established thirteen colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. “The first colony is established in Virginia .In 1607 a joint stock company of London merchants financed a settlement of English colonist at James town in what is now Virginia. The colony was named after King James 1.England first permanent settlement in North America. The Virginia colonist hoped to make their fortunes by discovering gold or silver or finding a water route to the Pacific. They are not prepared for the hardship
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Jamestown and Plymouth: Compare and Contrast Traveling aboard the Susan Constant‚ Godspeed and Discovery‚ 104 men landed in Virginia in 1607 at a place they named Jamestown. This was the first permanent English settlement in the New World. Thirteen years later‚ 102 settlers aboard the Mayflower landed in Massachusetts at a place they named Plymouth. With these two colonies‚ English settlement in North America was born. LOCATION OF THE SETTLEMENTS Jamestown offered anchorage
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Differences between 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
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word‚ “Croatian” carved in a tree. Jamestown What is a joint-stock company? ______________________________________________ Name two companies that we have discussed that were joint-stock companies. Virginia Company of London and Virginia Company of Plymouth A joint-stock company would closely resemble what today in the United States? Stock market‚ New York Stock Exchange‚ wall street What was the first permanent English settlement in America? Jamestown What type of geographical feature best
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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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615063 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=XxM9AQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
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privateers fleet‚ they lost due to bad weather and poor tactics. Privateers shaped almost all the colonization efforts in North America prior to the 17th century. The privateers were so important that Queen Elizabeth paid Sir Walter Raleigh to make a settlement at Roanoke that privateers could use as a base of operations to repair their ships‚ and plan raids on Spanish shipments. It was a perfect incentive for the United Kingdoms to create colonies in North America so they could support the fleet of
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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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behind the United States being as vast as it is today. The act of acquiring ground by leaving one area in pursuit of another was a major step into the development of our country. Starting as far back as the founding of the first successful settlement‚ Jamestown‚ to the settling of the Old Northwest‚ expansion was a vital act‚ which led to the United States’ underlying power. Prior to the development of the Thirteen Colonies‚ the demand to set out in search of new terrains was not as drastic as it
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The Early Chesapeake • The founding of Jamestown: -1607 Established their colony‚ named Jamestown -London company promoters had no desire of a family-centered community‚ there were no women in Jamestown -Captain John smith became council president in fall of 1608‚ later on smith left - • Reorganization -1609 the London company was changed to The Virginia company. From the king they got more power over the colony and also more land. -Winter of 1609-1610 became known as the “starving Time”
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