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    again. The new budget for development was one-fifth the cost of the prior project that failed and to be done in one-third of the time of the prior effort. Only one of the over 30 respondents was able to come in at or under that £1.5 number with the desired development timeframe (Beynon-Davies‚ 1999). That alone should have been an indication that something was wrong in the project. However‚ as typical with government/union type projects‚ the lowest bidder was selected to complete the project and

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    Early British North American colonies Jamestown‚ Virginia was founded in 1609 by the Plymouth group. Their goals were to create a town that had livestock‚ crops‚ homes & land for the settlers. At first there was death from the diseases‚ then when their immune systems built up there become order‚ governed by Sir Thomas Gates and Sir Thomas Dale. They organized workers‚ disciplined and sentenced offenders‚ and gave incentives to workers like ownership of land in trade for work for the company

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    An Analysis of the Passenger List for the 1607 Voyage to Jamestown The gender breakdown on the passenger list for the 1607 voyage to Jamestown is all men and a few boys and no women are on the passenger list. I am sure this was so because they planned for more settlers to come and they needed to establish the colony. There were four boys (boyes) the list mentions but it gives no age but if I had to guess they would be the closest to children if there were any. The main profession represented

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    land was quite a challenge with harsh conditions they faced over a period of 5 or more months. Dangerous‚ long‚ and never ending is what many would describe it if we were in their place. Two groups of different people embarked on the same voyage to the new land which were Jamestown and the Plymouth Plantation. What distinguished each other was what kind of person they hold as a leader‚ how they worked together as a group‚ and their purpose of traveling there. In the beginning of the Jamestown voyage

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    and was released from the orphanage home. I settled to an early colony named Jamestown. The first settlement of Jamestown occurred in May 14‚ 1607. A couple years later I arrived to Jamestown. Life in Jamestown can be very challenging‚ but nothing compared to how it was before. The first settlement of Jamestown was a failure. The first journey to Virginia was through 3 ships: The Susan Constant‚ the Godspeed and the Discovery. In the first settlement around 100 members traveled to Jamestown looking

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    English settlers founded Plymouth and Jamestown along the Eastern Coast of North America. Puritans established Plymouth to escape the Catholic Church of England. Aristocrats established Jamestown in search of profits. Both settlements dealt with unavoidable contact with the natives. Although both Plymouth and Jamestown’s interactions with Native Americans included early encounters‚ diplomatic intermediaries‚ and peace treaties‚ Plymouth’s approach differed from Jamestown by displaying less aggression.

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    Jamestown was first built in the year 1607 with the purpose of establishing a colony that would send back supplies and gold. Jamestown started to collapse very soon after its creation because of mosquitos that carried disease and the brackish water that leaked into their water supply. They decided to trade with the Indians in order to survive‚ but most of the Indians realized it would be easier to kill them or let them die out. In 1608 a man by the name of John Smith took control of the colony

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    Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement. Its founding expedition was launched by the Virginia Company of London‚ purely for profit. The 144 men who set sail for America in 1607 were entrepreneurs‚ meaning that their main reasons for settling in Virginia were for economic gain. The expedition was chartered by James I of England‚ making the future site of Jamestown a royal colony‚ and therefore supported by England. The men who traveled to Virginia were not known for their work ethic;

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    Jamestown is the most important settlement in the history of America. Why? If not for the brave men (and women) who completed the long journey from Europe to the Americas‚ we might be speaking Spanish. If not for their integrity and determination‚ there might still be wars going on between the Spanish‚ French‚ English‚ and the Indians. One of the most important members of the Jamestown colony was John Smith. However‚ unlike the many nobleman who made this voyage to find riches and fame‚ Smith (who

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    goals for settlement. In 1607 Virginia‚ 104 men reached the land they called Jamestown‚ a trip funded by the London Company. Their reason for colonization was that of mainly economic. They desired to use the land of the New World for the profit of the Old. In 1620‚ the Pilgrims of Plymouth

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