![]() ![]() ![]() This event, according to Horn, further strained the relationship between the British and the Indians. Therefore, the interest of the colonizers altered to form large diversified companies. Horn describes the reasons behind the change in the interest of Virginia Company and clearly explains why the settlers came to believe that no large gains could be garnered from the precious metals. Horn clearly describes why settling in America was important for the British and why the Spaniards were anxious to capture Jamestown. The events occurring in Jamestown presented a global context by Horn by associating the events in Virginia to that of the other parts of the world. He presents the events that occurred among the settlers in Jamestown, the colonizers in England and Spain, and the alliance in Powhatan. Horn creates a vivid picture of the early years of British colonization in Virginia. ![]() The timeline of the book is from 1607 to 1622, i.e., from the time of the colony’s settlement until the Powhatan uprising. ![]() The book chronicles eras of bloodshed and brutality by both the British and the Indians. It traces the history of the permanent settlement of the British in the New World with the dissolution of the Virginia Company in the 1620s. The narrative of the book presents devious, materialistic, and belligerent settlers and hostile natives fighting with each other for the share of land and natural wealth. ![]()
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