They named the town Jamestown‚ after King James of England. Jamestown later proved to be a less than ideal location for the settlers‚ as there was little drinkable water‚ and the climate was harsh. The English settled in America because they needed land‚ due to overpopulation in England. They made
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The Age of Exploration was a period from the early 1400s and continuing into the early 1600s‚ during which European ships traveled around the world to search for new trade routes to feed growing capitalism in Europe. The most commonly sought after new trade route was to the Spice Islands‚ which are now the Indonesian archipelago‚ in southern Asia. Spices were originally brought to Western Europe by land routes‚ but because of a lack cargo space and extremely long travel times the prices were very
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same process of linguistic and cultural appropriation that has shaped other postcolonial varieties * The first English-speaking permanent settlers founded the South Atlantic colonies (beginning with Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ in 1607) and New England (where the Mayflower landed the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620). * the original bridgeheads via urban hearths like Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ Richmond‚ Virginia‚ and then Charleston‚ South Carolina‚ such accents got rooted in these regions‚ in accordance with Mufwene’s
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“continued to view themselves as Europeans‚ and as subjects of the kings. Some believed that if a nation were to arise from the English dominance in the New World‚ it would be identical to the English empire. However‚ between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ a different society from England emerged in the colonies. Changes in religion‚ economics‚ politics‚ and social structure illustrate this to the Europeans. By 1763‚ although some colonies still maintained established
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allies‚ then as time passed‚ they would be engaged in wars with them in a struggle for control of the land. This process of friendship to enemies seemed to be the basic pattern in the majority of the colonies. When the English landed in Jamestown in 1607‚ the dominant tribe of the area was the Powhatan (which the English settlers named after the leader of the tribe‚ Powhatan). At first meeting‚ the Powhatan considered the settlers as allies‚ who may be able to aid them in their struggle for land
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John White was an artist and a cartographer who traveled from England to the outer banks of North Carolina in 1585. John White was at the Roanoke Island for about thirteen months before returning home to England for more supplies. He made a series of paintings of indigenous people‚ plants and animals almost over seventy paintings. The purpose of his paintings he thought was to give the people back home an idea of what the new world was like. Despite the significance the watercolor paintings were
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Smith was indeed about to be executed by the Powhatan and that Jamestown was founded in 1607. Besides these two facts‚ I believe that the rest of the movie is too warped from the real version. In the movie‚ John Smith first meets Pocahontas‚ falls in love with her and is then captured by the Powhatan‚ but according to the article‚ he meets Pocahontas after he is captured leading an expedition in search of food on December of 1607. In the movie‚ Kocoum is shot dead by Thomas after Kocoum attacks
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Plymouth plantation William Bradford’s non-fictional work‚ "Of Plymouth Plantation‚" is a book about the early settlement experiences of the Puritans from 1620 to 1647. Bradford is the governor of the Plymouth Plantation‚ serving in this role for thirty-three years. He is responsible for the creation and government of the settlement. Bradford begins the work detailing the purpose of the Separatists’s emigration‚ who left England to pursue religious freedom. He also introduces the Puritans‚ a people
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I. Changes Leading to Exploration A. Expulsion of Moors in Spain and reunification of the country under Catholic rulers Isabella and Ferdinand caused an age of exploration and expansion. B. After German Monk Martin Luther posted his 95 theses against church abuses‚ there was a powerful movement away from the Catholic Church called the Protestant Reformation‚ causing the Roman Catholic countries to secure their power in the world by converting
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Summer 2013 Key Vocabulary from Colonial Period 11th Grade APUSH New World Beginnings: 1. Black Legend: Term used to describe the belief that the Spanish only killed‚ tortured‚ and stole in the Americas while doing nothing good. Spaniards were given the image of cruel and intolerant human being. This term was made popular mostly by the works of Julian Juderias‚ in his book “La Leyenda Negra”‚ translated as “The Black Legend”. This definition exemplifies the mistreatment of Spain and
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