important ones include Virginia and Carolina. Virginia first became a colony through the settling of Jamestown‚ in 1607. Jamestown was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London‚ and founded primarily for the purpose of gold‚ and in the hopes of finding a Northwest Passage to India. It was originally intended on being formed for a profit motive‚ not a permanent settlement. The first people to settle Jamestown were one hundred “gentlemen‚” not hunters or farmers. This led to the famous “starving time” during
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of the great mysteries of American history. It was set up in 1587. The next year England found itself at war with Spain. No ship was able to visit the Roanoke colony until 1590. By then the colony had disappeared without a trace. II. Founding Jamestown -In 1607‚ a group of wealthy people made a new attempt to establish an English colony in North America. Eager to gain a share of the wealth of the Americas‚ they formed the Virginia Company of London. -Some hoped to discover gold or silver;
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only temporary use‚ you only on the crops and anyone in the village can use it. Differences in opinions with Europeans would cause many future conflicts. In the early 1600’s settlers in Jamestown had problems with the Powhatan confederacy after a colonist killed their leader. Other settlements such as Plymouth fared better with the natives. A Patucet Indian named Squanto saved the pilgrims by teaching them how to farm. Some natives chose a peaceful approach‚ but others like Chief Pontiac attacked
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The puritans wished to reform England by: Purifying it of Catholic Rituals How did Columbus react to the natives when he reached the Western Hemisphere? He thought they would become christianized and become good servants. The West African Empires prior to 1600 Engaged in vigorous trade and were Islamic Which of the following nations was first in the new explorations that began in the 15th century? Portugal In England‚ Puritan’s primary appeal lay among? Shopkeepers‚ yeomen farmers‚ and university
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stones toward a truly democratic government. These documents and organizations may not have been what we perceive‚ today‚ as being democratic‚ but they were a start. The first permanent English settlement was a trading post founded in 1607 at Jamestown in the Old Dominion of Virginia. Virginian colonists had the right‚ granted to them by The Virginia Company‚ to elect a colonial legislature‚ called the House of Burgesses. Since Virginia was the first royal colony‚ it was only fitting that
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look up to. They want to be a city upon a hill‚ literally where they can control everyone around them. They want to be a prosperous yet very close minded estate with no religious tolerance. * What kinds of settlers arrived in Massachusetts Bay‚ Plymouth Plantation‚ and Connecticut? * The puritans and Pilgrims arrived there (New England Colony). They were very religious. Pilgrims wanted to separate from the church completely and the Puritans wanted to reform it because they were Protestants
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Cartier Christopher Columbus Powhatans Squanto Elizabeth I James Oglethorpe Maryland Georgia John White John Smith Jamestown St Augustine Roanoke Ponce de Leon Great Awakening Quakers Enlightenment Glorious Revolution Middle Passage Anne Hutchinson Bacon’s Rebellion Pocahontas Jonathan Edwards Salem Witch Trials Charles II Plymouth Colony New Amsterdam William Bradford Essays: Choose 2 (20pts each) 1. The Glorious Revolution solidified the notion that liberty
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James a charter to found a colony in N/A. About 4 months later‚ 1607‚ the reached the coast of Virginia. ( The named the settlement Jamestown in honor of the king The settlement at Jamestown The colony’s start was disastrous. Te settlers were more interested in finding gold than in planting crops. 7 out of ppl die because of hunger‚ disease‚ battles Jamestown became
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England for supplies but is delayed by Spanish war. At his return in 1590‚ Roanoke was abandoned 3. Settling The Chesapeake a. Virginia Company is founded- 1606- by King James I (England) a.i. Two divisions: 1st colony of London and 2nd colony of Plymouth a.ii. Made to “spread Christianity” but also sought after gold and trade with Indians a.iii.
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was the Virginia Company of England. In order to accomplish the great tasks they had planed for the settlements the Crown had to better control and organize the Virginia Company‚ the land was amongst 2 smaller companies‚ The London Company and The Plymouth Company. After establishing the sub-companies‚ the Virginia Companies obtained a royal charter‚ the Charter of 1606‚ enabling them to establish a colony‚ granting the right to coin money‚ raise revenue‚ and to make laws‚ but reserving much power
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