Jamestown, Virginia, experienced the terrible starving time
in the 1609 until next year, running out of food and becoming ridden with
diseases, that the population fell from more than 100 to only 60. According to Smith,
many of the settlers were from aristocratic backgrounds and so were not
inclined to work. Then he enforced the rule “that he that will not work shall
not eat” and enforced it with
punishments or banishment from the fort. With the rule and some luck, Smith succeeded
in making the colony self-sufficient.
The Mississippi was used for transportation and their were ports along it before the LA purchase
13th: abolished slavery
14th: due process and equal protection under the law.
the term "seprate but equal" came into play since racial segregation did not violate the 14th amendment.
15th: Granted african men to vote (women still couldnt vote at this time).
A new system came into play that involved people having to take literacy test or pay a tax to be able to vote which ended up still not allowing most african american men to vote.
