Jamestown was the first successful English colony established in 1607 in Virginia‚ where the Roanoke settlers had disappeared. After King James I gave the Virginia Company of London its grant‚ three ships were sent out and sailed into Chesapeake Bay. The settlers named the peninsula after the king‚ Jamestown‚ but made poor judgment by settling in low and swampy land. The colony was weakened by disease‚ raids‚ and internal political conflicts. It was saved however by the remarkable Captain John
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case and was granted the right to claim royalties from the manufacturers who used his idea. Helen Blanchard patented the first zig-zag stitch machine 1873 Sewing machine combination ends 10 Mar 1877 Last patents expired on machines Merrow invents first crochet stitch machine 10 Mar 1877 Toyota built their first sewing machine 1946 Mr.Toyota said that home-use products must be functional yet beautiful Singer made the first portable sewing machine 1964 Now widely used‚
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APUSH First Semester Final FRQ Questions 1. The French and Indian War (1754-1763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies. Assess this change with regard to TWO of the following in the period between 1763 and 1775. Land acquisition Politics Economics 2. Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving the problems that confronted the new nation. 3. Although the power of the national government increased during
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found. In appearance‚ it resembled a lizard brontosaurus‚ but Diplodocus differed from it by a thin S-shaped neck and a long tail with a thin shout end. The first remains of Diplodocus‚ in particular its tail and hind limb bones‚ were discovered in 1877 by Samuel Williston near the town of Canyon City‚ Colorado‚ USA. According to him‚ Otniel Charles Marsh described the kind of Diplodocus longus. In Greek‚ Diplodocus is something like a "double-beam" or "dual processor". It got its name thanks to a
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Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Monteverdi is considered to be a revolutionary composer in the musical world‚ yet so much of his life is a mystery. Even though biographers have made many convincing speculations and correlations about the events of Monteverdi’s life‚ they cannot be considered completely factual (Redlich‚ Preface). Most biographies are comprised of legends and unauthorized assumptions (Redlich‚ 1-2). There are some aspects of his life that are known with certainty‚ and the most relied
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and white Republicans lose control of every southern state by 1877? The old conservative democrats regained the state governments. Also‚ blacks‚ who back then unanimously voted Republican‚ were beginning to be disenfranchised. 9. Why did the Republican Party fail to maintain control of southern state governments during Reconstruction? 10. How and why did Reconstruction end? Reconstruction ended because of the compromise of 1877. It was an unwritten agreement that stated Hayes would win
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Do you know about the Jim Crow Laws? The Jim Crow Laws were a goal to give African Americans the same equality as white Americans. Jim Crow laws was an important part of history. Jim Crow was a character who was made from African culture. It was a racial segregation laws that were passed after Reconstruction Period in South of the U.S‚ They were forced until 1965 it started in 1890 in public places with separate but equal rights to African Americans. It forced segregation in public schools‚ movies
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The Jamestown Fiasco Commentary According to Edmund S. Morgan‚ the majority of problems faced by the first settlers who arrived to Jamestown in the year 1607 were caused by the poor organization within the colony. For example‚ the settlers were unwilling to grow their own food supply and establish a reliable foundation for future settlers. Despite the abundance of game to hunt‚ and perfect weather conditions to harvest crops‚ the settlers would instead dig up corpses‚ and in one case a man
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building of the Globe theatre * The Globe would have particularly attracted young people * Some plays performed at the theatre: Hamlet-1600-1601 Twelfth Night -1601 Richard II - 7 February 1601 Macbeth -1606 Pericles‚ Prince of Tyre- 1607 Henry VIII – 1613 and lots
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captain was Bartholomew Gosnold‚ a gentleman but also a pirate. Bartholomew played a significant role in the finding of Jamestown‚ therefore‚ without him there would be no America. Bartholomew was the founding father America never knew. On May 14‚ 1607‚ the members of the Virginia Company landed in a new world. They were sure that they had found paradise- but how terribly wrong they were. While the Virginia
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