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    John Smith’s Story of Pocahontas The story of Pocahontas and John Smith took place around the early 1600s. This was around the time period of Jamestown. Jamestown is located in Virginia where Pocahontas’s tribe lived. The emperor of Pocahontas’s tribe showed Smith generosity and kindness to him. Advertisement was very popular and was used many times to get people to come to America. No one questioned Smiths story for 250 years‚ so no one knew what happened for sure. Smith exaggerated to bring people

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    of the settlers‚ and the natural resources and climate of the region. Although located in different parts of the Americas they shared similarities and differences. In 1607‚ James I granted a charter for the settlement of Virginia. The first settlement in the Virginia colony was Jamestown on the James River‚ named after the King James. Virginia was one of the Southern Colonies. Virginia was a royal colony‚ directly controlled under the king. Initially the settlers were interested in gold rather

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    from drinking polluted water. The Algonquian Indians also were a deadly threat to the settlement‚ killing many of the settlers. In 1611‚ the colony had no economic viability‚ and most of the original settlers had perished due to disease‚ famine‚ and Indian attack. One settler‚ John Rolfe‚ brought tobacco seeds from the Caribbean. He and many other settlers began growing and exporting the tobacco. The Jamestown Colony now had economic viability‚ which led Britain to send more settlers with new supplies

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    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 religious

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    continue for the rest of colonial times and assure its dominance on the seas‚ in America‚ Africa‚ and Asia. Jamestown-Jamestown was the first stable english colony‚ it showed that England could have a colony so far away and it could sustain itself. Although it took forever for Jamestown to learn to farm. Jamestown was also the first to bring tobacco to england. A major cash crop for Jamestown. Theocracy- In theocracy the clergy are politically in charge of the country and religious law trumps

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    D.    England Plants the Jamestown Seedling 1.       In 1606‚ a joint-stock company‚ the Virginia Company of London‚ received a charter form King James I for a settlement in the New World a.      The main attraction was the promise of gold‚ combined with a strong desire to find a passage through America to the Indies b.      Like most joint-stock companies‚ it was intended to last for only a few years‚ after which its owners hoped to liquidate it for profit c.      The arrangement put severe

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    I watched the movie‚ “The New World” which was directed by Terence Malick. This film is based upon the historical figure of Pocahontas and her life after the arrival of the English at Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1607. Malick chose to tell the story of the initial contact between white settlers and Native Americans from both viewpoints- simultaneously. The New World stars newcomer and Native American actress Q’orianka Kilcher as Pocahontas‚ Colin Farrell‚ as Captain John Smith‚ and Christian Bale‚ as John

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    In June of 1606‚ King James I granted a charter to a group of London entrepreneurs‚ the Virginia Company‚ to establish a satellite English settlement in the Chesapeake region of North America. By December‚ 104 settlers sailed from London instructed to settle Virginia‚ find gold‚ and seek a water route to the Orient. Some traditional scholars of early Jamestown history believe that those pioneers could n knew nothing of or thought it beneath their station to tame a wilderness. Recent historical and

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    Chapter Study Outline I. England and the New World A. Reasons for England’s late entry 1. Protracted religious strife catholics persecuted by edward‚ mary becomes queen-executes protestants‚ mary’s rule makes reconciliation with rome impossible 2. Continuing struggle to subdue Ireland absorbed money and energy directed towards new world B. England and North America 3. Early ventures a. Humphrey Gilbert’s failed Newfoundland colony

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    Us History Began in 1607

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    but after doing research I have found different dates in which U.S History might have started. I think that it just all depends on the person and their judgment. The topic is “U.S History began in 1607”. The year 1607‚ which marks the settlement of Jamestown‚ the first permanent English colony in North America‚ is certainly one of the more significant dates in early American history (Sage). But after reading and researching that date‚ I have come to find that many people were on the land way before

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