How Did The Realities of the New World Affect The Plans Of Colonizers?
How did the realities of the New World affect the plans of the colonizers? There were many things that the colonizers from Europe did not anticipate in the New World. The many things they did not expect were strange plants, landscapes, weather, and mysterious natives. When they arrived to the Americas, they indeed found themselves in a New World. The colonizers would need to adapt to their new surroundings.
When the colonists arrived in the New World May 1607, they founded Jamestown, the first English Colony established in the Americas.What they had uncovered in that land were many strange plants and other organisms living there. The settlers had failed to provide crops, due to the fact that it was too late in the year. The men among these settlers were not equipped to handle the manual labor in creating a colony. Not even the servants of these gentlemen were able to endure the labor. This was quite the setback in the colonizers plans in the New World. In result of the failing crops and the unskillfulness of the men among the settlers, half of the settlers died that first winter.
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“Instead of stressing farming and public improvements..”(Pg.32)--which was a big factor in the survival of the colonists-- “... they directed the energies of the colonists into such fuil labors as searching for gold”(Pg.32). What they needed was farmers, fishermen, and carpenters, men who would help build the colony. Lastly, the lack of sufficient, knowledgeable leaders was a major setback for the colonists. They didn’t realize in order to survive, they would need to grow their own crops and not rely on supplies from