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
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It was a very nice Thursday when I drove down to Williams to visit Jamestown Settlement- a museum of 17th century Virginia. I went there with my friend and she helped me a lot in collecting information and documents. The reason I arrived to Jamestown Settlement because it was very interesting to see with my own eyes art works of 17th century that I have learned a lot in Humanities class and the textbook. Jamestown Settlement is a new museum that is located in Williamsburg, Virginia, and it took
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the First Settlement in Jamestown in 1619 and it didn’t end until after the Civil War. These slaves did help development America even though it wasn’t right and without theses slaves, America wouldn’t be the same as it is. The first known use of slaves was during the Jamestown Settlement. In 1619, a ship called the White Lion carried 20 Africans slaves to Jamestown. These slaves were needed to help the settlers to farm their tobacco, a new crop they discovered in Jamestown. The farming of tobacco
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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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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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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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