When famine struck the settlers in the Jamestown colony during the winter of 1609- 10, starving colonists turned to cats, dogs, snakes, and rats to stay alive. When that was gone, they boiled their ruff collars, which had been stiffened… Read More
Of the approximately 6000 people who came from England to settle in Virginia between 1607 and 1624, only about 1200 survived.
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As any ninth grader who’s slogged through Julius Caesar can tell you, Shakespeare borrowed some of his plots from history. But at least two of Shakespeare’s plays were probably inspired by current events from his own day.
He wrote The… Read More