Early Virginia and its Factors of Attraction Virginia was founded in 1587 at Roanoke. The Roanoke settlement was unsuccessfully settled due to unknown reasons. The second attempt at settlement in the Virginia colony was on the James River in 1607 and was successful. Attempting to become the first permanent English settlers of the New World the colonists found themselves surrounded by hostile natives‚ famine‚ drought‚ and disease. Little did these seventeenth century colonist know‚ they were
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Throughout 1607 to 1750 colonies in Massachusetts and Virginia were being settled and growing. These two states grew up very different from each other in aspects such as their economic development and it’s affect on their politics. In 1607‚ Jamestown in Virginia was the first permanent English settlement. It was in the Chesapeake Bay area. The people abroad the ships had ideas in their heads of digging and mining to find ways of obtaining gold‚ silver‚ and copper. It was their incentive to
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1. Jamestown (1607)-In 1607‚ the English sent three ships to Virginia to start a settlement. The journey was funded by the Virginia Company who were looking for profits and the settlement was named after King James I. The English considered the location of Jamestown well since it was far inland and surrounded by water making it easier to defend against invaders. Once the British had arrived‚ they faced the threat of famine and attacks by the Algonquian tribe until they came to an agreement with
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Chapter Two: The Planning of English America: 1500-1733 1. England’s Imperial Stirrings 1. Only 10 % of the Indian population of 1492 survived 2. Colonization of North America: Spanish at Santa Fe- 1610‚ French at Quebec- 1618‚ English at Jamestown- 1607 3. English crown confiscated Catholic Irish lands and ‘planted’ them with new Protestant land lords from Scotland and England. 4. Many English soldiers developed in Ireland a sneering contempt for the ‘savage’ natives‚ an attitude that they
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before the female. Spanish Explorers In The New World was interesting because of the detail with the Indians as opposed to other stories which involve no action.<br><br>The second piece of early American literature I read was The General History. The Jamestown colony as plagued from the beginning by unfortunate circumstances. While out exploring‚ John Smith was captured by the Indians. After being brought to many chiefs‚ John Smith was brought to the emperor of the Pamaunkee. The emperor had planned to
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1) Background on both Massachusetts and Virginia a) The London Virginia Company founded Virginia in 1607. i) Started with Jamestown. b) Settled mostly by English aristocrats. c) Discovered tobacco‚ and became a monopoly. d) Pilgrims founded Massachusetts in 1620 arriving on the Mayflower. i) Pilgrims wrote the Mayflower Compact. (1) Provided a democratic government based on the opinions of everyone. e) Massachusetts and Virginia were extremely different in politics due to economic developments
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The Planting of English America 1500-1733 The Spanish were at Santa Fe in 1610. The French were at Quebec in 1608. The English were at Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1607. England’s Imperial Stirrings King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s‚ launching the English Protestant Reformation‚ and intensifying the rivalry with Catholic Spain. Elizabeth Energizes England In 1580‚ Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe‚ plundering and returning with his ship loaded with
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groups. Tobacco: main cash crop of Virginia. It was bad in that it ruined the soil‚ tied the economy to the price of one crop‚ promoted the use of many acres of large plantations and thus a need for lots of new labor‚ and as a consequence‚ slavery. Jamestown Africans: 1619 was the first recorded incident of Africans being sold in Virginia. Their status as slave‚ servant‚ or free is unknown. Lord Baltimore: founded Maryland in 1634 for financial gain and as a refuge for Catholics. Maryland Colony: started
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1607. The new settlement was called Jamestown‚ in honor of England’s King James I. The colony was settled at the edge of a swamp‚ which was a fertile breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying malaria. The Salt water from the nearby river contaminated the wells that were dug for fresh drinking water. Poor drainage meant the colonists’ own waste occasionally contaminates the water. Many setters died within a year. The Virginia Company misrepresented the Jamestown colony in their promotional pamphlet
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considered unimportant by England because there isn’t any particular order and only consist of their name and age (doc c). The Chesapeake region was founded based on the settler’s unquenchable thirst for economic power. The driving force behind the Jamestown settlement was gold. Eventually‚ the settlers almost starved to death because they were so focused on gold and glory that they did not set up adequate residencies and establish a food network. John Smith stated‚ “he who shall not work shall not eat
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