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    Born on August 6‚ 1911‚ in Jamestown‚ New York‚ Lucille Ball got her start as a singer‚ model and film star before becoming one of America’s top comedic actresses with the 1950s TV show I Love Lucy‚ co-starring on the show with her husband‚ Desi Arnaz. The two divorced in 1960‚ and Ball went on to star in The Lucy Show and Here’s Lucy while also becoming a top TV executive. She died in 1989. CONTENTS Synopsis Early Life Early Career Marriage to Desi Arnaz ’I Love Lucy’ After ’Lucy’ QUOTES

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    Although the Chesapeake Colonies and New England Colonies were settled at around the same time‚ the specific situations affecting each establishment altered the way that they developed. Jamestown was the first settlement on May 24‚ 1607. The Virginia Company of London‚ a joint-stock firm‚ commissioned it. The Jamestown colonists had increased pressure to strike it rich‚ because of the threat of abandonment in the wilderness. The first settlement in the New England region was Plymouth‚ which was founded

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    The story of Jamestown was one of America’s first documented mysteries. There are clear facts about this voyage that have been documented. In 1587‚ John White did make a temporary establishment on or near Roanoke Island‚ and that after leaving for three years did return to the island in 1590. On his return‚ all traces of the colonist having lived there for those three years had vanished. No Jamestown colonist is known to be seen from again. So what happened to them during those three years? Jamestown

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    century was in 1607 when Jamestown was settled along the Chesapeake Bay. Jamestown was sponsored by the Virginia Company which was seeking to expand European nations and find an acceptable route to the Orient. Problems for the settlers began shortly after establishing the colony. Relations with the Indians led by Powhatan were extremely weak. Additionally‚ the settlers were not prepared for the climate which they ventured into and were unprepared for their first winter in Jamestown. Supplies were limited

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    south. Many africans were brought over and began to be enslaved. Slavery in america initiated when the first african slaves transported to the North American colonies of Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1619 to help in the manufacture well-paid crops as tobacco. In the expansion of the America was the arrival of Africans to Jamestown. A Dutch slave trader traded his load of Africans for food in 1619. The Africans turn out to be indentured servants ‚ similar in permitted postion to many unfortunate Englishmen

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    Russell Shorto disagrees with this argument and states that it was in fact Manhattan that shaped America. The story does mention Jamestown and why it was named what it is and all the historical facts behind it but it wasn’t the first colony in America. The author uses the knowledge he has about the topic and argues on why we forget to give Manhattan the credit it deserves. In class

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    Dates: 1607- King James I gave the permission to start a tobacco colony: North America‚ Virginia‚ Jamestown 1620-pilgrims arrived from England 1630-Puritans arrived MA 1765-Stamp Act: purchase stamps to show you paid taxes on all printed items. Quartering Act: must feed and house soldiers 1773- Boston Tea Party: colonists dressed up as Indians‚ toss 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor 1775- The American Revolution begins this year 1776- Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense”

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    James River. Although uninhabited by natives‚ by June 15th the settlers had built a fort to protect them from possible enemies‚ including the Spaniards. However‚ famine‚ disease and conflict with the local Native American tribes nearly brought Jamestown to its destruction within the first two years. When a new group of settlers arrived in 1610 to revive the town‚ tobacco became Virginia’s first successful export. Shortly after there was a time of peace that followed the marriage of John Rolfe to

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    developed portion of the colony. Company officials adopted English Common Law as the basis of their system in the Virginia colony‚ replacing the governor as the final voice on legal matters. The first conflict emerged with the Polish community in Jamestown‚ who controlled such vital industries as tar‚ pitch making‚ and glass blowing. These skills were extremely vital to the new settlement. When the House of Burgesses met in 1619‚ they excluded the Polish community and threatened their rights. In reaction

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    Captain John Smith’s and William Bradford’s Lifestyles “Little food and having to starve”‚ is just one of the things Smith had to go through. (Smith 72). “Being blown over‚ and now all being compact together in one ship‚ they put to sea again with a prosperous wind”... as well is just one of the things that Bradford had to go through (Bradford 5). These two men had their differences‚ but as well their similarities in their journeys. Both men were on their separate journeys for different reasons

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