Economically, the overall financial state of the settlers was poor. Among arrival to the new world they would establish a merchant and trading market. Items such as copper and pearls would be sold for high prices
Watts 1 Why did so many colonists die? In 1607 many English colonists came to America in order to look for gold and find new land. They sailed into the Chesapeake Bay and worked their way up the James River and found a spot they thought would suit what these new settlers needed to survive. When they first came to America, King Henry I and a very strong group of English investors funded the settling of the James River colony. The people these investors put their money into , to survive in a brand…
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set a royal charter, an English joint stock company, by the name of the Virginia Company, to set up colonial settlements in North America. On the year 1607 the Virginia Company set out on three different ships: the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery, with members of 144 boys and men. This was to establish an English colony. Their voyage led them to Jamestown Island. This settlement is dated as the first permanently colonization in North America from the English. The earliest colonists…
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Where and how did the Portuguese build trading posts? 3. Describe Afonso d’Alboquerque as a Portuguese commander. 4. How were English and Dutch trading posts similar to the Portuguese? Different? 5. Fully explain trading companies. Include what they are, and why they were formed. 6. What islands in Southeast Asia were conquered by Europeans? 7. Describe European policies and rule in the following locations: a. Philippines b. Manila c. Java 8. How were Russian…
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with the natives. One historian even believes the colonists were scalped and eaten. However, there were actually several different varying aspects that contributed to the disappearance of the mysterious Roanoke Colony. These factors included the conflicts they had faced with the natives, the weather conditions that prevented them to get the proper supplies, the lack of supplies they had to begin with, and the disease they had unknowingly spread. All of these factors ultimately drove the people to…
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2.When and why did Europeans “discover” the Americas? What were the chief features of the Spanish Empire in America? The French and Dutch Empires in America? What was the relationship between the European explorers and colonists and the native peoples? Reasons for discovery: Prosperity in Europe, Growing European populations, Desire for a shorter trade route, Advances in sailing, renaissance, Christianize the heathen, consolidation of European monarchies. Ferdinand and Isabella sent Columbus…
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Colonial America History is a very important aspect of our lives. It is essential to individuals and to society. It focuses attention on the complex processes of social changes, including factors that are causing changes around us. One should know about the people, their origin and ideas; their impact on society, the trade and diseases that affected us. It helps us understand people, how they change, how the society we live in came to be and how these changes impacted our lives. The history of…
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largely from English background, New York was Dutch, Pennsylvania was German, the Appalachian frontier was Scots-Irish, the southern coast African-American and English, and there were spots of French, Swiss, and Scots-Highlanders. 2. Although they came from different origins, the ethnicities were knowingly or what mingling and melting together into something called “Americans.” 3. Most people were farmers, an estimated 90%. The northern colonies held what little industry America had at the time:…
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What were the causes of the Bacon Rebellion and what impact did the rebellion have on Virginia politics and slavery? There were many causes of the Bacon Rebellion. Nathaniel Bacon created an angry group of people (slaves, farmers, servants) to protest and burn down Indian settlements and Jamestown because they believed that…
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Edwards French and Indian War Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act Main Ideas: Answer in one or two sentences. Ch. 1 Section 1 What theories explain when and how the first people arrived in the Americas? Give two examples of how ancient societies demonstrated their resourcefulness in adapting to their physical environments? Section 2 Provide two examples of how Native American societies drew upon or honored their cultural heritage. Describe three broad cultural patterns that the Native American societies shared…
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large network of paved roads, the Mayas created their own language system and were succeeded by the Aztecs, who built advanced educational and medical systems. All three tribes, located in South and Central America, became known for their complex political systems. To the north, in present day America and Canada were many smaller tribes with diverse ways of life. Each tribe adapted to their region and climate; for example, the Eskimos of Canada subsisted off of seals and traveled by dogsled, whereas the…
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