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Colonization in Early America
Elizabeth 1 argues that dividing up English resources is a bad idea Colonies were a bad idea 2: wanted to put government funding toward protestant causes 3
Sir Walter Ralegh was the earliest Englishman to make an actual attempt at colonization 1
America became attractive to English policy makers in 1580s 4
1http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=W8cr4Vgt9ekC&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=Roanoke+Colony&ots=ys19S_6b9o&sig=PnfDZvsafb5iFv5-ycyG_X3i2lY#v=onepage&q=Roanoke%20Colony&f=false
Let it not be grievance to you that you have been instruments to break the ice for others, and you shall receive credit until the worlds end 1
Humphrey gilbert 1578 only men first attempt at colonizing
2http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/985403?uid=3739936&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101134506393
In 1606 the charter for the Va company of London was issued
3http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=0nLqN74I5NUC&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=Va+company+of+london+1606+issued+charter+with+8+people+listed+on+it&ots=gvJq2JepHL&sig=rMjmgJLFk4L4ky6zmO9nOZeeQYs#v=onepage&q=Va%20company%20of%20london%201606%20issued%20charter%20with%208%20people%20listed%20on%20it&f=false
After the first year only thirty eight of the original one hundred and eight colonist were alive
4http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1894672?uid=3739936&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101134615063
5http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/1915622
“Captain Smith also made very detailed maps of the New England coast and it was likely that his maps were used to find the next English settlement”
6http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=17zCU76ZtH0C&oi=fnd&pg=PP11&dq=new+plymouth+colony&ots=Tl5SIhABFv&sig=iKSTmRIXtoGAPdx0AzpAG8b0O3M#v=onepage&q&f=false
7http://books.google.com/books?id=XxM9AQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

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