American colonies
Jamestown
- Looking for gold
- Sailed from London
- Named after king James
- Grew tobacco, staple crops, cotton, rice, and corn
- Pocahontas married John Ralf and she delivered messages back and forth
- John Smith saved the colony by making sure they kept peace with the indians
- 440 out of first 500 people died because of lack of food and disease
- Indians traded the settlers food for things like beads
Plymouth
- Plymouth rock
- Traded fish and furs
- Grew basic crops
- From England
- John smith was the explorer that name the area Plymouth
- Sailed on the Mayflower
- Good relations with the Wampanoags
- Made it back to England with 50 out of the 102 people
- Disease and lack of food were problems
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