was the first destruction of the Native Americans. After that‚ about twenty years passed before the English tried to settle on the Atlantic Coast of North America. In 1607 they formed a settlement in a mosquito-infested swamp 60 miles from the mouth of the James River in the Chesapeake Bay region. They called the new village Jamestown in honor of their king‚ James I. the 104 adventurers who started the colony were shareholders in the Virginia Company‚ a joint-stock company established in London in
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SUMMARY HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHAPTER 3 : OLD ENGLISH * Old English is a first English language that spoken by Germanic tribes ( Anglo ‚ Saxons ‚ Jutes‚ Frisians ) from 450 S until 1150 S. (The period which full inflection because during most of this period the endings of the noun‚ the verb and the adjective are preserved more or less unimpaired) * Old English has 4 main dialects => Northumbrian ‚ Mercian ‚ West Saxon ‚ Kentish Northumbrian & Mercian are found in the region
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The most important contribution to European expansion was the search for new trade routes. Christopher Columbus in 1492 accidentally stumbled across the Americas on his way to India in search of foreign goods and a new‚ quicker path to get to them. The Europeans already had trade routes‚ but each of them had a flaw. Either the route was too long‚ too costly‚ or too long. The main countries of their times sent different explorer’s to find new trade routes. Portuguese Prince Henry (the Navigator)
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FRQ #2: Analyze the origins and development of slavery in Britain’s North American colonies in the period 1607 to 1776. The founding of the majority of American colonies was either for an economic profit or for religious freedom. To make the colonies founded for an economic profit‚ a large work force was needed. For many religious colonies that turned into huge economic powers‚ they used the Protestant work ethic. Other colonies decided to use indentured servants originally‚ but this ended up turning
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Chapter One: A New World The most detailed American historical records begin after European colonization (2). Countless amounts of people recorded the history America captivated until the present times. Answers to many of the questions some people have about America hides in the past‚ but a good amount of documents provide the public important evidence for some. Explaining how Europeans settled in the New World with various ways of doing so‚ and why Indians and Europeans live differently will take
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intended it to be‚ no one knew what would happen once they arrived in “The New World” to be claimed as “Virginia” It seems that more than one Charter was created by the Charter of the Virginia Company of London in fact it was Three Charters enacted by 1620. It seems that all the charters were governed by one instruction‚ and it seems also that the main goal of the instructions was “PROFIT” by any means. As we learn later in time‚ some of the ships sailed from England to “Virginia Colony” were off course
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development of dramatically different societies in New England and the Chesapeake region by 1700. Equality-oriented and deeply religious Puritans settled the rocky‚ unfertile New England region. The first settlement within New England was Plymouth in 1620‚ and its original inhabitants were English Puritans who sought refuge from the King of England. From the beginning‚ the Puritan settlers in Plymouth observed that the land proved inhospitable to farming. This led the settlers to find other ways of
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Today at 9:01 PM Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. Changes in religion‚ economics‚ politics‚ and social structures illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans. By 1763‚ although some colonies still maintained established churches‚ other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution
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Europeans in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th century had a new state of mind as a result of the Renaissance. They had many motives for exploring since they had many hopes and ideas about other places. They also wanted better lives when the Europeans immigrated as well as fame and fortune as a result of their explorations. The Europeans in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th century undertook exploration and settlement due to a combination of social‚ political and economical motivations. One of the main reasons that
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providing them with beaver pelts. The Dutch viewed the Indians as trading partners and therefore a source of wealth. Most of the Dutch fur traders lacked manners and often attempted to cheat the Indians. The English colonies first settlement was in Jamestown in 1607. The English mostly forced natives off their lands and they were cruel and justified their cruelty with religious reasons. The English treated the indigenous people as a lower class of people; they believed that the natives stood in their way
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