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    A crucial factor in the migration of the Jamestown colony was the discovery of tobacco’s successful growth in the Chesapeake soil. Francis Drake’s heavy load of “jovial weed” procured in the West Indies in 1586‚ popularized it among the upper class and launched an addiction that still continues to this very day. James I denouncing on the effects of smoking failed to stop the smoking craze‚ as he had described it as “loathsome to the eye‚ hateful to the nose‚ harmful to the brain‚ and dangerous to

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    John White was an artist and a cartographer who traveled from England to the outer banks of North Carolina in 1585. John White was at the Roanoke Island for about thirteen months before returning home to England for more supplies. He made a series of paintings of indigenous people‚ plants and animals almost over seventy paintings. The purpose of his paintings he thought was to give the people back home an idea of what the new world was like. Despite the significance the watercolor paintings were

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    ready to be planted. This was what sparked the First ________ War. | Powhatan | * In 1614‚ the peace settlement in the First Anglo Powhatan War resulted in the marriage between John _____ and Pocahontas. | Rolfe | * The saving grace of the Jamestown colony was ________. | tobacco | * The true end to the First Powhatan War was John Rolfe’s ________. | marriage | * In 1622‚ a surprise attack on the English settlers by the Powhatan allowed for the English to fight back‚ seizing the land

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    large part in the politics and development of the British North American colonies. The first settlers who established Jamestown in 1607 were looking for riches similar to those found by the Spanish in Central America. After finding no treasure and on the brink of collapse they developed a cash crop economy and by doing so created the first stable British colony. The success of Jamestown combined with religious tensions between Anglicans and Protestants in England‚ caused the Puritans to form the Massachusetts

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    colonies and British government began to develop many conflicts. From the start of the first English settlement in Jamestown‚ to the English Civil War‚ French and Indian War‚ the Declaratory Act‚ Boston Massacre‚ all built up to the final and main cause of the American Revolution‚ which was the battle of Lexington and Concord. ------------------------------------------------- When Jamestown was first founded only 104 men had endured the journey from England to the New World. Because the new colonists

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    about his life as an indentured servant just three months after arriving to the colony. As we can see from the author’s narrative‚ Virginia of 1623 was a different place from England. It was the first permanent English settlement in the new world (Jamestown). This land of marsh like consistency and vast forests contained some hostile Native Americans‚ (pirates‚ and rogues who could and did attack at any time). Subsequently these Indians resisted slavery; they protected their homeland and way of life

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    Bailey Kargo! IB HOTA 3rd period English vs. Spanish Colonization From 1500 to 1700‚ the English colonization of the Chesapeake region and the Spanish colonization of the Central/South American region varied greatly in their primary motivations for settlement and the lasting effects imprinted into both societies. The English motives in settling the Chesapeake region were more economically-based‚ seeking greater economic opportunity and employment‚ while the Spanish effort took on a more

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    gifts of food to the colony. On other occasions‚ encounters between the colonists and the tribes turned violent‚ and the Native Americans occasionally killed colonists who strayed alone outside the fort. (http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-247837/Jamestown-Colony#849030.hook) In fact the dependency on food that the English settlers had was so great that Captain

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    “Slavery did not begin in 1619 at Jamestown‚ but it is clear that within a generation of the arrival of these African captives‚ Virginia law began to recognize the existence of slavery within the colony. Also‚ it is erroneous to claim that the twenty Africans who arrived at Jamestown in 1619 represent the first Africans to set foot on the lands that eventually became the United States.” Slavery has been a social issue for many years… it is present till this day. Unfortunately‚ it is just not as

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    John Smith and Benjamin Franklin were both remarkable men known for their writings and works. There are many similarities between these two men‚ such as they were both authors. There are also many differences. John Smith “served as a foot soldier for the English in the Scottish Lowlands” (pg.16) and he was also an adventurer. Benjamin Franklin was a “-scientist‚inventor‚ educator‚ statesmen...and foremost a printer.” (pg.94). Here are some of the comparisons between Franklin and Smith. As I had

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