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    Running head: LocationLocationLocation! Week 3 Application Linda Traughber Walden University Abstract In this paper I will attempt to show‚ why choosing the right location in North America is so important. What factors are priorities in the location process‚ by creating a "short list" of three possible sites. Also showing where I would build and what makes it the best location. LocationLocationLocation! Some of the factors that are priorities that should be considered

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    The English who founded Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ the first permanent settlement‚ came with the intent of finding gold and getting rich by trading with the Indians. As a result of the settler’s eagerness for money‚ they failed to think about the location on which they chose to settle‚ the swamp. This geographic condition started the colony off to a negative start. The southern colonies did however‚ have a warm climate‚ swamps‚ and thick rich soil. None of the original settlers of the Southern colonies

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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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    Jamestown was one of the first attempts to establish a colony by the English settlers. The key word in the previous sentence: attempts. This word implies that the feat attempted was not a success‚ and in this case‚ the implication is quite correct. Jamestown failed because of severely strained Indian relations over resource supplies‚ an almost absolute lack of planning‚ which is a result of insufficient leadership‚ and environmental issues including lack of reliable water sources. Jamestown failed

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    Assuming that there’s an entrepreneurial mantra that’s getting a little long in the tooth‚ it’s probably LocationLocation‚ and Location. Information technology has transformed the way companies conduct business. Technology allows businesses to automate manual operations and process information much faster. When people are researching a business‚ the internet is the first place people go – even for small and local businesses. They want to know whether you are a legitimate business‚ what times your

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    Jamestown was a small colony situated on an island in the James River. The Jamestown colony was on a course to fail from the beginning due to the poor location‚ lacking leadership and ill prepared people‚ and deadly conflicts with the natives. Colonists began arriving at the first permanent English colony in 1607‚ the first group consisted of 110 settlers of various backgrounds.(Doc C) Jamestown’s location on an island was a rather poor decision for many reasons. One of which was the lack

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    Hailey Phay US History- 1st hour September 21‚ 2012 Bad Beginning to a Great Country On May 14‚ 1607‚ 110 settlers from England set out to make new lives for themselves. Men from all walks of life‚ most of them were poor men ages 17-35. Little did they know that 70 of the settlers would be dead in a year. These settlers died because of three main reasons: the environment that they placed their town‚ the social relations they had‚ and finally the skill set that was brought over from England

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    Shannon Springstead Honors US History 1 09/09/13 Jamestown Jamestown settlement was the first successful establishment when the 13 colonies on North America were founded. In 1606‚ King James I sent a charter known as the First Charter of Virginia to the Virginia Company in order to assign land rights to colonists. By assigning land rights‚ King James I had a better grip on propagating the Anglican Religion to the settlers. He also had the intentions of rectifying other countries from

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    Why Did So Many Colonists Die? Jamestown had been one the first English settlements in the New World. The English had settled here before the Pilgrims’ predestination. Jamestown is known for its hard living conditions and its difficulty to grow crops. During the spring of 1607‚ King James I sent out over 100 passengers to sail into the Chesapeake Bay. John Smith was a dominant figure that helped the colonist get through their first year in the wilderness. But as time went by‚ not all of those settlers

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    Jamestown’s prosperity was ensured by tobacco cultivation The selection of a site for Jamestown was primarily based on the settlers’: fear of surprise attacks Unlike Virginia‚ Maryland was established d. as a religious sanctuary for persecuted Catholics from England.  English settlers in seventeenth-century America could be characterized best in terms of their a. striking social diversity Those who migrated to the Chesapeake Bay area as indentured servants were c. normally single‚ lower-class

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