英语翻译ThedevelopmentofJamestowninVirginiaduringthesecondhalfoftheseventeenthcenturywascloselyrelatedtothemakingandusingofbricks.Thereareseveralpracticalreasonswhybricksbecameimportanttothecolony.Althoughthef

　　英语翻译

　　ThedevelopmentofJamestowninVirginiaduringthesecondhalfofthe

　　seventeenthcenturywascloselyrelatedtothemakingandusingofbricks.There

　　areseveralpracticalreasonswhybricksbecameimportanttothe

　　colony.

　　Althoughtheforestscouldinitiallysupplysufficienttimber,the

　　processoflumberingwasextremelydifficult,particularlybecauseofthelack

　　ofroads.Later,whenthetimberonthepeninsulahadbeendepleted,woodhadto

　　bebroughtfromsomedistance.Buildingstonewasalsoinshortsupply.

　　However,asclaywasplentiful,itwasinevitablythatthecolonistswouldturn

　　tobrickmaking.

　　Inadditiontopracticalreasonsforusingbrickasthe

　　principalconstructionmaterial,therewasalsoanideologicalreason.Brick

　　representeddurabilityandpermanence.TheVirginiacompanyofLondoninstructed

　　thecoloniststobuildhospitalsandnewresidencesoutofbrick.In1662,the

　　townActoftheVirginiaAssemblyprovidedfortheconstructionofthirty-two

　　brickbuildingsandprohibitedtheuseofwoodasaconstructionmaterial.Had

　　thislaweverbeensuccessfullyenforced,Jamestownwouldhavebeenamodel

　　city.Instead,theresidentsfailedtocomplyfullywiththelaw;andby1699

　　Jamestownhadcollapsedintoapileofrubblewithonlythreeorfourhouses

　　wherepeoplecouldstay.