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    major aspect they do share is that they were all chartered by England. Every colony belonged to the English Kings and parliament‚ and were forced to follow the laws of their English homeland. Though it happened in a much later time period than the settlement of the colonies‚ the English King had control over the key elements of colonial survival such as trade and commerce‚ and even went so far as to start passing revenue-inhibiting acts. The Navigation Acts passed in 1660‚ 1663‚ and 1673‚ stated that

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    one-hundred-and-four settlers. This contrast greatly with the initial settling of New England and Plymouth as there were few Indian populations and they were in a far healthier landscape. This paper will continue to discuss the role different governments

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    but were not attracting‚ as may Dutch colonists‚ as they would have liked. This caused them to open the trade to anyone who desired to be in it‚ not just the Dutch (Wilsman). This resulted in a variety of different people settling in the Dutch’s settlement in North America: New Netherland. Eventually‚ the English who renamed it New York (“What Was New Netherland”) drove the Dutch out of their colony New

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    seventeenth century‚ that land that is now called the United States of America would be changed forever by the English settlements that formed on the east coast. The various groups that embarked on a journey into the New World during the seventeenth would all face similar hardships‚ and eventually grow into powerful and structured colonies. The first permanent settlement was Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1607. The settlers that arrived that spring had no experience in colonization‚ and the majority had come

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    same time‚ the specific situations affecting each establishment altered the way that they developed. Jamestown was the first settlement on May 24‚ 1607. The Virginia Company of London‚ a joint-stock firm‚ commissioned it. The Jamestown colonists had increased pressure to strike it rich‚ because of the threat of abandonment in the wilderness. The first settlement in the New England region was Plymouth‚ which was founded 13 years later in 1620. It too struck an agreement with the Virginia Company‚ but

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    of the settlers‚ and the natural resources and climate of the region. Although located in different parts of the Americas they shared similarities and differences. In 1607‚ James I granted a charter for the settlement of Virginia. The first settlement in the Virginia colony was Jamestown on the James River‚ named after the King James. Virginia was one of the Southern Colonies. Virginia was a royal colony‚ directly controlled under the king. Initially the settlers were interested in gold rather

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    d.i.4.a. Colonists to pay for everything with hard currency d.i.4.a.i. Paper script not recognized as legal tender - drains gold from American colonies 2. Jamestown and Plymouth a. Arrival a.i. 1607 a.i.1. 104 men a.i.2. First permanent English settlement in Western Hemisphere b. 1620 b.i. Mayflower arrives at Plymouth c. Jamestown c.i. Economic motivation c.i.1. 1606 - Virginia Company founded c.i.1.a. Expand English trade c.i.1.b. Open markets for English manufactured goods c.i.1

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    faced smaller nomadic tribes over a smaller land area. B. Background for English Colonization 1. English colonies existed before England developed a concept of empire‚ but at first no specific plan for colonization or overall plan for settlement existed. 2. Roanoke “The Lost Colony” a. Sir Humphrey Gilbert wrote in 1576 that America was an island. If so there must be a way around it to the north. 1) He made a voyage to the New World (1578-79) to find the Northwest

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