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    initial settlers of the various thirteen colonies generally left a deep impact on the individual cultures and demographics that would later develop there. Jamestown‚ the first successful settlement‚ was initially settled entirely by men‚ young adventurers and “gentlemen‚” with women only arriving later and in smaller numbers. When the Jamestown colonists and those who followed them began to spread out‚ they retained a male-dominated atmosphere even as small tobacco farms grew into enormous plantations

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    in common? 6. If you wanted to go to a bustling plantation‚ which colony would you visit? 7. Why were the thirteen colonies established on the east coast? 8. What is the significance of the Jamestown settlement? 9. Place the following events in sequence: 1) The Plymouth colony is founded; 2) The Jamestown colony is founded; 3) The French-Indian War. 10. What was the major issue that sparked a revolution in the colonies? 11. Who founded the colony of Connecticut on May 1636? 12. Anne Hutchinson

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    invest in colonies/ get the wealth to do so. Virginia Company: joint stock companies chartered by James I with the purpose of establishing settlements off the coast of North America. ii. When settlement ultimately failed‚ colonists stayed there‚ governing themselves‚ giving birth to the idea of American democracy. Jamestown: first permanent English settlement in North America 1607. Named after King James I of England. iii. Sparked a series of cultural encounters with Natives of land‚ also shaped

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    William Bradford Dear colleagues‚ Today is a guest in our school‚ Mr. William Bradford‚ governor of Plymouth for many years‚ a true fighter for human rights‚ Puritan leader and one of the founders of the British colonies in North America. Bold and resolute‚ prudent and skilful when it was needed‚ William Bradford opened the door Puritans new life‚ new doors and unknown to the soil of North America. He was born in Yorkshire in the 17th century‚ where one of the conceptual leaders of puritanism

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    Everyone in England had to belong to the church. There was a group of people called Separatists that wanted to separate from the Church of England. The Separatists‚ under the leadership of William Bradford‚ decided to leave England and start a settlement of their own so that they could practice their religion freely. Bradford went to the Virginia Company and asked them for permission to establish a new colony in Virginia. The Virginia Company agreed‚ so the Pilgrims set sail on the Mayflower in

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    The puritans wished to reform England by: Purifying it of Catholic Rituals How did Columbus react to the natives when he reached the Western Hemisphere? He thought they would become christianized and become good servants. The West African Empires prior to 1600 Engaged in vigorous trade and were Islamic Which of the following nations was first in the new explorations that began in the 15th century? Portugal In England‚ Puritan’s primary appeal lay among? Shopkeepers‚ yeomen farmers‚ and university

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    General Information: Use your review text‚ other history text books‚ and/or reliable internet sources to complete each of the five (5) outlines over U.S. history from exploration through the Civil War. Be sure that all terms are defined and specific information is added under each topic. We will use this work in class over the first several weeks of school. All of this work should be placed in a folder and turned in by the designated date. This should be typed. You will need much more space

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    In June of 1606‚ King James I granted a charter to a group of London entrepreneurs‚ the Virginia Company‚ to establish a satellite English settlement in the Chesapeake region of North America. By December‚ 104 settlers sailed from London instructed to settle Virginia‚ find gold‚ and seek a water route to the Orient. Some traditional scholars of early Jamestown history believe that those pioneers could n knew nothing of or thought it beneath their station to tame a wilderness. Recent historical and

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