Virginia Founding Date: 1607 Region: Southern Colony Founders: John Smith‚ John Rolfe & Thomas Dale Reason for founding: Search for gold‚ English outpost against Spain Characteristics/laws: Jamestown was the main town that was establish because of England’s desire for wealth and converting the Natives to Christianity. Majority of the population was English. Environment: Very warm climate‚ which was beneficial to the colonists because they didn’t have to worry about the harsh winters. Contrary
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Our Colony is located in the Southern part of the Colonies. Our location is near South Carolina because of the land is extremely fertile and the weather conditions that are not too detrimental to our way of life. The weather in our region is the warmest of all the regions. The Winters are very mild and are not hard to survive. The Summer is hot and humid. The Spring and Fall are crisp and mild with average temperatures. We need fish‚ forest (timber)‚ and fertile agricultural land.We get food by
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east coast of North America. These colonists settled on Roanoke Island and names Virginia. In 1586 the colonists had to return to England due to hardships. John White returned to Roanoke in 1587 to establish a second colony there. John Smith founder of Jamestown In 1607 the colony of Virginia was founded by John Smith and other colonists including John Rolfe backed by the London Company at Jamestown. Virginia became Great Britain’s first settlement in North America. From 1607 to 1624 Virginia
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"In the 1600’s there existed a degree of religious freedom in some colonies‚ while others were characterized by strict intolerance." then go on to further explain and elaborate on the thesis. As the textbook reveals‚ the colonists in New England were made up of a web of families who were extremely devoted to their faith (Christianity). This is where the university of Harvard originated which was originally meant to train ministers and over half of the graduating students became congressional
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13 Original Colonies Introduction Your expertise is needed immediately! 500 people are scheduled to set sail from England to the colonies next month. They are still undecided which colony would be the best to settle and build their new homes. Your colony has hired you to create a newsletter‚ pamphlet or brochure to entice these people to settle in your colony. The information you provide will be used to help the new colonists pick the best colony that will suit their needs. You will need
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Nvidia Colony Anthony Sampson GS1140 Onsite Course Project 1‚2‚3&4 _________________________________________________________________ ITT Technical Institute 877 Executive Center Drive W Suite 100 St. Petersburg‚ FL 33702 Colony Theory The world we live in at the present time is growing with population every
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settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. The thirteen colonies throughout time all established themselves and soon developed their own identities. Colonies in different areas were known for different things and no one colony was like the other. These people began to see them selves as Carolinians or Georgians‚ Quakers or new Englanders
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Mercantilism: Colonies provide primary material and mother countries transform them. France imports more than it exports‚ so it makes a lot of profit. Goal: Expand colonies and enrich the mother country. The army is there to prevent other countries to trade with some mother countries’ colony. - In the 18th century‚ it doesn’t work anymore because of contraband. - Because of that Spain will try to fix its economy. Colonies enrich mother countries through: - Trade - Commerce - Great-Britain
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7 Why you should settle in the Middle Colonies? From Delaware to New Jersey‚ New York to Pennsylvania‚ there is this wonderfully diverse colony. This is the place you will want to get married‚ have children‚ and basically grow old in. This is the bread basket colony . This is the Middle colonies. This is the Quaker land‚ where you can randomly give complete strangers a ride. The Middle Colonies have rich soil‚ thus letting the region become
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During the 1700’s‚ in a kingdom in England‚ there were a lot of people in poverty‚ and very few people that had money. And those people were the royal family‚ and their helpers. The king was‚ Alexander The Great II‚ the queen was‚ Queen Elizabeth‚ and the prince was‚ Alexander the Great III. The one thing that Alexander wanted to do was give to the poor. But‚ his parents didn’t like that. They were greedy and they wanted more money than you could possibly believe. They even said publicly‚ “I want
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