Looking Outward The Canary Islands- Spaniards’ dress rehearsal for colonization Christoper Columbus (1451-1502)- Tried getting to the subcontinent of India for resources by sailing straight across the Atlantic Rejected by Portugal three separate times (1484) The Nina‚ Pinta‚ and Santa Maria (1492)- Ended up somewhere in the Carribean Fucked shit up‚ killing people and stuff and it wasn’t even India Returned to Carribean many times‚ died clueless and poor Some people think he sucks New World
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give up their lives for their beliefs‚ the dedicated missionaries and teachers helped reenergize the Catholic faith and spread it to distant parts of the world. Roanoke Island-May 1587 John White led a English venture to America w/11 people‚ including women and children. The planned on settling in Chesapeake Bay but ended up North at Roanoke Island. White got send back in August to England for more supplies but he got held up for three yrs and when he returned in 1590 it was deserted. The word Croatoan
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religion. Reasons for going to the new world were polar opposite. Even though‚ they came here for different things but they made life possible in the America for us this just the beginning of our diverse history. After the failure of the first colony Roanoke ‚ known as the lost colony‚ King James in that time own a lot money to different people but‚ he gave land in the new world to those people but in return they still must pay taxes. Hundred people went in search for gold and a new life ‚ those are
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History 1301 Mid-Term Exam Review Sheet Bernal Diaz del Castillo- conquistador; on Walter Raleigh first expedition to Cuba‚ discovered Yucatan Roanoke Island coast; third expedition under Cortés‚ Mercantilism conquered the Aztecs & wrote an eyewitness Joint Stock Company account of the conquest of Mexico by the Royal Colony Spaniards for Hernán Cortés. Jamestown Nation State- state that self-identifies as John Smith deriving its political legitimacy from serving
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developed an alliance with the Algonquians The Dutch also traded furs‚ and were established around New York Had a smaller population Spanish Armada: Large Spanish fleet was defeated by the English England emerged as a naval power English Settlements: Roanoke (early English settlement known as the lost colony In 1950‚ the colony was found deserted with “Croatoan” carved on a post Jamestown ( established in 1607 as a charter by King James
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thing to them. They “wanted to help” the indians from the spaniards. The British came the United States‚ because they wanted religious “freedom”. But they actually came to become rich. There was 2 attempts to settle but were failures. The Colony of Roanoke Island set up by Sir Walter Raleigh. Which is famous because all the colonist disappeared leaving only one word “Croatoan” carved into a tree. Another on is Jamestown it was a project of the virginia Company. It was made to make money for its investors
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The Wounded Warrior Project The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) was started in 2003 in Roanoke Virginia by John Melia. During John’s tour his Marine Corps helicopter crashed killing four and injuring 14 more including himself. His experience coming home opened up many gaps in service delivery to wounded military members. To help fill in these gaps John created WWP in his basement with 50 dollars. Today WWP is one of the nation’s most recognized and fastest growing veteran service charities. Melia brought
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legal designation of the boundaries of black and white neighborhoods in several states‚ including Baltimore‚ Maryland; Dallas‚ Texas; Greensboro‚ North Carolina; Louisville‚ Kentucky; Norfolk‚ Virginia; Oklahoma City‚ Oklahoma; Richmond‚ Virginia; Roanoke‚ Virginia‚ and St. Louis‚ Missouri. Moreover‚ white attitude at the moment also caused significant furor at the time; President Theodore Roosevelt’s invitation to Booker T. Washington‚ a black male‚ to dine at the White House for lunch caused genuine
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servants for a period of seven years. African did not have this option as they were taken be forced to become captives. Before there was a jamestown or any involvement of africans‚ there was the first colony in the area of the chesapeake bay called Roanoke‚ established by european explorers in the winter of
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Department Store. The interview served to reinforce my strong interest in becoming a part of your management team. I can be reached at (540) 555-1111 or by e-mail at boles@vt.edu should you need additional information.Sincerely‚ Marianne Boles | 170 Roanoke Street Blacksburg‚ VA 24060 (540) 555-6241 JRichardson@vt.edu March 3‚ 2011 Ms. Patricia Smith Personnel Manager Sheldon E-Solutions 1212 Lark Lane Richmond‚ VA 23230 Dear Ms. Smith: Thank you for the opportunity to visit with you and see
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