...Maryland was founded as one of the first colonies in 1632. The first person to see the shores of Maryland was Sebastian Cabot, an Italian explorer in the 1518. On November 22, 1633, the ships Ark and Dove left England for Maryland with settlers who were seeking religious freedom. People of Maryland fought against the British during the Revolutionary War, but not all Marylanders wanted independence from Great Britain. Many issues arose after the War and the Constitution needed to be ratified by all states, but in 1789 Maryland finally ratified the Bill of Rights. Before Sebastian Cabot saw the shores of Maryland in 1518, his father John Cabot was the first European to sail into Chesapeake Bay in 1498. John Cabot claimed the land for King Henry...
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...Slogan Maryland the great state where we fish with great bate. Our colony give you the free decision for your religion. We have chesapeake bay it’s a major trading post and we don’t even boast. This is our state, now let's celebrate! Location The state of Maryland is located on the east coast, between the states of Pennsylvania, delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia. Chesapeake Bay Maryland has a large selection of major job industries. Such as; shipping on Chesapeake bay, commercial fishing for Striped Bass, farming crops and animals, and lumber. The low, fertile land surrounding Chesapeake Bay is ideal for farming cattle, chickens and soybeans. Also, the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is one of the world’s largest shipping canals, it...
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...We believe you should live in the Southern Colonies. It has tidelines along the coast, perfect for growing crops. Many lakes to get fresh water to drink and to bathe in. Huge mountains in the west. The Southern Colonies had barrier islands also. With just these things it is possible for a new start for people. You can even take a vacation there since the climates are wonderful and the sceneries are beautiful. The population in the Southern Colonies are a lot. Georgia had 2,000 people at the time. South Carolina had 45,000 people living there at the time. North Carolina had 51,800 people living there at the time. Virginia had the highest population of the Southern Colonies and it was 691,737 people. Maryland had 116,100 people living there....
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...intentions around colonization for the Northeastern and Chesapeake colonies significantly contributed to the distinct development of the two regions, as their motivations impacted the cornerstone of their efforts, allowing distinct aspects of civilization to develop within the two regions. Seeking and desiring religious freedom, the Puritans, or original settlers of the Northeastern...
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...The Southern colonies had its first permanent settlement in the year of 1607 when immigrants settled in present day North Carolina(Virginia.) (Brinkley)In 1619 Virginia became known for the first colony to have an elected legislature, known as the House of Burgess. Most of the people that lived in these colonies where Anglicans and those who weren’t had to leave. (Brinkley) The colonies that made up the southern included; Maryland, Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas (later split into North & South in 1729.) The southern colonies where founded by the British in 16th and 17th centuries. (U.S.History.org, The Southern Colonies) The weather was humid and warm with hot summers, and long growing seasons. (Brinkley) It was also often rainy and cold. These southern colonies turned to cash crops (indigo dye, rice, Tabaco) with Tabaco becoming the most important. (U.S.History.org, The Southern Colonies) Slaves and servants were very much important to the southern colonies, as that’s who most crops where done by. Settlers traveled from England in order to seek economic prosperity that England lacked. (Staff)...
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...The southern colonies had a lasting effect which is still noticed today. This essay will explain How Virginia and Maryland were established. How the Carolinas were established. How colonists and Native Americans interacted with each other. Why plantations formed. What like was like for enslaved laborers on plantations. And, How the southern colonies helped to develop a representative government. How were Virginia and Maryland established? “The first English colony in North America was Virginia, sponsored by the Virginia Company of London. The Virginia Company was a group of stockholders who hoped to profit from a Virginia colony. They sponsored Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, in 1607.”(D.E 2.4,1) The stockholders...
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...John Mason was the founder of this colony. After being governor of Portsmouth, he and Sir Ferdinando Gorges, one of the Council leaders, received a grant, in 1622, for the area between the Merrimack and Kennebec rivers, in America. Mason and Gorges split the land. Mason took the territory that lied between the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers, and named it New Hampshire. Gorges took the remaining land. This New England colony was named New Hampshire in honor of actual Hampshire, England. The colony was founded in 1623. After working as secretary for King James I, George Calvert wanted to create a colony in America. King James died, so his son, King Charles I, became the ruler of England. In 1632, King Charles I approved the charter for George...
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...The Southern Colonies made up of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The first permanent settlement in North America was Jamestown, Virginia Southern Colonies in North America were established by England (later Great Britain), during the 17th and 18th centuries and consisted of the Province of Maryland, the Colony of Virginia, the Province of North Carolina, the Province of South Carolina, and the Province of Georgia. The English started the Southern Colonies. The Southern Colonies included Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Jamestown, Virginia was the first successful Southern Colony in America. The surrounding area was full of disease-carrying mosquitoes and the people who came...
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...13 Colonies by Janelle Pavao Let's begin with a list of the 13 Colonies in the order they were established. Each link will send you to a short history further down the page. 1. Virginia/Jamestown: 1607 2. Massachusetts: 1620 3. New Hampshire: 1623 4. Maryland:1632-1634 5. Connecticut:1635 6. Rhode Island: 1636 7. Delaware: 1638 8. NorthCarolina:1653 9. South Carolina: 1653 10. New York: 1664 11. NewJersey:1664 12. Pennsylvania: 1682 13. Georgia: 1732 See also: Roanoke Colony Brief History of the Thirteen Colonies The 13 colonies were chiefly governed by the British until the time of the Revolutionary war. However, others did try to seize control of the colonies several times, such as during the French and Indian war. Although the British controlled the 13 colonies on the east coast, the French took control of Canada, which is why it is not part of America today. The British tried to fight for that land, but were defeated and the French held control. The Spanish claimed Mexico and some of the western parts of North America including Southern California and part of the Caribbean, but the British were the chief rulers of the continent. Virginia/Jamestown Jamestown was the first of the 13 colonies after the failure to establish a colony on Roanoke Island. It was founded by The London Company in 1607. Jamestown was mainly founded for the purpose of making money. It was a port and trading center. Jamestown was a place for people to come and make their fortune. Another...
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...beginning of the 1630s in the time of the Great Migration era, England had 13 colonies in the United States. In three different colony zones, the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. The colony age changed the unfolding of democracy in the United States. There are many forms that were in Colonial America that influenced our government to be more democratic. They lead the United States to becoming a democracy, some examples are "The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut" and the "Virginia House of Burgesses". In document three, The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the governor is chosen "by all those who are eligible to vote." If the governor...
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...According to one of America’s most successful men, Henry Ford, “Failure is the opportunity to start more intelligently.” When considering the Jamestown experience and the development of the great plantation colonies, this quote cannot be more ideal. The lessons learned in leadership, financial stability and native relations during the settlement of Jamestown helped other colonies improve their colonization process. They did this by replicating Virginia’s successes’ and avoiding her failures. First of all, during the colonization process of Jamestown the settlers had no form of leadership. This caused the men to be unsuited for the job and their priorities were irrelevant. For example, The American Pageant states,” once ashore in Virginia, the settlers died by the dozens from disease, malnutrition and starvation. Ironically, the woods rustled with food and the rivers flopped with fish, but the greenhorn settlers, many of them self-styled ‘gentlemen’ unaccustomed to fending for themselves, wasted valuable time grubbing for nonexistent gold when they should have been gathering provisions” (pg29). This statement proves that the first settlers needed a strong leader to discipline them and turn their efforts from gold to the colony’s overall survival. Luckily, Captain John Smith took lead of the...
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...These colonies all had similar and were also very difference on how they came about and how they each survived. Some survived and were encountered for pure profit and were very money driven while others were just getting by with living as minimalist and protecting their freedom of practicing religion. Virginia was expected to be a colony abundant in gold but much to the founder’s surprise it wasn’t. The people who resided there had minimal workmanship, which changed as soon as John Smith entered they’re world. John brought about a more structural life style that involved much work and labor. The people didn’t really appreciate being put to work but they came to see the benefit of it when the colony began to slowly diminish but the growth of their tobacco is what saved them. The tobacco was sold and dispersed in Europe which John Rolfe was in charge of and it soon became the life support of this colony and also made Jamestown money. So it’s evident that money was the driving force of this colony. In the colony of Maryland things were a bit different being that the people mostly held its attention to freedom of religion and not so much on money. It wasn’t until 1649 when restless Protestants adopted the “Act Concerning Religion” that this religious freedom came about. Maryland and Virginia were similar when it came to their work ethic. Like Virginia, Maryland also grew their tobacco and made their money on it but this colony wasn’t entirely base on or known for their riches...
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...escape from religious persecution, and they also saw it as an economic opportunity. Three common colonies that were discovered are known as Chesapeake, New England, and the Caribbean, these colonies have their own unique social, economical, and political development. The Chesapeake region consists of the states now known as Virginia and Maryland. In May 1607, a hundred and four settlers arrived off the coast of Virginia. In honor of King James, they named the settlement Jamestown. When the Church of England...
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...early inhabitants and settlements or the New World: -Jamestown The founding of Jamestown, America’s first permanent English colony, in Virginia in 1607 – sparked a series of cultural encounters that helped shape the nation and the world. The government, language, customs, beliefs and aspirations of these early Virginians are all part of the United States’ heritage today. The colony was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, a group of investors who hoped to profit from the venture. Chartered in 1606 by King James I, the company also supported English national goals of counterbalancing the expansion of other European nations abroad, seeking a northwest passage to the Orient, and converting the Virginia Indians to the Anglican religion. Initially, the colony was governed by a council of seven, with one member serving as president. Serious problems soon emerged in the small English outpost, which was located in the midst of a chiefdom of about 14,000 Algonquian-speaking Indians ruled by the powerful leader Powhatan. Relations with the Powhatan Indians were tenuous, although trading opportunities were established. An unfamiliar climate, as well as brackish water supply and lack of food, conditions possibly aggravated by a prolonged drought, led to disease and death. Many of the original colonists were upper-class Englishmen, and the colony lacked sufficient laborers and skilled farmers. The first two English women arrived at Jamestown in 1608, and more came in subsequent...
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...YVONNE MCCLENDON JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA MAY 20, 2013 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WHAT WAS THE NATURE AND CHARACTER OF THESE COLONIES? . . . . CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH GEORGE ALSOP. CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INTRODUCTION How Jamestown was established in Virginia, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Massachusetts and the establishment of Maryland and what was their nature and character of the colonies. Captain Smith major complaint, why the colonist was unable to fish or hunt general misconceptions of the treasure council. George Alsop method of growing and harvesting tobacco. The important of tobacco to the economy of Maryland. What was the nature and character of these colonies? That no man speak imperiously or maliciously against the holy and blessed trinity or any of the three person that is to say, against God the father, God the son, and God the holy ghost or against the krain articles of the Christian or faith, upon pain of death...
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