![]() ![]() If Jamestown collapsed, the emergence of British America and eventually the creation of the United States may never have happened.īy the time John Smith and his fellow colonists landed in Virginia in 1607, many European colonies had failed already, owing to harsh winters, rampant disease, hostile Indians (or other Europeans), and difficulties with provisioning. Instead of English, we might be speaking French, Spanish, or even Dutch. ![]() If Jamestown, England’s first permanent colony in the New World, had failed 400 years ago-and it came within a whisker of being abandoned on any number of occasions-then North America as we know it today would probably not exist. ![]()
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