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    early years‚ Jamestown nearly failed due to the area in which the settlers chose to place their new settlement and the Virginia Company. Colonists set foot in North America in 1607‚ “the colonists established Jamestown on a site they chose mainly for its easy defense” (Hewitt‚ & Lawson‚ 2017‚ p. 46). The Englishmen were only looking out for their best interest in choosing a place that was easy to defend. These new colonists probably did not realize their mistake at first in placing Jamestown in this certain

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    Process and Location Strategy 1 Process and Location Strategy: Module 2 - SLP OPM300 Process and Location Strategy 2 In looking over the PowerPoint presentation about the four process strategies‚ I have a better understanding of the different strategies that companies use to run their businesses. Depending on the makeup of a business‚ a company wants to use the appropriate strategy process. If a company has low-volume and high-variety‚ a company would use the process focus strategy.

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    In the year of 1607‚ Jamestown‚ Virginia was inhabited by a group of British settlers. Thirteen years after the colonization of Jamestown‚ a league of Puritans‚ who attempted to escape the English’s religious government‚ bumped onto the rocky shore of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Their goals were not the same‚ but many similar events occurred in both regions. During the time of James I reign‚ English citizens were driven to Virginia because of the minimal access to land in England. After the English

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    creation of Jamestown was the start of the British expansion on the New World. Jamestown was able to be successful due to the agreement made with the local Indian tribes. The Indians would provide food in exchange for weapons which ultimately sustained longer life spans for both groups. The tribes helped the settlers become successful in agriculture. Thus‚ English settlers were able to perfect the cultivation of tobacco. Tobacco was an enormous hit which expanded the success for Jamestown. In no time

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    INDIA – SIZE AND LOCATION 1 I ndia is one of the ancient civilisations in the world. It has achieved multi-faceted socioeconomic progress during the last five decades. It has moved forward displaying remarkable progress in the field of agriculture‚ industry‚ technology and overall economic development. India has also contributed significantly to the making of world history. The Tropic of Cancer (23° 30’N) divides the country into almost two equal parts. To the southeast and southwest of the

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    Elizabethan Poor Laws and the Unworthy Poor Tara McFadden Indiana University School of Social Work Abstract Beginning in the Elizabethan Era‚ unworthy poor was a label placed on able bodied people that appeared to choose to not work. They were often treated harshly and in extreme cases‚ put to death (Shelly‚ 2011). In today’s society such treatment would be unheard of. The act of even labeling this group of people or other groups is discouraged and even against the NASW’s The Code of Ethics

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    Everytown Bus Company 7849 Castro Valley Blvd. Everytown‚ CA   94546 Re:       Barbara Schultz v. Everytown Bus Company             Case No. 24-C-08-080463 Dear Bus Company:     I have been requested to file suit against you for the injuries suffered by my client‚ Ms. Barbara Schultz‚ while riding on one of your buses.     Ms. Schultz suffered injuries on one of your buses‚ on November 10‚ 2008.  As a result of the accident she sustained a broken left arm‚ which at her age of 75 it takes

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    Following the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588‚ the English became the dominant military power in Europe. England turned its eyes overseas in order to increase its power. England ’s earliest successful settlement in the New World was at Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ where the English first arrived in May 1607. There had been an earlier attempt by the English to settle in America in 1585 at Roanoke‚ also in Virginia‚ but it had been disastrous; apparently all the settlers perished‚ their ultimate

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    tobacco cash crop‚ indentured servants‚ and slaves. While many historians delude the success of Virginia’s first colony‚ Jamestown‚ to John Smith‚ the real savior was John Rolfe’s discovery of tobacco. At the beginning of the 17th century‚ Jamestown‚ Virginia was a suffering colony‚ threatened to become extinct. Disease and hunger took the lives of numerous people and Jamestown looked like it would be just another colony failure. In George Percy’s A Discourse on the Plantation of Virginia‚ he describes

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    The time from 1609-1610 is called the starving time in Jamestown. In Jamestown‚ during this time period‚ there was little food‚ meager leadership‚ and the native people were killing as many of the settlers that they could get their hands on. King James I was aware of all the problems that the settlement was facing and so he sent nine ships to the settlement. The nine ships were carrying food and more settlers‚ due to the amount of settlers that were there dying. But due to bad weather‚ many of the

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