Jamestown: Why did so many colonists die? It was not an easy beginning. English settlers began arriving on the James River in Chesapeake Bay‚ region of Virginia‚ in the spring of 1607.They hoped to make the first permanent English settlement. But‚ there were many things that almost wiped out the whole settlement. There were three main causes of death; disease‚ starvation/dehydration‚ and attacks. Most of the available water supply was brackish and contaminated by the settlers themselves
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politically and socially through the first permanent English settlement established in 1607. It is true that this settlement‚ Jamestown‚ represents a major turning point in the settling of the Americas. That being said‚ according to Britannica‚ Jamestown was a British colony not unlike others in the East Indies‚ West Indies‚ and Africa that were also colonized in the early 1600s by the English (British Empire). Certainly‚ colonists in Jamestown felt a certain degree of independence based on their geographical
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fields and that slaves from Africa should be brought in given their knowledge of planting. This is how the Atlantic Slave trade began which resulted in the triangular trade network. English Most colonies established by royal charter. Earliest settlements were in Virginia and Massachusetts but soon spread all along the Atlantic coast‚ from Maine to Georgia‚ and into the continent’s interior as far as the Mississippi River. Distance from England and a frugal Parliament allowed colonists to set up
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colonies: Religious: The Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth were "Puritans" vs. Anglicans at Jamestown. Plus‚ Plymouth was founded for religious reasons while Jamestown was founded for economic reasons. Don’t get me wrong--religion was critical for both groups but the Puritans left England because they were religious outcasts while the settlers at Jamestown were there for economic benefit and had investors. Labor: Jamestown was initially settled under martial law and the military played a significant role
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“personality” of the newly created colonies; led to distinct (not unified) colonies ○ The Chesapeake ○ New England ○ Middle Colonies ○ The Lower South European Settlements in North America by 1660 Chesapeake Colonies: Virginia & Maryland Chesapeake Colonies The Chesapeake: Dreams of Wealth ●After Walter Raleigh’s failed Roanoke settlement‚ there was little interest in colonizing America; but Richard Hakluyt (& others) kept promoting colonies: ○ Possibilities for wealth ○ Rivaling Spain‚ Holland
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uid=3739936&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101134615063 5http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/1915622 “Captain Smith also made very detailed maps of the New England coast and it was likely that his maps were used to find the next English settlement” 6http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=17zCU76ZtH0C&oi=fnd&pg=PP11&dq=new+plymouth+colony&ots=Tl5SIhABFv&sig=iKSTmRIXtoGAPdx0AzpAG8b0O3M#v=onepage&q&f=false 7http://books.google.com/books?id=XxM9AQAAI
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____________________________ Date _______________ Chapter #2 Review Questions Transplantations and Borderlands IDENTIFCATION Briefly identify the meaning and significance of the following terms: Anne Hutchinson James Oglethorpe Navigation Acts Theocracy Antinomianism John Smith Pequot War Virginia House of Burgesses Bacon’s Rebellion John Winthrop Plymouth Plantation William Bradford Dominion of New England King Philip’s War Powhatan William Penn George & Cecilius
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natives referred to the area as Tsenacommacah. Powhatan was the weroance‚ or chief ruler of Tsenacommacah and 25 other Algonquin villages. Powhatan would play a significant role with the 104 men from the Virginia company that made up the settlement of Jamestown. Powhatan agreed to an alliance with the settlers‚ Powhatan would provide the colonists with foodstuffs in exchange for guns‚ hatchets‚ and swords. Powhatan hoped this alliance would make him technologically superior over his people’s enemies
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European who is known as John Rolfe. The Europeans who had come to the New World and in this case Jamestown‚ Virginia where Pocahontas was because they wanted gold‚ new opportunities‚ and freedom. The reason why they are in Jamestown specifically is because they wanted gold and they were told that in that specific land where Jamestown was there would be gold. Jamestown was the first permanent settlement
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The English were one of the European powers that sought to build and empire in the New World in the 1600s. Jamestown and the Virginia Colony were founded by the Virginia Company of London which hoped to benefit economically from their investments. New Hampshire and New York were also founded for commercial reasons. On the other hand‚ Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony were founded by Separatists and Puritans who hoped to practice their religion freely. Rhode Island and Pennsylvania were
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