British company sent another colony to North America and established the first successful British colony named Jamestown. English colonization was a very interesting idea that the empire had set up to encourage settling the New World. The charter system in North America allowed companies and individuals to organize their own colonies as long as the crown received a portion of the profits. Jamestown was started by the London Company from England, a joint stock enterprise created to find gold and other riches
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Patrick Kieffer Proffessor English 2327 14 June 2012 The Lost Colony of Roanoke Jamestown is considered by many historians to be the first established colony but it is not entirely accurate. Jamestown was indeed the first successful colony, but Jamestown was certainly not the first attempt at colonization. Several other attempts at colonizing the New World took place before Jamestown. One particular attempt at colonization is that the Roanoke colony, known to many as the Lost Colony. The
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The colonization of the New World was merely a business venture to obtain wealth, improved social status, and natural resources that they would otherwise have to obtain from neighboring countries. One of the advocates of colonizing the New World, Richard Hakluyt, told stories of America containing resources beyond belief. They were in competition with the other Europe countries and he made a convincing argument that England needed to be the leader of this expedition in order to receive great profit
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As the throne changed over from the Tudors to the Stuarts, the English began to create settlements in the Americas. Starting in the Chesapeake Bay area, the English traveled to the North in search of profit and power. The British empire looked for way to decrease the power of the large empires of France and Spain. In 1606, the current king of England created the Virginia Company, starting the voyages and creation of the English empire in the eastern portion of North America. When to Tudor family
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Spanish, followed by the French, and last but not least the British.(Muntone, 2011, p. 3) It was 1607 that the British founded the original colony in Jamestown, Virginia . It was the British intention from the beginning to colonize the Americas for the expansion of the British Empire. This new settlement in Jamestown would allow for the people of Jamestown to send back natural resources to England for the benefit of the mother country. These new colonies that began across North America were all British
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Providence, Road Island and established the Protestant Church. Eliza Lucas Pinckney: Was in Charge of 3 South Carolina plantations by the age of 16. Imported indigo to her plantation, which became a very important cash crop. John Smith: Leader of Jamestown Colony in Virginia. First explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay part of the first settlement to the New World. Helped save colony from devastation. Anne Hutchinson: Was a Puritan spiritual adviser and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy that
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at the first sight” (Percy “A Discourse of… Virginia by the English”). Percy and one hundred four other settlers would go on to establish Jamestown, the first successful British colony in the “New World”. Chosen for its geographical military advantages, lush vegetation, and seemingly stable, warm climate (Grymes “Jamestown - Why there?”), the location of Jamestown created a viable settlement, economy, and subsequent culture. Throughout the 1600’s, the colonies would expand tenfold, and the consequences
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Europeans’ explored numerous part of the Americans during these years, however the discoveries which will be addressed d are the colonies of Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth. The Colony of Roanoke was settled in the 1584 with a population of 100 home owners on an island 17 miles away from Croatan island. The colony was founded through a patent given to Sir Walter Raleigh by Queen Elizabeth I. The colonist built homes, a fort, meeting places, and grew crops. In the year of 1587 some sailed back
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The character and nature of the colonies were very different from the start. Jamestown in Virginia lacked any know how, laws, or religion. They only wanted the riches that America had to offer, and they put little effort into making them a government and making a since of permanence. John Smith documented the troubles that were arising for them in his letter to the Virginia Company. John Smith seemed to be on the right track but could never fully make everything work. He also documented the starving
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1. Discuss the motives and “success” of England’s colonies vs. Spain and France. England wanted more colonies, but ended up the slowest of all Atlantic powers to start colonizing and exploring the New World which doesn’t make it very successful, but it did win the fight against Spain which solidified Protestantism in England. When England got to the Americas, it was not successful in colonizing and most of their small colonies that were formed, failed. Spain on the other hand, was more successful
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