Jamestown/Plymouth
History Project
Plymouth
November 1620 the Mayflower arrived in Cape Cod Massachusetts. They landed north of their destination. The unloaded near what today is Plymouth Rock
Jamestown
Virginia Company of London financed 100 colonists
Named the first permanent English settlement Jamestown in 1607 Colony was on swampland
Bad drinking water and poor farmland
Wasted time looking for gold
Many died the first year from disease and starvation
Jamestown
Jamestown,Virginia was the first permanent English settlement.
Jamestown On Swampland
The colony Jamestown was founded on swampland they had no fresh water and poor farmland.
First English Settlement Founded
Jamestown was the first Permanent English settlement.