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    They wanted to teach Christianity to the native population. Nearly 80% of the colonists who arrived in Jamestown are dead. What they wanted to find in America is treasure and new land to settle but‚ they found

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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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    In the song‚”The Show Goes On” by Lupe Fiasco‚ Lupe is saying that no matter what happens in life or the struggles you have‚ life must go on. Life is a show‚ even if there are mishaps or obstacles‚ the show can never end. Through thick and thin‚ life will never stop‚ you can only persevere through the dark times. In ”The Show Goes On”‚ the lyrics helps display the theme through literary devices such as metaphors‚ hyperboles‚ imagery‚ alliteration‚ and similes. The theme‚ the show must go on‚ is

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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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    Jamestown was the first successful English colony established in 1607 in Virginia‚ where the Roanoke settlers had disappeared. After King James I gave the Virginia Company of London its grant‚ three ships were sent out and sailed into Chesapeake Bay. The settlers named the peninsula after the king‚ Jamestown‚ but made poor judgment by settling in low and swampy land. The colony was weakened by disease‚ raids‚ and internal political conflicts. It was saved however by the remarkable Captain John

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    In April 26‚ 1607 the first voyagers of Jamestown land in the America’s. The first settlement conducted an election nearly after they landed in Jamestown. The commander of the 105 colonist had a secret list of seven men that were picked by England to become the colony’s councils. These men that were picked by the England monarchy was wealthy landowners. The colony’s council had a specific job‚ they had to find a leader for these colonies/people. “The Seven council men picked Captain John Smith. “Colonial

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    1607 Jamestown Va founded Virginia company founded by Captain John Smith. 1620 Mayflower Compact Plymouth founded 1619 House of Burgesses founded 1628 John Winthrop 1622 John Rolfe 1630 MA Bay Colony founded by John Winthrop 1632 Pequot war starts 1634 Maryland Colony founded 1636 Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams expelled 1637 Anne Hutchinson expelled 1638 Pequot war ended 1651 Navigation Act 1649 Maryland Toleraction Act 1639 Fundamental Orders of CT 1675 King Philips War

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    One of the many speculations of Townsend that I believed in is her theory that one of the possible reasons why Powhatan sent Pocahontas to Jamestown to try to secure Namontack’s release‚ an Indian who were held in captive by John Smith and his people‚ was because Pocahontas was probably the best translator available. Pocahontas was probably able to know the basics of the English’s language growing up since the English has been coming to their town way before she was born. She also learned more from

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    Individual Case Write Up - Cisco 1. What is an ERP system? What does it do? Enterprise Resource Planning systems are integrated software applications that assimilate internal and external information that is required to manage an organization efficiently and effectively. The system encompasses finance‚ accounting‚ manufacturing‚ sales‚ service‚ and customer relationship management and automates these activities with a unified software system. The main purpose of an ERP system is to facilitate

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    In Philadelphia on July 22‚ 1905‚ social worker and reformer‚ Florence Kelley‚ stands before mothers and wives of men who can vote at the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention. During his convention Kelley delivers a successful speech on the importance of child labor laws. As fellow suffragette‚ Kelley incorporates rhetorical strategies such as the appeal to guilt‚ rhetorical questions‚ and imagery in order to place a sense of urgency on the importance of child labor laws.

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