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Life in the 1600s was hard in Chesapeake. Colonists faced brutal summer heat and humidity, spells of hunger, heavy labor, outbreaks of conflict, and illness. Along with the usual maladies, diseases for which they had no immunity ravaged newcomers. Limited medical knowledge and lack of larger family support made their lives even more precarious. A high Death Rate of young people and the chronic shortage of women forced the settlers to rely on recent immigrants to renew their population. Not until the 1700s could American-born colonists increase their numbers
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What were the crops in the chesapeake colonies?
Since the climate of the chesapeake colonies was so much like that of the middle colonies they had very good soil in the chesapeake colonies. Deciding to grow a lot of tobacco. Tobacco was the main crop though there was some shipbuilding and shipping to ship the tobacco to the other colonies and back to England.
Three regions of the English colonies?
The Chesapeake, The New England, The Middle Colonies, and The South.
Is merchant Lyte a real person or a made up character?
in johnny tremain he is...but in real life, i dont think so
What does the quote everyone is trying to accomplish something big not realizing life is made up of little things?
It means that everyone wants to accomplish the big goals in their life that they try so hard that they do not see that life is about the climb not the final destination.
Is the nation worth dying for?
No. But Hitler thought so, one of his famous sayings was "what is life ? Life is the nation. Beyond the life of the individual is the life of the nation".
