Essay On Virginia Colony

The Virginian Colony was founded in 1607 as the first permanent English colony. The founders name was John Smith. This colony was in the Southern region. Trade and profits were the reason this colony was founded. Many of our countries morals today come from the founding of the Virginia colony. Food that was eaten in the Virginia colony was from all around the world such as: Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Germany, slaves from Africa, and Native American tribes. Many diverse foods were a result of this time period. Maize (corn), beans, squash, cranberries, sunflower seeds, and chestnuts were some of the crops adopted from the Native Americans. Wild-growing foods were also eaten, such as: berries, grapes, onions and plums. After being imported, rye, wheat, oats, cabbage, peas, carrots and beets were also consumed. Apple orchards flourished at this time. As for meats, fish, deer, buffalo and wild fowl were eaten. Pigs were the most widely consumed animals. Because of the slaves at the time,

A group of investors, the Virginia Company of London, was given a charter by King James I. This charter gifted permission to establish this colony. 144 settlers sailed to the New World but only 104 made it, due to death. 27% died on this voyage. The settlers landed in the mouth of a river and named it James, after king James. May 14, 1607 was the day the Jamestown settlement was made. In the first few days of the first fort, the Powhatan Indians attacked the colonists. Once established, the Virginia colony had nothing to offer England. This all changed when John Rolfe introduced tobacco. Tobacco changed a poor useless colony into a thriving cash crop colony in just a few years. After the American Revolution, many farmers began growing grains such as wheat, oats, and corn. These crops required fewer workers to grow, didn’t take as many nutrients as tobacco growing did, and was in great demand in