Origins--Generally �Losers� Founded America

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it Jamestown after James I. Most of the settlers from Jamestown faced many hardships. They fell sick from drinking the river water, and out of the nearby swamps came mosquitoes carrying a dread fever. Hostile Indians lurked in surrounding forests ready to attack settlers at any moment. Like the settlers from Jamestown, another group of people who faced extreme hardships were the Pilgrims. The Pilgrims landed on the bleak shore and gave the name of Plymouth to their settlement. Life was very difficult at first for the early settlers at Plymouth, as it had been for those at Jamestown. When the Pilgrims landed, winter was upon them. They had no chance to get enough food or to build warm houses. Over the next few months, half the population perished from cold, hunger, and disease. I feel these two colonies, prove my point of losers founding the New World, because settlers from both colonies were very unprepared. I think it shows they are fairly unintelligent for not being ...

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