resources and climate of the region. Although located in different parts of the Americas they shared similarities and differences. In 1607‚ James I granted a charter for the settlement of Virginia. The first settlement in the Virginia colony was Jamestown on the James River‚ named after the King James. Virginia was one of the Southern Colonies. Virginia was a royal colony‚ directly controlled under the king. Initially the settlers were interested in gold rather than planting crops for food so many
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Although through the trial and hardships‚ from 1492 to 1877 the core of the american identity‚ the frontier had a constant presence through the years‚ but through the founding of Jamestown and Plymouth‚ the American Revolution‚ Declaration of Independence‚ Benjamin Franklins virtues‚ letters‚ Abolitionist‚ such as William Garrison‚ Fredrick Douglas‚ and the civil war‚ the definition of american identity as the frontier grew and developed into something that defines what it means to be an american
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d.i.4.a. Colonists to pay for everything with hard currency d.i.4.a.i. Paper script not recognized as legal tender - drains gold from American colonies 2. Jamestown and Plymouth a. Arrival a.i. 1607 a.i.1. 104 men a.i.2. First permanent English settlement in Western Hemisphere b. 1620 b.i. Mayflower arrives at Plymouth c. Jamestown c.i. Economic motivation c.i.1. 1606 - Virginia Company founded c.i.1.a. Expand English trade c.i.1.b. Open markets for English manufactured goods c.i.1
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Chesapeake bay colonies‚ it is important to outline their similarities and differences in order to assess why one flourished more successfully than the other and the root of this occurrence. Although Plymouth New England possessed slightly better chances due to its colonization in 1620‚ as opposed to the Jamestown Chesapeake colony in 1607‚ they both weathered their fair share of issues due to their location‚ time of colonization‚ religion‚ environmental changes‚ etc. The assessment of these changes can
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colonists’ relationships with the Native Americans were. The relations in the British colonies varied. In Jamestown‚ which was one of the earliest English settlements‚ the relations were not good. The colonists thought of the Native people as savages and no more than mere animals. They were almost always fighting and the only reason they traded was out of fear and necessity. Yet‚ in Plymouth the Natives and the colonists had good relations. After the Natives helped the colonists plant crops‚ showed
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I. ENGLISH EXPANSION IN AMERICA: VIRGINIA A. Creation of an English Colony--Jamestown (1607) 1. Joint Stock Company 2. First settlers were young‚ male adventurers looking to get rich B. Early problems in Jamestown 1. Miscalculations 2. Difficulty securing labor C. Relations with Native Peoples 1. John Smith 2. Powhatan 3. Pocahontas - Matoaka - Rebecca 4. Opechancanough‚ brother of Powhatan
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Smith‚ two different guys but at the same time accomplished many things throughout their lives. They were similar in a couple ways but there were also things that distinguish them. Both‚ John Smith’s persuasive pamphlet and William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation present a different picture of the same pre-colonial land of New England. In addition‚ they established colonies and through their writings‚ they hoped to attract more settlers with similar cases. Some things they had in common was that
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formed on the east coast. The various groups that embarked on a journey into the New World during the seventeenth would all face similar hardships‚ and eventually grow into powerful and structured colonies. The first permanent settlement was Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1607. The settlers that arrived that spring had no experience in colonization‚ and the majority had come with the intent of finding gold. Because of the preoccupation in the discovery of gold in the New World‚ few survived. They experienced
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I. Early English Colonial Experience A. English Approach to Colonization 1. 16th-century British society was based upon Protestant institutions. 2. Its government was a constitutional monarchy with a Parliament with increasing power 3. The new world climate was not as much of a factor for Great Britain as for Spain. 4. The area settled by Britain faced smaller nomadic tribes over a smaller land area. B. Background for English Colonization 1. English colonies
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CHAPTER I EARLY COLONIAL LITERATURE. 1607-1700 I. The English in Virginia. II. Pilgrims and Puritans in New England. III. The New England Clergy. IV. Puritan Poetry in New England. I. THE ENGLISH IN VIRGINIA: CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH‚ WILLIAM STRACHEY‚ GEORGE SANDYS. THE story of a nation’s literature ordinarily has its beginning far back in the remoter history of that nation‚ obscured by the uncertainties of an age of which no trustworthy records have been preserved. The earliest writings of a
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