Tale of two colonies
With work and kids I want to write a series that is not well crafted and just conveys the key ideas. It’s based on my visit to American History Museum in DC, Jamestown, Yorktown and Williamsburg # Origin story for British colonies in India and US is similar - Britain had a colony in India. Britian had a colony in US - Both were started around the same time. 1610 first factory was established in India and 1607 the first settlement was established at Jamestown - Both were started by private companies headed by the same person. Thomas smythe # How they were different? - Native population in one colony was still in Stone Age. The native population in the other was more advanced than the European settlers with sophisticated culture, technology and weaponry - One colony was sparsely populated. The other was dense and full of people - Britian knew almost nothing about one colony. On the other hand it had been in continuous contact through land ba...