1. Gordon describes the eastern Indians as being "neolithic" because at the time, even though their tools were sophisticated, they were not made of metal, which in the eyes of Gordon meant they were still in the stone age. Although he goes on to express that he also considered them to be an advanced culture. Teaching settlers their methods on how to survive in the wilderness. 2. According to Gordon, by the beginning of the sixteenth century, there were two significant technological developments that forever altered human history and made the New World a possibility. The two developments being the printing press (which would bring down the Church 's monopoly) and the full-rigged ship (which made long ocean voyages possible, opening the door to discovery). 3. Two inventions, according to Gordon, helped in the development of the New World. One sourcing from Italy during the fifteenth century; double-entry bookkeeping. This new development made it possible to detect errors faster and easier than before. It also was a much more …show more content…
The Virginia Company made many mistakes when it came to successfully managing and establishing the colony of Jamestown. The few that Gordon is referring to would be the Virginia Company 's incompetence in the way that they promised gold with no guarantee and when there was no gold for sure they were convinced that the Mica the they had instead was similar to that of a gold ore. Time, money, and labor was spent and wasted on hopes for gold. Then the company wasn 't treating the workers right by retaining title to the land, basically making the colonists work like peasants. This created a mentality among the colonists that no one was very inspired to work hard for the company. The colonists were also uneducated in the matters of survival in the wilderness so when winter came many died of starvation. Another mistake to add, would be the endless shipment of recruits, many of which also died because of the incompetence of the Virginia