1. Jamestown (1607)-In 1607‚ the English sent three ships to Virginia to start a settlement. The journey was funded by the Virginia Company who were looking for profits and the settlement was named after King James I. The English considered the location of Jamestown well since it was far inland and surrounded by water making it easier to defend against invaders. Once the British had arrived‚ they faced the threat of famine and attacks by the Algonquian tribe until they came to an agreement with
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In April 26‚ 1607 the first voyagers of Jamestown land in the America’s. The first settlement conducted an election nearly after they landed in Jamestown. The commander of the 105 colonist had a secret list of seven men that were picked by England to become the colony’s councils. These men that were picked by the England monarchy was wealthy landowners. The colony’s council had a specific job‚ they had to find a leader for these colonies/people. “The Seven council men picked Captain John Smith. “Colonial
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Trauma and pathology of a buried dog from San Nicolas Island‚ California‚ U.S.A. Barney G. Bartellea Journal of Archaeological Science Rebekah Minchew September 12‚ 2010 In April of 2010‚ Barney G. Bartellea led a group of archaeologists on a dig on San Nicholas Island‚ California‚ USA. Primary investigators included Bartellea‚ Rene Vellanoweth‚ Elizabeth Netherton‚ Nicholas Poister‚ William Kendig‚ Amira Ainis‚ Ryan Glenn‚ Johanna Marty‚ Lisa Thomas-Barnett and Steven Schwartz. The exact
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categories. It’s amazing how our own government can lie about such an event(sarcasm). I wrote about this event due to the fact that people still believe we actually did land on the moon when in reality‚ we never did. The truth needs to be out‚ and the government needs to speak the truth‚ but they never will and that’s why I’m speaking it for
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In the book “Buried in the sky” plenty of things happen. The story jump around a lot giving you all kinds of mini story within that eventually connect to one another. There are many parts in the story showing you how people act in real life and how the act up on the mountain. The author shows people changing for better and for worse to help people understand and in a way visualize the dangers of the mountain. In “Buried in the Sky” by Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan‚ the authors’ shows how the
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One of the many speculations of Townsend that I believed in is her theory that one of the possible reasons why Powhatan sent Pocahontas to Jamestown to try to secure Namontack’s release‚ an Indian who were held in captive by John Smith and his people‚ was because Pocahontas was probably the best translator available. Pocahontas was probably able to know the basics of the English’s language growing up since the English has been coming to their town way before she was born. She also learned more from
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Was the Settlement of Jamestown a Fiasco? In the book of Taking Sides‚ there are two points of view from the article “Was the Settlement of Jamestown a Fiasco?” On the Yes side‚ Edmund S. Morgan makes the argument that the settlement of Jamestown was a fiasco more than a plan. The other side Karen Ordahl Kupperman think that the whole Jamestown settlement was an experiment of trial and error. Edmond Morgan argues that one reason for failure was a lack
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Andrea Stinchcomb Dr. Jackie Trimble Contemporary Literature/English 331 April 18‚ 2012 Response Paper #3 “Buried Child” A Play by Sam Shepard This is a strange play in my opinion. Here you’ve got an old man‚ Dodge‚ lying on a couch smoking‚ drinking‚ and watching TV while his wife‚ Halie‚ is upstairs talking about the rain and nagging him to take a pill for his cough. We find out that the oldest son‚ Tilden‚ is mentally unstable or slow or something and can no longer take care of himself
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The setting in the novel Buried Onions by Gary Soto is based of in Fresno California and the protagonist Eddie had a negative past as a child with his father not being there with that having a big effect in Eddie’s life. He needed a father figure to touch him his way of life and how to respect and to be loyal. Eddie is now older and he lives by himself in a apartment in fresno he has lived in fear hoping he isn’t a victim of murder. This has happened to hir cousin/brother jesus he was murdered and
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