HIST 2055 Lecture : Lecture 3 First Colonists
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King"s aid: once again the settlers fall on hard times, he leaves his wife and daughter, and finds he will not get. John white the governor returns to england to ask for the. John white spends most of his time drawing supplies, because of the spanish armada. John white cannot even raise goods on his own: english beat the spanish and the golden age of queen no supplies. England: takes a while for things to get better, by 1616 about 2,000 colonists arrive at jamestown by the end of the year only 300, the bad year 1622. Virginia company: headright system, ploy to get people to come to virginia. Indentured servants: life as a servant was terrible, when you are a poor person in england with no prospects, sign a contract in the new world, poor landless young men 92% were not married, most under age of.
