US I (Honors) EssayThe times of early settlement were filled with determination to survive, to follow God's words, and to write history in everlasting memories. I will base my opinion on these primary sources: “The Starving Time” by Captain John Smith, founder of Jamestown, History of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford, Governor of the Plymouth Colony, “How They Searched for a Place to Dwell.” » and “New governor, first marriage”. I believe the settlers were bold, adventurous, determined and loyal. The first passage is “The Starving Time” by Captain John Smith, the founder of Jamestown. This passage explains the period of famine in Jamestown. Captain Smith returned to England with the ships and Captain Davis arrived in a small boat with sixteen men and a company from Jamestown. While Captain West was sent back to Jamestown among the savages who revolted, murdered and ruined everything they encountered. The rest that remained had to live on food from the Smith company. All was consumed, so thirty or forty men, accompanied by Captain West and Captain Sickelmore, were sent out to trade. Captain Sickelmore trusted Powhatan, and about thirty others were killed. Only one man escaped: Jeffrey Shortbridge. Pocahontas, the king's daughter, saved a boy named Henry Spillman who lived many years later, through her means, among the Patawomekes. Powhatan refused them trade, and Captain West returned to England. The savages then became very cruel and stole John Smith. Six months after John Smith left, sixty men remained, and they started with five hundred men. Times got so bad that a man killed his wife and ate her (he was executed). This was known as the famine period. If they...... middle of paper ......wise is an explanation for the famine at Jamestown; the second passage is based on the arrival of the first English in the lands of Plymouth. The third passage tells how the English settlers found land to live on and start their new lives. The last passage concerns the new governor and the first marriage. In conclusion, I believe I have given the correct facts to support my opinion and that I have also followed the assigned rubric with the essay. Work citedBellesiles, Michael A. Freedom Library: The Divine Right to Occupy the Land. 1998. < http://faithandfreedom.us/documents/17thcentury/cottonoccupyland.htm>.Unknown. http://www.arasmus.com/2008/11/27/john-winthrops-city-upon-a-hill-1630/>.Unknown. .Watkins, Thayer. The famine period in Virginia. < http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/starving.htm>.