river was fester‚ or in other words flushed away. Since the colony dumped all of their waste in the water source‚ it became even more toxic as the weeks passed‚ and could have also contributed to disease. (Doc A) The headcount began to rapidly drop‚ and several of the deaths were caused by saltwater poisoning. In general most of the water was not healthy for colonist. It seems water was an important factor in the hardship of the colony‚ but it is not the only one. Another‚ main reason
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the Indians‚ and should keep them from destroying any property which may belong to the Indians. The Court of Massachusetts had also provided a freedom of worship to the Indians‚ as long as the worship had not taken place on any jurisdiction of the colony. To provide more input about the peaceful relations in the early 17th century between both groups of people‚ Document B‚ written in 1622‚ allows the reader to see another form of perspective from the Virginia Company of London. Document B states that
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In the matter of four years‚ almost every colonist died in Jamestown. In 1607‚ English ships sailed The Chesapeake Bay and later made their way to Jamestown in Virginia. By summer of 1609‚ 524 colonists would have arrived in Jamestown. But by 1611‚ over three hundred would be dead! There are three main reasons why this horrible incident would have happened. There was not enough food‚ the water was unusable‚ and they didn’t have enough skillful workers to help them survive. One of the biggest
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In year 1765 there was a tax that was called the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was the name of an act that the British King and Queen taxed all the colonial people’s paper. The King and Queen were using the money to help pay for troops in the colonies in the seven years’ war or so they said. The Stamp Act negatively affected many groups of people; tax collector’s families went into hiding‚ it ruined the trust people had in tax collectors‚ and it made the colonists so angry they tortured the tax collectors
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that the taxes were unreasonable‚ the government was not ignoring. They were saying that the taxes are the path to a good future for themselves. The colonists were rebelling and yelling at the government to stop these attempts of creating a better colony‚ to stop the taxes. The colonists should come up with another solution to the problem of a bad economy instead of complaining to the government that they had to work. If they themselves come up with a solution‚ the government might have payed more
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journalist lives on the left side of our house. He is an educated person and good journalist. He is the district corresponding of national newspapers and a news agency. He is energetic and warm hearted and take much interest in the affairs of the colony. He is very popular among his neighbors. He is always ready to help those who need his help. The plot behind our hose is still waiting for some one to come and build a house
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not compact and are rather sporadic‚ thus resulting from their defeat against Spaniards. They also used primitive form of strategies in war and weaponry. Spanish rule in those times which our country was colonized was indeed abusive. Many of its colonies were abused by taking their lands‚ natural resources and its wealth. The Spanish policies were made for the benefit of the colonizers rather than for the betterment of the Filipinos. It was all for the benefit of the Spaniards in such a way that
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may occur. The book’s setting then switches to Montreal‚ Canada in October of 1703‚ where the French are preparing for war using domiciled Indians as their soldiers. Theses Indians‚ joined with small parts of the French army go attack the English colonies in New England‚ loot their villages‚ and capture their people. The French and Indians travel to Deerfield and
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town in which they would farm and trade. The people that funded most of these travelers trip were English investors that supported the idea. The land that they found would now be called Jamestown. Upon arrival‚ many of the citizens of the new-found colony died. About 60% of the colonist brought in 1607 had deceased. This was all because of the environment‚ the diseases they were unprotected to‚ and the absence of rainfall. Most‚ if not all‚ travelers that were brought to ‘Early Jamestown’ were very
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model." I don’t think there’s a more charismatic role model in history. Indeed‚ he accomplished such important and brave things that he must be one of the most well-known heroes in the world. Gandhi was born in India in 1869 during the period of colonies. He lived under the English occupation and‚ as a consequence‚ suffered from oppression and the authority of colonists. However‚ what disturbed him the most was the fact that his country‚ or rather his nation‚ couldn’t make
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