for the wrong reasons. Gun violence has always been occurring in the United States. We have lost so many people‚ and others have been injured because of the use of guns. Gun possession in America dates back to the earliest settlements‚ in Jamestown and Plymouth. The settlers used guns for hunting‚ and to protect their families and colonies. “Yet guns were relatively rare in those nascent colonies‚ and seldom associated with interpersonal violence” (Spizter‚ “Gun Violence and Gun Control”). During
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and for William Bradford and his people. Neither of them knew what was lying ahead and what they would have to face and overcome. Both ships traveled to the New World looking for new opportunities. They settled naming their cities Jamestown‚ from John Smith‚ and Plymouth Plantation from William Bradford. The two had many differences‚ but also some similarities. Captain John Smith wasn’t actually a very nice person. He was very selfish and would often only compliment himself. "...Captain Smith‚
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many different sights. I was also excited about it because it was the first time i have been four states away from mine. We were in our car. For the first 15 minutes I felt a rush. Then it was just driving. We hit many different locations such as plymouth rock and the world’s biggest stanley cup. These locations were the coolest things i have seen. I was also excited about it because i like seeing different places and different things. There we were‚ the border of Rhode Island.I was so happy i started
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Transplantations & Borderlands I The Early Chesapeake A) The Founding of Jamestown 1) In 1607‚ three ships from the London Company reached the American coast and founded a town called Jamestown (i) However‚ the town was located horribly (geographically & Indian territory) (ii) They were extremely susceptible to malaria‚ lacked proper food & housing‚ and no women were sent with them 2) Jamestown was almost extinct until 1608‚ when John Smith came to lead the country out of its collapse B) Reorganization
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History V07A. Week 1: 6/18/2013 1. American civil war is first modern war‚ where technology dominated(#15 from list of reasons to study US hist.) 2. Reasons the Europeans expanded into the known and unknown worlds 15th and 16th centuries 3.1. Collapse of environment in middle ages and lack of natural resources stopped progression and expansion. 3.2. Econ. Depression 1350-1450AD caused by defeat in crusades (1096-1298AD) and internal conflict pushes states into econ tailspin
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Name ____________________ APUSH (Unit 1‚ #4) Date _____________ Pd ____ 17th Century English Colonies: Opportunity and Oppression in Colonial Society I. Colonial Society in the 17th Century A. New England 1. NE was more stable than other colonies due to families‚ access to marriage‚ longer life expectancy 2. Education was valued in NE: led to high literacy rate & Harvard (1638) 3. “Golden Age” for NE women? Important contributions but
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Powhatan Confederacy was a part of the Algonquin tribes that occupied land in the Virginia Territory during the settlement of Jamestown in the 1600s. Wahunsunacawh (aka Chief Powhatan) organized the confederacy which held land in eastern Virginia. Their affiliation with the English settlers eventually led to their downfall as more English encroached on their land. The chief’s daughter
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fought in collaboration with other tribes‚ mostly in guerilla warfare. Alas‚ the English diseases and weaponry utterly decimated the Indians‚ who were forced to move deeper and deeper inland. In the first contact between the English and Indians at Jamestown‚ the Indians attempted to ally with the English‚ but soon soured with bad governorship of the English. When John Rolfe arrived he began to help improve the relationship between the two cultures‚ acquiring more land for the English for crops like
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Daniel Boone: Frontiersman who blazed the Wilderness Road through Cumberland Gap and led settlers into Kentucky and Tennessee William Bradford: Second governor of Plymouth‚ served 30 years; wrote History of Plymouth Plantation Henry Clay: Leading War Hawk representing Kentucky Ralph Waldo Emerson: Served as a Unitarian minister for 6 years and developed his own religion called transcendentalism Patrick Henry: Famous patriot known for the declaration “Give me liberty or give me death”
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American colonies started in the 17th century with settlers from different European countries such as Spain‚ France‚ England‚ Holland and Sweden. The colony Jamestown‚ was the first to establish in the Eastern Coast in the year 1607‚ in what is today known as Virginia and a little more than a decade later in the year 1620 the pilgrims settled at Plymouth in what is today known as Massachusetts. England gained control of the 13 colonies after winning the war against France. These 13 colonies were Massachusetts
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