In the early 1600s‚ Europeans began to seek a faster route to Asia‚ looking for goods and spices. Ultimately‚ this led to establishing the first two colonies‚ Jamestown in 1607 and Massachusetts in 1621. That is where the similarities end with these colonies. The regions of the two colonies evolved into two completely different societies. There are several reasons why differences in development occurred between the Chesapeake and New England regions. Differences can be seen socially‚ economically
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Chapter Two: The Planning of English America: 1500-1733 1. England’s Imperial Stirrings 1. Only 10 % of the Indian population of 1492 survived 2. Colonization of North America: Spanish at Santa Fe- 1610‚ French at Quebec- 1618‚ English at Jamestown- 1607 3. English crown confiscated Catholic Irish lands and ‘planted’ them with new Protestant land lords from Scotland and England. 4. Many English soldiers developed in Ireland a sneering contempt for the ‘savage’ natives‚ an attitude that they
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rich‚ freedom of religion‚ and many people came because they wanted a better life. In 1607 the English started Jamestown in America. This town was in the Virginia colony. The English came to Jamestown to find gold and get rich. But they never found any. At first the Jamestown settlers didn’t want to grow food or build houses. Many settlers died during the first winter. Later‚ more people came to live in Jamestown and the settlers began to work harder. They built farms and houses. The settlers began
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Jamestown: Why did so many colonists die? It was not an easy beginning. English 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
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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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• The “new world” that Columbus boasted of to the Spanish monarchs in 1500 was neither an expanse of empty space nor a replica of European culture‚ tools‚ textiles‚ and religion‚ but a combination of Native‚ European‚ and African people living in complex relation to one another. »full text • The Native cultures Columbus found in the New World displayed a huge variety of languages‚ social customs‚ and creative expressions‚ with a common practice of oral literature without parallel east of the Atlantic
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Connie Crocker Professor Bryant History 101 21 June 2014 MAYFLOWER AND THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT Master Christopher Jones and several business partners purchased the ship Mayflower about 1607. Its origins prior to that remain uncertain. Its first documented voyage of record was to Trondheim‚ Norway‚ in 1609. Andrew Pawling hired the ship to take a cargo of London goods to Norway‚ sell them off‚ and buy Norway goods (lumber‚ tar‚ fish) to return back to England. Unfortunately on the return
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Historically‚ women in Native American societies were treated with much more respect than female colonizers in New England. Dances With Wolves (1990) and The New World (2005) both depict tribal culture in North America in both the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Crucible (1996) and The Scarlett Letter (1995) vividly portray what it was like for women in sixteenth century New England. In the film‚ Dances With Wolves‚ a Union soldier finds friendship and love within the Sioux peoples in
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Countless amount of people want a better life; More money‚ better environment and the place to get it done was at Jamestown. The Journey was hard such as: “Harsh winter‚ and no fresh water and diseases” (John Smith 72). People saw Jamestown as a place to make it big‚ by using the land it had to grow tobacco which was a cash crop at the time. However‚ these people obviously did look at survival before going there and even when the time came they still made the tobacco! Which was a terrible idea because
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community in Jamestown‚ who controlled such vital industries as tar‚ pitch making‚ and glass blowing. These skills were extremely vital to the new settlement. When the House of Burgesses met in 1619‚ they excluded the Polish community and threatened their rights. In reaction‚ the Poles launched the first recorded strike in the New World.[1] In need of Polish industries‚ the House of Burgesses extended the "rights of Englishmen" to the Poles (who included some East Prussians.)[1] In 1620‚ in an effort
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