Part one of term paper
Jamestown was considered by many scholars as the first permanent English settlement in North America. Jamestown was founded on May 14, 1607 by a group of settlers led by Captain Christopher Newport, who was hired by the London Company. In looking at the first fifty years of the colony's existence, historians have learned much about early colo ...

Part two of term paper
... charter placed full powers in a council assigned by the king, with a president elected by the other members. The president had virtually no authority of his own; and the council spent most of their time "bickering" and "intriguing" against one another instead of "planting" and "gathering" food. There was no true "absolute" power, hence no control over the "lazy" council. Another explanation for its failure to feed itself is the "collective organization" of labor in the colony. The colonists were ...