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    “Starving Time”—Jamestown struggled to survive 1. The location on the Chesapeake was swampy & located in the heart of the _________Powhatan____________________________ Indian lands 2. Colonists expected immediate wealth from gold‚ failed to plant crops‚ & faced major __starvation____________________________ 3. With the brief exception of ___John Smith _______________________‚ Jamestown lacked leadership to unify the colonists D. Jamestown Survives 1. The Jamestown colonists hoped

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    Europeans needed new markets were needed to sell their goods. on. By 1650‚ the Dutch were supreme in both southern Asia and the South Atlantic. Their empire‚ like the Portuguese earlier‚ was primarily commercial; even their North American settlements specialized in fur trading with the Indians. They acquired territory where necessary to further their commerce but tried to advance their interests by pragmatic policies‚ in accord with native cultures‚ rather than by conquest. Unlike the Spanish

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    settle. They were looking for the first permanent place to colonize. The land that the Europeans settled in is now known as Virginia. It’s noteworthy because Jamestown had the same story as Roanoke. They were both attempts for the English to settle but both mysteriously disappeared‚ and both weren’t successful. Before Jamestown and Plymouth rock there was Roanoke. John White sets out on sail to look for this place to colonize. However‚ he did not know that there were already a group of Native

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    Name: ____________________ Date: ____________________ Enduring Vision Ch 1 & 2 Use your knowledge of U.S. History to answer the following questions. Put your answer on the answer sheet. Save the answer sheet as your name‚ type your name on it‚ and email to me in 1 week. ____ 1. Which of the following is not one of the theories about how America was originally settled? 1-3 |a. |Siberian hunters crossed from Asia to North American during the last ice age.

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    were among one of the first Europeans to arrive in the new world; and establish the first permanent settlement called Jamestown. The English later extended their settlements along the Atlantic coast‚ colonizing Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay. It was not very long after the English arrived‚ came the French to the new world. They too were searching to acquire land for themselves. These new settlements claimed by the French in the America’s where later known as “New France”. About the same time the French

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    I AM CANTONESEI

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    Dates: 1607- King James I gave the permission to start a tobacco colony: North America‚ Virginia‚ Jamestown 1620-pilgrims arrived from England 1630-Puritans arrived MA 1765-Stamp Act: purchase stamps to show you paid taxes on all printed items. Quartering Act: must feed and house soldiers 1773- Boston Tea Party: colonists dressed up as Indians‚ toss 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor 1775- The American Revolution begins this year 1776- Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense”

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    the native Americans [book & our documents] Early settlements in North America - prior to Columbus [generalization of what they were like] Influence of horses on Native Americans Chesapeake & the Lower South: Early settlement conditions – disease ridden small settlements originally established for the discovery of gold and profit. Not intended to become long term and inhabited by mainly young single men with few women or families. Jamestown relationship with Native Americans before De La Warr

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    Hudson River region. This company was succeeded in 1621 by the Dutch West India Company‚ whose charter contemplated the "peopling of those fruitful and unsettled parts‚" as well as the political and commercial government of the region. In 1624 settlement was seriously undertaken and thirty families of Walloons were sent to America‚ some settling at Albany‚ thereafter known as Fort Orange; some at Fort Nassau‚ on the Delaware; some at Hartford‚ and the rest on Long and Manhattan islands. (The Walloons

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    The British and French‚ together with the Dutch and the Swedes‚ began to establish permanent settlements along the eastern seaboard‚ in the 16th century. They did not come in search of riches; they went to America to conquer the land itself. 1.2 The colonial period The first successful settlements were established at Jamestown‚ Virginia (1607) and Plymouth Bay‚ Massachusetts (1620). Jamestown 1607: The earliest permanent settlers went to Virginia in search of treasures. They found no treasures

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    Mayflower Compact- the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the Separatists‚ also known as the "Saints"‚ fleeing from religious persecution by King James of Great Britain. Important People * Sir Walter Raleigh- established the colony of Roanoke. * Anne Hutchinson- was forced from Puritan society for my religious beliefs and moved to Rhode Island. * William Bradford- the governor of the Pilgrims in Plymouth for over 30 years. * Squanto-helped the Pilgrims

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