<span>The colonists at Jamestown, the second English colony in what would later become the United States, faced a slew of fatal problems. A prolonged drought that made growing food crops and finding fresh water difficult led to starvation and the drinking of contaminated water, which, along with the swampy area’s plentiful mosquitoes, contributed to the spread of deadly diseases. The settlers also faced conflict with the indigenous people, poor leadership in their own community, the extreme heat and cold of Virginia’s climate, and the fact that they were, overall, woefully unprepared to survive in such harsh conditions.</span>
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They created irrigation systems and used canals to control flooding. They also used the silt brought by the floods to help with their farming.
Jane Addams' social work movement was sparked through the witnessing of social injustice toward women of her time. In the United States at the time, women lacked many rights that men already had. Seeing this as a problem of inequality in the United States, this inspired Jane Addams to begin her movement of social work to aid women's causes in the United States with the ultimate goal of equality in the form of voting rights, property ownership, etc
Its a controversy between whether or not the idea was adopted in England prior to 1066. But the word comes from a French word meaning to "I swear under oath". First place recorded of having a jury was in America during the Pilgrims era for a murder case. Hope that helps.
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