What Makes Jamestown Successful

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In Colonial Williamsburg Journal, Smith forced everyone to work and also made a new rule that said "if you don't work, you don't eat,” meaning who does not work, neither shall eat. The rule was necessary because a lot of the settlers were just sitting around expecting others to build houses, grow crops, and hunt for food. America’s first permanent English colony was Jamestown founded in Virginia in 1607. The colony, Jamestown was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London which was a group of investors who had hoped to profit from the journey. It followed several earlier failed attempts such as the Lost Colony of Roanoke. What exactly makes a colony successful? Economic success, survival, quality of life, being able to grow, and be able to protect itself against enemies. Jamestown was a failure that so many people died so quickly. It was the first permanent settlement in America but they didn’t find the gold they were searching and hoping for and lost many people while in the process of it. I would ensure a good and successful beginning, planning the Jamestown colony socially, economically, and organizing future plans. …show more content…

I would have set some principles which would be the harder you work, the more productive you are, the greater your individual reward so that would expand the prosperity of the community altogether in the long run. Unity is key. Allowing Native Americans to work with us would help us grow because they know how the land works. The type of government system would include a variety of genuine people who would listen to everyone’s opinion and come up with great

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