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Who was John Smith?
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John Smith was the founder of Jamestown
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Why was the colony Jamestown founded?
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Founded on May 14 1607. permanent English settlement created by the London Company
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How did the Joint Stock companies help the colonies in the U.S.?
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joint stock companies helped colonization because it was risky and expensive to colonize in the U.S. there were many companies like the London Comany and the Virginia Company
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Why were indentured servants used instead of slaves?
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Some immigrants arrived in the U.S. as indentured servants.their voyage was paid by their masters and most were women and men between the age of 21. theeir parents usually negotiated their services. they only worked for a fixed amount of time like 2-7 years
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Who were the Puritans?
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Puritans were attacked by Charles the I in england because he wanted the people of England to return to Roman Catholicism. they secretly emigrated to Holland but they had to work in poor jobs and the Dutch did not tolerate them. they migrated to new England
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Who was John Winthrop?
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he led a group of Puritans to the New England. he obtained a charter from the King for the Massachusetts Bay Company. John was chosen governor of Massachusetts
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