benefit them economically. They had workers sent out to look for gold and riches‚ as well as land to farm. They wanted to provide raw materials to send to the British Factories. Virginia Company of London was a joint-stock company that settled in Jamestown‚ which became one of the most known settlements. The explorers entering America for economic reasons lead to a rise of population‚ land values and prosperity. Also it leads to a rise in commerce‚ nation states and strong
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The American Pageant‚ 13th Edition Textbook Notes Chapter 01 - New World Beginnings I. The Shaping of North America 1. Recorded history began 6‚000 years ago. It was 500 years ago that Europeans set foot on the Americas to begin colonization 2. The theory of Pangaea exists suggesting that the continents were once nestled together into one mega-continent. They then spread out as drifting islands. 3. Geologic forces of continental plates created the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. 4. The
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groups from England fled to the New World in search of religious freedom. The separating Puritans‚ also known as Pilgrims‚ were the first to come for purely religious reasons. Fed up with the Catholicized ways of the Church of England‚ they settled in Plymouth hoping to start their own‚ separate‚ purified church. Later‚ a group of non-separatist Puritans followed suit and came to the New World also because of religion. Founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ they hoped to become a “city on a hill‚” as their
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Exchange – trans-atlantic flow of goods and people Joint-stock company – business owned by shareholders Indentured servants – slaves who are paid for a certain number of years Powhatan Confederacy / 1622 War – Powhatan established cool to trade with Jamestown / brother decided to attack Virginia settlers The Maryland Experiment – gave one person all the rights to Maryland -> Son of king of England Katherine Watkins – claimed to be raped by a mulatto named Jacke George Yeardley / headright system -
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During America’s colonial era‚ King James I divided the Atlantic seaboard into two in 1606: the northern half to the Plymouth Company and the southern half to the London Company(Virginia Company). Later on in 1607‚ the Virginia Company would send 100 male settlers to America‚ where they would land in the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay area and create Jamestown. Although Jamestown was the first permanent colony of the New World‚ more than half its settlers died due to disease‚ famine‚ and local Native
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U.S SLAVERY Created By‚ Robbercall911 F I R S T S L AV E S Slavery first began in 1619 when the first African slaves were brought to a North American colony of Jamestown‚ Virginia. The African slaves were brought to this town at first to get aid in the production of lucrative (producing a great deal of profit) crops such as tobacco. L AW S PA SS E D A B O U T S L AV E RY The following are just a few of the many laws that were passed about slavery: The laws that were passed about slavery were
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scratch (a new beginning). There are a few similarities in each of the stories. There are also a lot of different things between the two. Some similar things they do have is that they meet with the Native Americans. Captain John Smith lives in Jamestown and in plymouth Plantation there is a group which are sailors and they are all lead by william Bradford. Both of these story are very similar but if you noticed and realize they are different in such the littlest way. Bradford was with a group of
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other 17 amendments and reasons for their addition to the constitution -John Peter Zenger is arrested – Nov 17‚ 1734 -George Mason’s Bill of Rights is drafted – June 12‚ 1776 6) Creation of American holidays & Construction of American landmarks -Plymouth Colony is Founded -Declaration of Independence is Signed – July 4‚ 1776 7) Development of sports in America & Significant accomplishments or events in sports 8) Evolution of the arts and entertainment a) Music b) Radio c) Cinema d) Television
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Chesapeake vs. New England The majority of those who settled New England and the Chesapeake Colonies were from England however‚ both groups came to the New World for different reasons‚ settled different areas‚ and therefore upheld two distinct societies. New England settled for religious reasons Back home in England the Puritans‚ who wanted to purify the Anglican church‚ and Separatists‚ who wanted to separate from the Anglican church‚ were trying to live in a country that was going through a
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As the great American Gordon Wood once said‚ “ The revolution resembled the breaking of a dam‚ releasing thousands upon thousands of pent up pressures. There had been seepage and flows before the war‚ but suddenly it was as if the whole traditional structure‚ enfeebled and brittle to begin with‚ broke apart‚ and people and their enemies were set loose in an unprecedented outburst”. The American colonies had been experiencing signs of revolt ever since their creation. Hundreds of evolutionary ideas
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