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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Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh : 1584 Everybody remembers Jamestown‚ Capt. John Smith‚ Pocahontas and all the rest. But do you remember Roanoke? In 1585‚ after a small scouting expedition had returned from North America with two Native Americans and many astonishing stories‚ Sir Walter Raleigh tried to establish a colony called Roanoke in the land which the British named "Virginia"‚ in honor of Elizabeth‚ the Virgin Queen. The site was actually an island on North America’s eastern seaboard protected
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and in many cases‚ assimilated into their cultures. The English in Jamestown had a difficult and tense relationship with the local Indians. Although they relied on the Indians for food‚ the settlers still saw them as ‘subhuman’. The settlement’s intrusion into Native territory led to much bloodshed on from both parties. In Massachusetts‚ the Indian population had already been decimated by epidemics when they settled Plymouth Plantation. These new diseases were inadvertently brought over from
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point presentations. 1. Strong family development in Plymouth and Boston 2. Plymouth. 1620 Pilgrims 102 Settlers north of Jamestown permission from England. 3. 4. Information on the "Columbian Exchange" 5. Jonathan Edwards 6. George Whitefield 7. The Seven Years War 8. Tobacco production in Virginia 9. Religious norms in Colonial America 10. John White 11. Theodore Frelinghysen 12. Key results of the French & Indian War 13. Key Catholic settlements in Colonial America 14. John Smith 15. Ben Franklin
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Colonial America‚he discussed in his diary about the many hardships he faced. Both wrote of their experiences in America‚were Europeans‚and desired to settle the land. John Smith and William Bradford were two important people who led to the settlement in America. They were fine leaders who made survival possible on this new land. They created relationships with the natives and won and lost some with their own men. They led their men across the ocean to settle on lands that were never previously
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