Learning English A lot of international students come to America to learn English. Learning English is important because it is the most common language in the world. Almost 60% people in the world use English regularly. Learning English is very important because it improves one’s chance of getting a good job‚ helps one communicate in foreign countries‚ and broadens one’s social networking. First‚ learning English improves the chance of getting a good job. Companies which deal with international
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disadvantage: it would be if it were moved or half illiterate. And the reasons to say so. The aim of this paper is‚ then‚ to see these reasons and educate youth and their families from the enormous importance of acquiring the language. First‚ it is the tool that allows communication with people from other countries in the globalized world in which we live. It is indisputable: English has become the global language of communication par excellence‚ one of the most popular in the world. Is an official
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English Colonies Among the new colonies war and fighting seems to be a hot topic for all. I personally wouldn’t have minded to live in Pennsylvania or South Carolina. The great land and location to water made both of these good destinations. It wasn’t a tough choice to choose the colonies I wanted to live in. On the other hand the ones I wanted to avoid were most of them. The Caribbean islands and Georgia seemed like a bit of a downfall. They aren’t completely bad‚ but there’s enough evidence
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for a Northwest Passage and other things to gain power for their country. The first successful Colony‚ Jamestown‚ was founded in 1607. In 1624 Jamestown became of royal colony with a governor after losing its charter. Later the pilgrims‚ a subgroup of the Puritans‚ traveled and founded Plymouth‚ the first English colony in present day Massachusetts.The pilgrims formed the Mayflower Compact because they were outside the boundaries of their charter and
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Shannon Springstead Honors US History 1 09/09/13 Jamestown Jamestown settlement was the first successful establishment when the 13 colonies on North America were founded. In 1606‚ King James I sent a charter known as the First Charter of Virginia to the Virginia Company in order to assign land rights to colonists. By assigning land rights‚ King James I had a better grip on propagating the Anglican Religion to the settlers. He also had the intentions of rectifying other countries from
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Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement. Its founding expedition was launched by the Virginia Company of London‚ purely for profit. The 144 men who set sail for America in 1607 were entrepreneurs‚ meaning that their main reasons for settling in Virginia were for economic gain. The expedition was chartered by James I of England‚ making the future site of Jamestown a royal colony‚ and therefore supported by England. The men who traveled to Virginia were not known for their work ethic;
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Jamestown was one of the first attempts to establish a colony by the English settlers. The key word in the previous sentence: attempts. This word implies that the feat attempted was not a success‚ and in this case‚ the implication is quite correct. Jamestown failed because of severely strained Indian relations over resource supplies‚ an almost absolute lack of planning‚ which is a result of insufficient leadership‚ and environmental issues including lack of reliable water sources. Jamestown failed
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the main reason that Jamestown was not able to grow sufficiently was that of the friction between the Indians and the English settlers. The Powhatans and the Chesapeake usually had their arguments against the Englishmen‚ which often resulted in fights and attacks later. The English constantly tried to resort to peace with the Indians in exchange for their corn to survive. However‚ due to the Indians resistance and their unwelcoming nature to helping the Englishmen‚ the English instead killed the Indians
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Impact of the English Reformation and the Restoration on the English Colonies From the turmoils of establishing a stable political and religious identity in all of Europe‚ and England in particular‚ gave rise to the English Reformation and subsequently the Restoration era in the 16th and 17th centuries. While the onset of both the English Reformation and the Restoration era had a prominent impact on the colonies in the New World in regards to religious freedom‚ they differed in that the
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for themselves. Men from all walks of life‚ most of them were poor men ages 17-35. Little did they know that 70 of the settlers would be dead in a year. These settlers died because of three main reasons: the environment that they placed their town‚ the social relations they had‚ and finally the skill set that was brought over from England. The first cause of death were the environmental problems that the settlers had to deal with they were all just really bad timing and placement. The island was
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