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    1st Nov‚ 2013 John Smith – The General History of VirginiaNew England and the Summer Isles After reading the excerpt from John Smith’ book I wondered what his intention was to write this book in the way he did. Did he really want to tell how his exploration looked like or did he try to push himself into the spotlight and to gain fame by describing his deeds like a heroic saga? Was John Smith more an attendance-seeker than a serious explorer‚ who just wants to state the facts? Right at the

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    religious and political matters‚ Virginia varied considerably from the New England colonies. The Church of England was the established church in Virginia‚ which meant taxpayers paid for the support of the church whether or not they were Anglicans. A lack of clergymen and few churches kept many Virginians from attending church. Religion thus was of secondary importance in the Virginia colony. While New England was a land of towns and villages surrounded by small farms‚ Virginia and Maryland were characterized

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    out the most were the New England Colonies and the Virginia colony. There were many differences‚ for example‚ New England colonies were full of families while the Virginia colony was mostly dominated by males. They mostly had differences and had few things in common. The foundations of the colonies were different. The New England colonies were founded because the founders wanted freedom of religion. The founders of these colonies were the Puritans. They came to this New World so they can build

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    Diction From The General History of Virginia by John Smith‚ there is a confusing kind of diction. The words used in this passage is commonly spoken in the 16th century. I think John Smith’s goal was to use colloquial vocabulary. This thought came to mind because back then everyone used those words. This whole passage has confusing vocabulary but in reality its simple when you brake it down. John Smith himself is a pilgrim and when he speaks of them he refers to them as pilgrims instead

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    a kiss to wake up a sleeping princess to love at first sight‚ anything is imaginable throughout the films. Even Pocahontas fell in love with Caption John Smith while he came to explore the New World. Or did they? In the Disney movie “Pocahontas” there are conflicting facts from “The General History of Virginia” by John Smith; in each there are differences like appearance‚ location‚ and happily ever after endings. Paragraph One: Difference in age when the two met What

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    Sharukh Khan Period 5 John Smith The General History Of Virginia The General History of Virginia is the story of John Smith on his way to the New World and his encounters with the Native Americans. John Smith writes in first person and then changes to third person later during the story when referring himself. He also refers to the Native Americans as barbarians and savages. John smith uses numerous amount of literary elements such as Diction‚ Tone‚ Syntax‚ Unity and Persona‚ while writing

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    nturies‚ colonizers reached the  New World‚ which had previously been discovered‚ for various incentives. England‚ in  particular‚ sent numerous groups to two major areas. The New England and the Chesapeake  region were of English descent‚ however‚ both emerged to be very different societies by 1700.  Both grew to have their own unique identities. These separate identities spurred from the  reasoning behind their settlement to the New World. By 1700‚ New England and the Chesapeake  region became two distinct societies

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    settlers began arriving on the James River in Chesapeake Bay‚ region of Virginia‚ in the spring of 1607.They hoped to make the first permanent English settlement. But‚ there were many things that almost wiped out the whole settlement. There were three main causes of death; disease‚ starvation/dehydration‚ and attacks. Most of the available water supply was brackish and contaminated by the settlers themselves. The American land was new to the settlers‚ and gave them a harder time with unskilled workers

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    The History of the British Isles. Around 3000 years BC many parts of Europe including the British Isles‚ were inhabited by a people called the Iberians. Some of their descendants are still found in the North of Spain (the Iberia Peninsula). We don’t know much about these early people. We can learn something from there skeletons‚ their weapons. The Iberians used stone weapons and tools. During the period from the 6th to the 3rd century BC‚ a people called Celts‚ spread across Europe from the East

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