A disease-ridden, bug-infested swamp with bad water: what a place to found a colony! But there were advantages as well to what was chosen as the site of the first permanent English settlement in North America.
To learn more about each reason contributing to the selection of Jamestown in 1607, click on the title next to each of the six images below.
During the war, crop demands were high, this increased harvest fields. Then after the war, the demand of crops fell sharply. The farmers had a lot of crops, but weren't able to sell everything. They couldn't get enough money to pay off their debts. That was the start of the great depression.
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The Arabian Peninsula (in beige) includes the nine<span> (</span>9<span>) countries of Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, The United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.</span>
