The colonists’ decision to grow tobacco changed Jamestown by improving the economy of the settlement. Suddenly‚ they had a way to make money and attract new settlers. Tobacco was the “cash crop” of Jamestown. 7. The Virginia Company created the House of Burgesses because settlers were complaining about how they had to take orders from London. They decided to let the settlers
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company‚ The London Company‚ received its charter from James I in 1606 they sent 144 men‚ only 104 made it to America. The colonists sailed over to America‚ up a river that they later named the James River and settled on a peninsula they later named Jamestown. Upon‚ their arrival they immediately ran into serious problems. Many colonists were highly vulnerable to local diseases‚ mostly Malaria. The main reason the colonists were there was to find gold‚ lumber‚ tar‚ pitch‚ and iron. They were hoping
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Shado. I am a twelve-year-old girl of the tribe Paspahegh. Strange events have been happening recently and I feel it is important to my tribe that I record these events because we must preserve our heritage and home‚ no matter what happens. April 26th‚ 1607 A gathering of men has arrived in the bay. They arrived two nights ago‚ with strange contraptions they call “guns.” They don’t possess any arrows or spears‚ which is strange along with the fact that they are white‚ and fully draped in clothing. I
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their will. By the 1500s the first Europeans which were led by the Spanish and the French begun establishing settlements in what would eventually become The United States. In the year 1607 the English found their first settlement in America which is now known as Jamestown which became a part of the Virginia Colony. In 1620 a group of 100 people which later became known as the Pilgrims to seek religious freedom. Then after the Pilgrims there was a group called the Puritans they were a group of about 20
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defining characteristic of the southern colonies during the eighteenth century‚ shaping the region’s economy‚ society and politics.” The economic‚ political‚ and cultural differences between the colonies of the North and the South between the years 1607 and 1776 differ in the way they gained wealth‚ governed the colony‚ and their beliefs on education and religion. In the Northern colonies‚ economy was primarily based on trade and manufacturing while in
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their own so that they could practice their religion freely. Bradford went to the Virginia Company and asked them for permission to establish a new colony in Virginia. The Virginia Company agreed‚ so the Pilgrims set sail on the Mayflower in September 1620 towards Virginia. The Pilgrims had a long and difficult journey across the Atlantic Ocean. A storm blew them off course so instead of landing in Virginia‚ they landed further north in Cape Cod. The Pilgrims decided to settle in this area and called
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Europeans were searching for new routes to the east for spices‚ silk and gold. Spanish expansion was indicated by Christopher Columbus arrival in America. He was exploring the southern and western America in their quest of gold. Columbus‚ sailed from Spain in 1492 in effort to find the new trade route and instead found a "new world". This world had many items‚ which the Europeans wanted - corn‚ tobacco‚ cocoa‚ sugar and gold. After the sugar cane plantations were established by the Spanish‚ one
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between 1607 and the 18th century. This is the original United State in the 18th century. We must say that the British when they colonized America were a bit late because other European nations had colonized America (both North and South) before the British. The first British settlement in America was in 1607‚ in Jamestown‚ Virginia. In 1607 Spain and Portugal had already built a great Empire in South America. The West Indies were colonized by France‚ Deutschland‚ Spain and also England. 1607: 1 out
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1. Jamestown‚ 1607 2. First Africans brought to Virginia‚ 1619 3. Mayflower Compact‚ 1620 4. Great Migration of Puritans to Massachusetts‚ 1630s and 1640s 5. Roger Williams established Rhode Island‚ 1636 6. William Penn established Pennsylvania‚ 1681 7. Salem witch trials‚ 1692 8. James Oglethorpe established Georgia‚ 1732 9. Jonathan Edwards sparked the Great Awakening‚ 17349 10. The French and Indian War‚ 1754-63 11. Proclamation of 1763 12. Stamp Act‚ 1765-66
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was the beginning of colonization in America. In 1578‚ after colonists in England were driven to find new land‚ Sir Humphrey Gilbert received a charter to establish a new British Colony. On May 13th‚ 1607‚ the Susan Constant‚ the Godspeed‚ and the Discovery ships arrived at what soon became the Jamestown peninsula. This discovery led to a series of important events that made the United States. After the Virginia Company of London was chartered to collect profit from the sales of silver and gold‚ they
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