east coast of North America. These colonists settled on Roanoke Island and names Virginia. In 1586 the colonists had to return to England due to hardships. John White returned to Roanoke in 1587 to establish a second colony there. John Smith founder of Jamestown In 1607 the colony of Virginia was founded by John Smith and other colonists including John Rolfe backed by the London Company at Jamestown. Virginia became Great Britain’s first settlement in North America. From 1607 to 1624 Virginia
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The Influence of American and British Popular Culture on Australia in the 1950s In the 1950s America and Britain influenced Australia’s popular culture in a number of ways. Although Australia’s national identity is evident in every part of popular culture‚ America and Britain both had a significant impact on the development of Australian culture since World War Two. Throughout out the decade they changed the way people thought about Australian fashion‚ music and entertainment. Fashion was based
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Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. The thirteen colonies throughout time all established themselves and soon developed their own identities. Colonies in different areas were known for different things and no one colony was like the other. These people began to see them selves as Carolinians or Georgians‚ Quakers or new
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A.P. U.S. DBQ: Question: Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur? By the 1700s the two regions‚ New England and Chesapeake varied greatly in spite of being from the same mother country‚ England. Physical and cultural differences separated these two regions distinctively. While religion moulded the daily life in New England‚ Money
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English colonies had different purposes and things to contribute. There were thirteen original colonies‚ each playing a different role from the other. Some colonies had purposes that were more different than others and over time these roles changed and varied. The first colony to be founded in 1607‚ Virginia‚ was called a “child of tobacco”. Originally the London Company founded this colony to find gold‚ but Virginia’s prosperity was built on tobacco. Tobacco played a vital role in the colony of Virginia’s
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Explain why relations with Britain‚ France and Italy changed in the years 1933-37 (12 marks) From 1933-36‚ relations between French foreign minister Pierre Laval‚ British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini were good. In June 1933‚ Mussolini tried to keep on good terms with Britain and France‚ so he invited them to a meeting in Rome to sign the Four Powers Pact. In 1935‚ due to German resistance to the treaty of Versailles‚ the three countries also made an
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Period Chesapeake Colonies vs New England Colonies In 1607‚ the first permanent English colony was established in North America. This settlement was known as Jamestown‚ and it paved the way for future English colonies. Originally‚ the first settlements were established for monetary reasons‚ future colonies‚ namely the New England colonies‚ were established as religious havens for various groups. These first few settlements‚ Virginia and Maryland‚ also known as the Chesapeake colonies‚ were seen as a
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A brief introductory‚ of the first contact Europeans had with native people was pleasant and thrilling. Other Europeans had different attitudes and opinions about prehistoric people that would dictate their relations with the native people they first encounter and define the Indians for centuries. On October‚ 1492-1493‚ the first Spaniard colonist to contact the native Indians in America is Christopher Columbus during his first voyage he discovered the indies accepted everything of small value and
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The Spanish and New England Colonies Over the course of the 15th century‚ European colonization swept the continent of North America. In spite of the fact the Spanish and the English were located within the same vicinity of the globe‚ their approaches towards successfully colonizing North America stood apart. The processes of development for the Spanish and New England colonies differentiated significantly because of key elements such as the role of religion‚ control of the European government
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Colonists were mad at Britain because they had much more acts in place caused taxes to raise‚ this took place in the colonies with King George III‚ the colonists got mad and they decided to taunt British soldiers and they also decided to dump tea in a harbor. These two events caused the Revolution to start. What evidence shows why America started the American Revolution? Americans were justified in waging war with Britain because taxes and acts were being put in place one by one rapidly‚ the colonists
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