Virginia John Smith Chapter Of The Lottery

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After read all material for this forum, I can conclude about Colonial beginnings that it was a period of cultural transformation to American people and England people, period in which the influence of puritans and their ideas about God were strongly marked. Also was of big impact the exploration of the new world for England because they found much wealth and different landscapes rich in fauna and flora; all these occurrences affect the writing of authors because it is the immediate reality of the author, for example in the chapter read of general history of Virginia John Smith describes a stage in this time with all the characteristics of the moment.

John Smith in the chapter of the lottery, explains the exploration and settling of Virginia

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