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    John Smith, of Jamestown 1607, faced the difficulties of weather, starvation and the new people of the Native American tribes. He wasn’t the only one who had faces these difficulties, for John Winthrop, a man who took the voyage in 1630 to sail on the Arbella across the Atlantic Ocean for nine weeks. Yet, another memorable member of the 17th century colonial literature would be Jonathan Edwards, who encounters weather and natural disaster in a completely different form than the others. John…

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    When I went to Jamestown North Dakota a medium sized city in the absolute middle of nowhere land. This place is so much in the middle of nowhere you didn't see anything until a mile a way. The way there took a long time it took four and a half hours.when we were there we went to a hotel there were we were staying it was a nice hotel on the edge of the city. The way home was less boring because we did more on the way back. We went out to eat a lot we didn't go out to eat one time while we…

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    The Massachusetts and Virginia Colonies had many similarities, but often times we get the question concerning which colony benefited the United States better from an historical formation. The one who “created the corporate trading and colonizing company” (Cheyney 148) or the one who seeked “purity” (Cheyney 148). You begin to compare the two colonies. Taking everything into deeper thinking. Out of the two original colonies which one had a greater impact on the world? Jamestown and Plymouth…

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    From the General History of Virginia to the Of Plymouth Plantation, both of these stories involve the journey to the new world. Although these stories have few similarities such as, where they came from; the help they received in the new world when they were in trouble; and how they felt on the way to the new world; they also had their differences. Some of the differences that these two stories held was their purpose of why they went to the new world in the first place; how they treated each…

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    Jamestown Case Study

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    Introduction Jamestown, a name that is synonymous with the first British settlement in the Americas, is regarded by many American historians as the birthplace of the United States. We tend to think of Jamestown as a glorious fortress constructed by English journeymen who were driven by fame, fortune, and opportunities the Americas will provide for them. However, according to the historical records, Jamestown only existed from 1607 CE to the settlement’s abandonment in 1699 CE. Multiple…

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    The Movie Pocahontas

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    remember that The Disney film Pocahontas was about the Native American young girl with long brown hair named Pocahontas who fell in love with an English settler named John Smith. However, the film was ultimately based off of the events in Jamestown, Virginia. Jamestown was the first permanent settlement in the Americas and is known to be one of the biggest struggles known to man. Nevertheless, it was the spark that ignited the start of the amazing country the world sees today, The United States…

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    The New World 2005 The New World directed by Terrence Malick is a great film about the story of the first founding of Jamestown. The main characters are: Pocahontas (Q 'orianka Kilcher), Captain John Smith (Colin Farrell) and John Rolfe (Christian Bale). Three English ships arrive in what is now Virginia in 1607. The Englishmen quickly mark there land and start building structures. John Smith was brought there in chains and was supposed to be killed, thankfully Captain Christopher Newport…

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    Colonization in Virginia began in 1606 as an experiment produced by a joint stock company. The idea was to create a colony that would generate profit and become an attribution to the British economy. This was a high expectation and the outposts experienced a considerable amount of challenges before becoming great colonies. Jamestown was the first colony to establish in the Virginia Company; it is well known for being a controversial colony with great prospects but had a lack of knowledge of its…

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    the law of the English tyrants. However, before America became the America of today’s world, or even 1776’s world, there were a number of hurdles the early colonists had to overcome, particularly those in the first permanent English settlement of Jamestown. Before settlement,…

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    Jamestown Colony

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    The founding of the Jamestown Colony in 1607 was an incredibly difficult feat that could not have been accomplished without the sacrifice and grueling work of the settlers. They left relatives, acquaintances, and most of what was familiar to them behind and braved the rough sea voyage to the New World. When they reached Virginia, the colonists of Jamestown were forced to construct shelters and procure what they needed to survive, in addition to adjusting to an unfamiliar climate. They also…

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