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    a mapmaker and a painter who left a number of high-quality water color drawings representing Indians‚ their village‚ dances‚ and their way of life. Hariot‚ a scientific expert who was also on board‚ published in 1588 „A Brief and true report of Virginia”. On board there were many other specialists‚ including an apothecary‚ a surgeon‚ and skilled craftsmen built houses‚ and a fort and searched for gold. Soon however‚ they ran out of food‚ and frightened by the natives they left the small settlement

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    addition the climate was very different in contrast to the Chesapeake colonies were they would make cash crops due to the high humidity. The Chesapeake colonist made profit through cash crops and a plantation economy. We see that many men went to Virginia in hope to get money quick‚ and they did not plan to stay long due to the lack of women incorporated in document C. The economies of the Chesapeake region where centralized around cash crops like tobacco‚ rice‚ and indigo. This was the easiest and

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    avoid oppressing which is a sin. New England colonies were ruled by Puritans‚ and most settlers were puritan also. They wanted to impress God and carry out his plan of a great land( Massachussets Bay). Document "C" shows how most emigrants bound for Virginia in 1635 were majority men. Men were needed to work the tobacco plantations‚ and help develop the colony of Virgina. " There was no talk. . . but dig gold‚ wash gold‚ refine gold‚ load gold. . ."(Doc. F). the main prioirty of Virgina was to obtain

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    Mary Bodunde 11/16/10 period 30 1. Thomas Jefferson once said he believed that "all the good" of the new constitution might have been accomplished by simply amending the Article of confederation. According to the text’s authors‚ it is probably a good thing that the Fonding Fathers did not merely amend the Articles of confederation. with which position do you agree? Why? 2. Why didn’t the leaders of the American Revolution extend their spirit of equality to the abolition of slavery and giving

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    identify with their nationality‚ not allowing other nations to press on them and control them -- at least not without a fight and an attempt of resistance. (; ^ of yahoo answers Shays rebellion Farmers got mad at government for not passing stay laws Virginia plan Proposed by Randolph and made more open by james madison Made the three branches of government to keep checks within the republican government to make sure no one had to fear that tyranny or abuse of power was possible 3/5 compromise The

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    he went with his heart and let his emotions run wild. I was lucky enough to have been graced and awarded an interview with the great Patrick Henry to discuss briefly about his early life experiences with a focus on his most famous speech at the Virginia Convention. My first question to Henry was how he came to be a lawyer in such a short period of time. Patrick Henry responded with “Well‚ my first step in becoming a lawyer was to pass two oral examinations by different lawyers that were appointed

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    is simply amazing to think of how anyone could have stayed alive in a foreign land surrounded by the unknown‚ with no friends and family to help and guide them. The majority of the colonists that moved to the Chesapeake region of Maryland and Virginia were laborers‚ that owed years of work to pay off their expense for relocating to the New World. They consisted of young men for the most part‚ with only a small number of females in the beginning years. Unfortunately‚ many of the new colonists

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    Literary Analysis

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    Kelly Rasulo Mr.Brown English 10H November 6‚ 2013 Revolutionary Works of Literature Authors write for a purpose‚ for something that they believe in. Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Second Convention and Thomas Paine’s The Crisis No. 1 both have similar goals and purposes. Patrick Henry was a lawyer and a great public speaker. His goal was to get the colonists to be passionate about the revolutionary war. He was a symbol for the struggle of liberty which shows in this speech. Henry was

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    Enriched History Book report The book I read for the enriched history project was Black Heroes of the American Revolution by Burke Davis. The reason I chose the book was because after looking at some of the books I thought I would be most interested in this one. On Revolutionary war day‚ there was a re-enactor of Edward Hector who told us much about African American soldiers. I have always been fascinated with African American History and wanted to know more about the soldiers Edward Hector talked

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    John White was an artist and a cartographer who traveled from England to the outer banks of North Carolina in 1585. John White was at the Roanoke Island for about thirteen months before returning home to England for more supplies. He made a series of paintings of indigenous people‚ plants and animals almost over seventy paintings. The purpose of his paintings he thought was to give the people back home an idea of what the new world was like. Despite the significance the watercolor paintings were

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