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Edwin Sandys

Serving Time in Virginia After the Fact

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History of early Virginia is difficult, as there are few documents, and they aren't always trustworthy. ? Virginia was America's first representative assembly? Brought tobacco to England en masse? Captain John Smith had wrote a history of Virginia titled A Generall Historie of Virginia? Smith was generally pretty good with telling the truth, but his perspective is definitely his own, so that has to be kept in mind ? Was Smith completely truthful?? Most powerful person in region? Powhatan was the leader of a confederacy of Indians-Algonquian Indians? Virginia Company was rough in the beginning. ? 75k pounds invested to send 2k settlers. ? Happened through a joint stock arrangement? King James sent his special silkworms over. ? Went to the New World in hopes of profit. ?

America Past and Present Ch. 2 Outline

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Chapter 2 Outline Colonies I. Breaking away A. population growth in England 1. 1580-1650 3.5 mil to 5 mil. strain on agrarian economy 2. food prices rose 3. Migrant workers (peasants) took to road to find work 4. wandering poor threatened social order of the ?propertied? class a.propertied class wanted enforcement of vagrancy laws 5. workers go to London a. unhealthy conditions in city (London) led to many deaths B. migrations by English 1. Holland-Pilgrims looking for religious freedom 2. Ireland 3. some chose to go to America C. Why did they migrate to America? 1.religious freedom a.quote on pg 34 2. owning land and better social position a. Primogeniture laws gave all land to oldest son 3. escape from bad marriages, jail, poverty D. Political upheaval on the throne
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