Reconstruction was designed to rebuild southern states after the Civil war through physical,social,economic and political changes and aid.
Explanation
Reconstruction was the plan Abraham Lincoln and it was meant to integrate the southern states into the union. After the Civil war between the south and north,South was completely destroyed.
The economy of the south was completely dependent on agriculture and reconstruction intended to bring economic reforms to make south not so agriculture dependent and several changes in infrastructure were to be made.
the first ever colony is the colony of Virginia, if you are talking about the first permanent colony, its Jamestown
They started domesticating wheat. This wasn't their main feat however since they also started herding sheep and domesticating goats. These two enabled them to stop moving around like nomads and make a real civilization in the area which resulted in what is now known as history.