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Two rocky beginnings: Jamestown and Plymouth — Homework
Answer in complete sentences.
- 1.Who founded Jamestown, in what year, and for what purpose?
- 2.What crop eventually made Jamestown profitable, and who introduced it?
- 3.What was the Mayflower Compact, and why did the Pilgrims sign it before landing?
- 4.Who was Tisquantum, and what is honest about his story?
- 5.Write a short paragraph explaining why the "starving time" and the Pilgrims' first winter show that both colonies nearly failed.
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