Chapter One: A New World The most detailed American historical records begin after European colonization (2). Countless amounts of people recorded the history America captivated until the present times. Answers to many of the questions some people have about America hides in the past‚ but a good amount of documents provide the public important evidence for some. Explaining how Europeans settled in the New World with various ways of doing so‚ and why Indians and Europeans live differently will take
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SUMMARY HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHAPTER 3 : OLD ENGLISH * Old English is a first English language that spoken by Germanic tribes ( Anglo ‚ Saxons ‚ Jutes‚ Frisians ) from 450 S until 1150 S. (The period which full inflection because during most of this period the endings of the noun‚ the verb and the adjective are preserved more or less unimpaired) * Old English has 4 main dialects => Northumbrian ‚ Mercian ‚ West Saxon ‚ Kentish Northumbrian & Mercian are found in the region
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intended it to be‚ no one knew what would happen once they arrived in “The New World” to be claimed as “Virginia” It seems that more than one Charter was created by the Charter of the Virginia Company of London in fact it was Three Charters enacted by 1620. It seems that all the charters were governed by one instruction‚ and it seems also that the main goal of the instructions was “PROFIT” by any means. As we learn later in time‚ some of the ships sailed from England to “Virginia Colony” were off course
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development of dramatically different societies in New England and the Chesapeake region by 1700. Equality-oriented and deeply religious Puritans settled the rocky‚ unfertile New England region. The first settlement within New England was Plymouth in 1620‚ and its original inhabitants were English Puritans who sought refuge from the King of England. From the beginning‚ the Puritan settlers in Plymouth observed that the land proved inhospitable to farming. This led the settlers to find other ways of
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Today at 9:01 PM Between the 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. Changes in religion‚ economics‚ politics‚ and social structures illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans. By 1763‚ although some colonies still maintained established churches‚ other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution
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Europeans in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th century had a new state of mind as a result of the Renaissance. They had many motives for exploring since they had many hopes and ideas about other places. They also wanted better lives when the Europeans immigrated as well as fame and fortune as a result of their explorations. The Europeans in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th century undertook exploration and settlement due to a combination of social‚ political and economical motivations. One of the main reasons that
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providing them with beaver pelts. The Dutch viewed the Indians as trading partners and therefore a source of wealth. Most of the Dutch fur traders lacked manners and often attempted to cheat the Indians. The English colonies first settlement was in Jamestown in 1607. The English mostly forced natives off their lands and they were cruel and justified their cruelty with religious reasons. The English treated the indigenous people as a lower class of people; they believed that the natives stood in their way
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the Plantation of Virginia‚ addresses how the men were killed. He says that they were “destroyed by cruel diseases […] and by wars‚ and some departed suddenly. but for the most part they died of mere famine”. When the settlers arrived in Jamestown on May 24‚ 1607‚ there were many mosquitoes. The mosquitoes carried a disease called Malaria‚ this disease killed many of the first settlers. Percy also says that they died of wars. The Virginians were constantly
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Spain in 1604‚ the Virginia Company was granted a charter to colonize and govern Virginia by King James in 1606. They reached Chesapeake Bay in April 26‚ 1607. They established their first settlement there known as Jamestown‚ named after the king. It was then when they began their colonization of the New World. Being located beside a swamp‚ Jamestown became a breading ground for malaria. Many of the colonists were dying by the numbers and this continued to play out across the Chesapeake colonies.
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• How did the colonists benefit from being part of the British Empire? Being a part of an already established nation such as England afforded the colonists of the “New World” many benefits that without may have very well caused their untimely demise. England’s “Royal Navy protected American shipping (p.122) creating an environment situation where the colonists could trade with impunity; thereby “enriching the colonies” (p. 122). Equally important‚ “lax enforcement of the Navigation Acts allowed
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