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    Jamestown Tobacco Bride

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    If I were coming to Jamestown as a Tobacco Bride‚ I would only pick things that I think are most important for the journey and my new life. First‚ I would pack my two best dresses‚ because I would want to look nice when I was being chosen. I would also want to bring a small amount of food that wouldn’t spoil‚ such as dried fruit‚ so that I would have food if I didn’t get enough to eat on the ship. Another thing I would bring would be a coat or jacket‚ because the ship probably wouldn’t be very warm

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    Early Virginia and its Factors of Attraction Virginia was founded in 1587 at Roanoke. The Roanoke settlement was unsuccessfully settled due to unknown reasons. The second attempt at settlement in the Virginia colony was on the James River in 1607 and was successful. Attempting to become the first permanent English settlers of the New World the colonists found themselves surrounded by hostile natives‚ famine‚ drought‚ and disease. Little did these seventeenth century colonist know‚ they were

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    Virtual Field Trip

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    A Virtual Field Trip to Jamestown Holly S. Carter EDUC 500 February 24‚ 2014 Liberty University Virtual Field Trip Project Template I. Grade Level: Fourth II. Topic: The First English Settlement A. A Virtual Field Trip to Jamestown Settlement III. Standards: Specific Virginia Standard(s) of Learning the lesson is designed to meet (or your state standards of learning): VS.3 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the first permanent

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    Jamestown Episode 1

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    The series Jamestown episode one‚ opens up with a ship filled with women sailing towards Virginia. In the boat we meet Alice Kett‚ Verity Bridges‚ and Jocelyn Woodbryg whom are all to become wives. The journey to Virginia‚ Jamestown in not smooth the ship runs into a a storm during the chaos Jocelyn confesses to Alice that she escaped England because she killed a man. Once the woman are kept calm and the storm subsides‚ Alice and Verity are very grateful for the opportunity to travel to the New World

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    Chapter Two: The Planning of English America: 1500-1733 1. England’s Imperial Stirrings 1. Only 10 % of the Indian population of 1492 survived 2. Colonization of North America: Spanish at Santa Fe- 1610‚ French at Quebec- 1618‚ English at Jamestown- 1607 3. English crown confiscated Catholic Irish lands and ‘planted’ them with new Protestant land lords from Scotland and England. 4. Many English soldiers developed in Ireland a sneering contempt for the ‘savage’ natives‚ an attitude that they

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    Early American Literature

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    before the female. Spanish Explorers In The New World was interesting because of the detail with the Indians as opposed to other stories which involve no action.<br><br>The second piece of early American literature I read was The General History. The Jamestown colony as plagued from the beginning by unfortunate circumstances. While out exploring‚ John Smith was captured by the Indians. After being brought to many chiefs‚ John Smith was brought to the emperor of the Pamaunkee. The emperor had planned to

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    1) Background on both Massachusetts and Virginia a) The London Virginia Company founded Virginia in 1607. i) Started with Jamestown. b) Settled mostly by English aristocrats. c) Discovered tobacco‚ and became a monopoly. d) Pilgrims founded Massachusetts in 1620 arriving on the Mayflower. i) Pilgrims wrote the Mayflower Compact. (1) Provided a democratic government based on the opinions of everyone. e) Massachusetts and Virginia were extremely different in politics due to economic developments

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    1. Jamestown (1607)-In 1607‚ the English sent three ships to Virginia to start a settlement. The journey was funded by the Virginia Company who were looking for profits and the settlement was named after King James I. The English considered the location of Jamestown well since it was far inland and surrounded by water making it easier to defend against invaders. Once the British had arrived‚ they faced the threat of famine and attacks by the Algonquian tribe until they came to an agreement with

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    Early Jamestown Dbq

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    In April 26‚ 1607 the first voyagers of Jamestown land in the America’s. The first settlement conducted an election nearly after they landed in Jamestown. The commander of the 105 colonist had a secret list of seven men that were picked by England to become the colony’s councils. These men that were picked by the England monarchy was wealthy landowners. The colony’s council had a specific job‚ they had to find a leader for these colonies/people. “The Seven council men picked Captain John Smith. “Colonial

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    considered unimportant by England because there isn’t any particular order and only consist of their name and age (doc c). The Chesapeake region was founded based on the settler’s unquenchable thirst for economic power. The driving force behind the Jamestown settlement was gold. Eventually‚ the settlers almost starved to death because they were so focused on gold and glory that they did not set up adequate residencies and establish a food network. John Smith stated‚ “he who shall not work shall not eat

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