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    PEOPLE AND REASONS FOR SETTLEMENT In 1607‚ The Susan Constant‚ Godspeed and Discovery landed in what would be known as Jamestown‚ named after King James I. There lived English landowners‚ skilled laborers‚ and people seeking profit. The founders of this colony was the Virginia Company and Sir Walter Raleigh. The settlement was created because the people hoped to find riches in the land (Gold)‚ spread Christianity‚ and to control land for England. After a few years Africans were brought from Africa

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    2006 historical drama set in the early 1600’s‚ as settlers come from Britain to begin exploring and colonizing the American continents. Written and directed by American director and writer‚ Terrence Malick‚ The New World depicts the foundation of Jamestown‚ the story of John Smith‚ and their relationships with Pocahontas. The film stars Collin Farrell as John Smith‚ Q’orianka Kilcher as Pocahontas‚ Christopher Plummer as Captain Newport‚ and Christian Bale as John Rolfe. Produced by Sarah Green‚ the

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    Jamestown: The Death Colony Why are there so many deaths in the middle of nowhere? From the beginning of 1607‚ an English colonization on the James River were already facing problems. The colonists had only come for gold which in result‚ caused people to die. Why did so many colonists die from 1607-1611 in Jamestown? Many settlers died because of these three reasons: bad environment/water‚ bad relations with the Indians‚ and the settlers’ lack of skills. The first reason was because of the

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    They built a fort around the Chesapeake Bay and named it Jamestown in honor of their king. The region of the Chesapeake they were settling on was already home to over 20‚000 Algonquian Indians. Their leader‚ Powhatan‚ immediately confronted the new English settlers asking them to establish an alliance. Powhatan believed that he could stat a valuable trade with the English and also help support them as they begin to settle. The Jamestown colony began to go down hill‚ they started to rely so much

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    The Settlement of Jamestown Allison Stoots Ivy Tech University In 2007‚ the Jamestown settlement celebrated its 400th anniversary. The governing body of Virginia‚ the Virginia General Assembly‚ held a session there‚ a parade was held‚ and even Dick Cheney and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom attended a ceremony honoring the historic site where English settlers would first find a permanent home in the future United States (Lessig and Payne‚ 2007). Looking backward‚ it seemed almost inevitable

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    Reflection Paper 1 (Module/Week 1) I believe that Natural Laws should be the determining factor of what is just and moral regarding man made laws. Any rational person can distinguish right from wrong‚ but there are those who cannot and therefore that’s where man made laws come in hand. For instance the Comanche society believed it is a husband’s right to kill his wife without reasonable cause (Inciardi‚ 2010‚ p. 29). For a rational person this is insane‚ thus we make laws to prohibit acts

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    settlement. Although many of his narratives seem boastful and swashbuckling‚ his accounts were intended to lure adventurous new settlers to Virginia. When the colonist suffered harsh winter‚ lack of fresh water‚ and the spread of disease made in Jamestown difficult for the settlers. Attacks by the native Indians‚ hoping that the settlers would give up and leave‚ raided their camps‚ stealing pistols‚ gunpowder‚ and other necessary supplies. Captain John Smith stepped forward as the leader of the colony

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    Pocahontas is based on a true life story of a young Powhatan Indian girl named Pocahontas who falls in love with John Smith. In the making of the movie‚ Walt Disney‚ attempts to relate to the early 17th Century historic event of Europeans settling in Jamestown; however‚ Disney did not portrait the true story. Disney rewrote the story by making it a beautifully romantic and animated love story like a Cinderella fairytale. In the Walt Disney movie‚ Pocahontas and John Smith were both young adults when

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    “All humans make mistakes‚” that’s what a lot of people say‚ but is it really important to make mistakes? It is important to make mistakes because sometimes those mistakes lead to a positive outcome. Did you know that the discovery of the Americas was an accident? In the late 1400’s the Americas‚ first thought to be Asia‚ were were mistakenly discovered by Christopher Columbus‚ a early Spanish explorer. This new discovery of the Americas was such an impacting discovery in Europe‚ otherwise known

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    islands. The group finally arrived in Virginia‚ near the Jamestown settlement‚ in May 1610‚ and Rolfe’s wife died soon after their arrival. Native Americans living in the region around Jamestown spoke the Algonquin language‚ and were organized into a network of different tribes led by Chief Powhatan. One of the chief’s daughters was Matoaka‚ who as a child was nicknamed Pocahontas ("Little Mischief"). The English settlers at Jamestown had known of Pocahontas since 1607‚ when she was only around

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