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    the world’s community is. Between these two stories there are so many differences and similarities. In this essay I will compare and contrast both stories and talk about what happened. These two stories both take place in two different colonies; Jamestown and Plymouth. In the story‚ “History of Virginia” there are many different parts to the story. The story basically talks about the trip John Smith made to the New World in 1607 and he encountered with the Native Americans. Although the story talks

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    wanted to abolish communism. They hated the Soviet Union even though they were allies in the previous world war. The Soviet Union got involved with Cuba and it started the whole fiasco between Cuba and the US. The US almost went to war with Russia because of this showing how they were willing to start World War III. This Fiasco demonstrates how quickly a problem can arise and lead to a natural disaster and how two super powers who do not want to show weakness will do anything to stay powerful. Before

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    contrast essay You may think that colonies such as Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation would be very similar‚ due to the fact that with these two colonies‚ English settlement in North America was born. Although these colonies were the first English settlements in the New World they both had vast differences and similarities. Such as the location of the settlements‚ religious differences‚ how they celebrated thanksgiving and legends they believed in. Jamestown- year established 1607 in Virginia. Settlers

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    1. The consistent failures of Jamestown‚ up to a decade after its founding‚ left many people in shock. When we look into the detail in the quality of the people that originally settled in Jamestown‚ we see people of specialized craftsmen: blacksmiths‚ carpenters‚ bricklayers‚ jewelers‚ perfumers‚ etc. These people were skilled and trained professionals in their domain‚ and they expected to be paid accordingly and refused to cooperate in the field labor and other labors outside their field of

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    In these essay Jamestown and Plymouth has been compared and contrasted. Jamestown was closer to England culture customs and had a more powerful economic structure due to tobacco profit sales to England. Plymouth was based their subsistence in lumbering‚ fishing and trading because of the cold climate and thin rocky soil. Both were the first permanent settlements in North America and constitute a principal heritage of our culture today. Jamestown and Plymouth The first permanent English settlement

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    So Jamestown and Plymouth are two colonies that were established by Europeans around the 1600‚ but when established‚ they both had different reasons for creating their colonies. When reading these two stories‚ you can already tell that these two colonies have a tremendous difference‚ but also you can identify the similarities of these two colonies. Jamestown a colony in Virginia‚ which was a humongous disaster in my opinion. Around 300 settlers migrated to Jamestown and arrived on May 14‚ 1607 and

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    Problem Definition In October of 1992‚ the new computer aided dispatch system of the London Ambulance Service (LASCAD) failed to meet the demands of use and brought their operations to a standstill. Dispatchers could no longer locate ambulances‚ multiple ambulances showed up for the same calls‚ errors built up in the queue slowing the system down further‚ and callers became frustrated as the hours went by with no ambulance showing up (London Ambulance Service Unofficial‚ n.d.). In addition‚ it

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    what many would describe it if we were in their place. Two groups of different people embarked on the same voyage to the new land which were Jamestown and the Plymouth Plantation. What distinguished each other was what kind of person they hold as a leader‚ how they worked together as a group‚ and their purpose of traveling there. In the beginning of the Jamestown voyage‚ their main captain was quite corrupt and he was only there for a certain part of the voyage (pg 72-73) describes how the president

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    new world‚ Jamestown in particular‚ one can see that most of the new colonists who inhabited Jamestown were extreme separatists. They made the voyage on the Mayflower‚ seeking separation from the English crown‚ and the Church of England. The original colonists who were going to live in Jamestown had set up a “social contract”

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    English settlers founded Plymouth and Jamestown along the Eastern Coast of North America. Puritans established Plymouth to escape the Catholic Church of England. Aristocrats established Jamestown in search of profits. Both settlements dealt with unavoidable contact with the natives. Although both Plymouth and Jamestown’s interactions with Native Americans included early encounters‚ diplomatic intermediaries‚ and peace treaties‚ Plymouth’s approach differed from Jamestown by displaying less aggression.

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