The first English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia was established by...?
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Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold\n"Gosnold was the primary force behind the expedition to Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, but his efforts have, for the most part, been lost to history. As we approach the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown in 2007, this unexpected discovery gives us an opportunity to recognize his leadership and contribution to the beginning of America as we know it today,"
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Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia.
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Im pretty sure that Jamestown was founded to start the beginning of the new colonies that England planned to establish in America.  The men were sent over to set up the colony as it was only forest when they landed so that it would be suitable for women and children to come over later after they had made sure the area was safe and that there was proper shelter for them.
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there are several islands in the Chesapeake Bay that use a dialect that is close to Elizabethean english.  They are Smith Island (MD) and Tanger Island (VA). Tanger was featured on a PBS history of englis.
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From the school's website:\n\n1693, February 8.\nKing William III and Queen Mary II granted a charter to establish The College of William and Mary in Virginia. The King provided £1,985 14s l0d from quitrents in Virginia, a penny tax on every pound of tobacco exported from Maryland and Virginia to countries other than England, the "Profits" from the surveyor-general's office and 10,000 acres each in the Pamunkey Neck and on Blackwater Swamp. The Reverend James Blair was named president of the College and served until his death in 1743. \n\n1693, November 16.\nAlthough the charter suggested a site on the south side of the York River ("Townsend's Land"), the act passed this day by the General Assembly, and consented to on November 18 by Nicholson, established the site of the College "as near the church now standing in Middle Plantation old fields as convenience will permit." This church was the predecessor of the present Bruton Parish Church. The same day the assembly also voted an export duty on furs and skins for the support of the College. The name "Middle Plantation" was changed to "Williamsburg" when the colonial capital was moved there from Jamestown in 1699. \n\n1693, December 20. \nFor the College site a tract of 330 acres was purchased for £170 from Captain Thomas Ballard. Two of the boundary stones, erected in 1694 to mark the property, may be seen in the College library. \n\n1694, May 14. \nThe coat of arms of the College was granted by the College of Arms in London. The arms were described as: "Vert a Colledge, or Edifice mason'd Argent in Chief a Sun rising Or the Hemisphere proper," i.e., a college building in silver, on a green field; a golden sun at half orb against a blue sky. \n\n1695, August 8.\nGovernor Edmund Andros and the Council of Virginia were present at the laying of the first bricks of the foundation of the College Building, later called the Main Building. When restored between 1928 and 1931, it was renamed the Sir Christopher Wren Building in honor of the presumed architect. The front and the north wing were completed in 1700.
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Where it started.  In England
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the first country to be discovered was west indies. hemant it's aditya.
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I had to write a DAR essay on this. It was hard. Very hard. I just googled jamestown...you also might want to google jamestown timeline, or timeline of jamestown.
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To answer your question... yes... Delaware was a slave colony... it had been since it's earlier roots as a Dutch Colony... \nThe Dutch were the first to colonize Delaware by establishing a trading post in 1631.  Though the first settlement was destroyed during a clash with local Native Americans the Dutch continued to hold Delaware by deriving new forts in 1638 (Fort Christina) and 1651 (new castle) and then in 1655 the Dutch took over the entire trading colony under the leadership of Peter Stuyvasant incorperating it into the Dutch "New Netherlands"...\n\nSlavery in Delaware?\nMany of the people in Delaware came from Maryland and Virginia which were experiencing a Population boom. The Cash Crop of the region was Tobacco (which was entirely dependant on Slave Labor).  At the end of the colonial period Slavery in Delaware started to decline due to Agricultural Changes, Religious beliefs (quakers and Methodists) and Governmental Restrictions.  In fact by 1860 there were only about 1,800 Slaves in the State of Delaware (with a population of approx. 90,000 people and 20,000 of them were freed slaves). John Dickensen (the largest slave owner with 37 slaves) freed his slaves in 1777. \nDelaware did not suceed during the civil war.  Voting to stay a part of the Union on January 3rd, 1861.  Though the state remained part of the Union many of the citizen left the state to go fight in the Confederacy in states such as Virginia. \nTwo months before the Civil War ended. (February 18, 1865) Delaware voted against the 13th Amendment  and thus unsuccessfully tried to continue slavery past the civil war... \nIt wasn't until 1901 that Delaware ratified the 13th Amendment (a full 40 Years after Lincoln's Emancipation Aproclomation).
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Colonial Massachusetts - Massachusetts was the most important northern colony, as well as an important part of New England, where many American institutions and traditions were formed. Unlike southern colonies, it was built around small towns, rather than scattered farms. The Pilgrims settled the Plymouth Colony, and Puritan settlers traveled to Salem and later to Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. As the Puritans gradually secularized and became known as Yankees, the Congregational Church continued to dominate most small towns. Late in the colonial period Baptist and other dissenting churches emerged, and the elites in Boston and other cities turned to the Anglican and Unitarian religions. The colony defeated some Indian tribes in King Philip's War in the 1670s, and fought with Britain a series of French and Indian Wars that were characterized by brutal border raids, and successful attacks on Canada. \nPre-revolutionary events - Massachusetts was a center of the American Revolution, with actions by the patriots and counter-actions by the Crown (including the Intolerable Acts) a main reason for unity of the 13 colonies and the outbreak of war, starting with battles around Boston in 1775-76. Also see Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party. \nBattles of the American Revolution - Battles of Lexington and Concord, Siege of Boston, Battle of Bunker Hill. \nFirst Governor of the Commonwealth - John Hancock was the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. \nShays' Rebellion - Western Massachusetts uprising after the Revolution. \nU.S. Constitution - On February 6, 1788, Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution. \nSlavery - According to a 1790 census, Massachusetts had a slave population of zero. \nDistrict of Maine - On March 15, 1820, Maine was separated from Massachusetts, of which it had been a non-contiguous part, and entered the Union as the 23rd State. (See Missouri Compromise) \nU.S. Civil War - The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was one of the first African-American regiments in the U.S. military. \nThe Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T) - Known as the Big Dig to locals, it is the most expensive single highway construction project in the United States. The project began 1991, with final construction occurring in 2006. \nRoman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal - In 2002, the diocese was found to have knowingly moved priests who sexually molested children from parish to parish and to have covered up abuse. \nSame-sex marriage - On November 18, 2003, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that the state could not deny marriage rights to same-sex couples under the state constitution. Same-sex marriage is currently legal in Massachusetts. \nInvention of sports: \nCandlepin bowling was invented in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1880. \nBasketball was invented in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891. \nVolleyball was invented in Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1895.
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jamestown, williamsburg, monticello etc.
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First, location, location, location.  The Massachusetts Bay Colonies were near the water and much farther north.  While I'm sure the winters were harsh, the summers were not near as brutal.  They also could rely more heavily on the coastal system to bring supplies in a more timely fashion and didn't have to walk 10 miles to get there.\n\nSecond, Indians. Why did the Indians treat the colonies differently?  I assume the Indians that the Virginia colonies encountered were from the same tribe(s) that first encountered white man in Jamestown.  These men came in and swooped up their land, murdered their families and destroyed their way of life, I would be out for revenge too.  Massachusetts was colonized differently.  It started with a religious movement, people came to seek religious freedom, not make money (well, not only!).  The Indians they encountered were most likely not as threatened by these new habitants.  \n\nThe men from Massachusetts weren't suffering as much, the land was providing some for them and they had livestock (though expensive).  The shipments from England came frequently and timely, plus these men felt they could return home if things didn't work out. The Virginians appeared to feel doomed to die in the new land, alone.
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these sites may help:\nhttp://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741502192_2/Colonial_America.html\n\nhttp://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8659
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Although he didn't live long enough to really enjoy it - the first man to make a fortune was John Rolfe who invented through cross-pollenation a newer sweeter-weed of tobacco that became hugely popular and made the Virginia colony financially viable.\n\nGood Luck :-)!!!
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Although Jamestown was an important centre of government and commerce in the 17th century, the location was plagued by mosquitoes, brackish tidal river water which was unsuitable for drinking, and offered limited space for major expansion. Several times during contingencies, such as fires and Bacon's Rebellion, the seat of government for the colony was shifted temporarily to nearby Middle Plantation, which was a fortified location on the high ridge approximately equidistant from the James and York Rivers on the Virginia Peninsula. When the Colony was finally granted a long-desired charter for a college in 1693, Middle Plantation was chosen as the site of the new College of William and Mary, named for the British king and queen who granted the royal charter. After another accidental state house fire at Jamestown in 1698, the capital of the Colony was permanently relocated to Middle Plantation in 1699. The new capital town was soon renamed Williamsburg, in honor of the current British king, William III.\n\nJamestown began a gradual loss of prominence after the capital was relocated, and eventually reverted to a few large farms. It became a significant point for control of the James River during the American Civil War (1860-1865), and then slid back into seeming oblivion until the early 20th century.
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The first legislature anywhere in the English colonies in America was in Virginia. This was the House of Burgesses, and it first met on July 30, 1619, at a church in Jamestown. Its first order of business was to set a minimum price for the sale of tobacco.\n\nAlthough the first session was cut short because of an outbreak of malaria, the House of Burgesses soon became a symbol of representative government. Among the 22 members was the governor, who was appointed by officials of the Virginia Company in London. The governor in turn appointed six important members of the colony to be his council. The other 15 members were elected by the colony as a whole, or actually men over 17 who also owned land.\n\nThe House of Burgesses, which met at first only once a year, could make laws, which could be vetoed by the governor or the directors of the Virginia Company. This continued to be the standard until 1624, when Virginia became a royal colony. At this time, England took much more control of things in Virginia, restricting the powers of the House of Burgesses.\n\nThrough the years leading up to the Revolutionary War, many leaders of the move toward independence made their names in the House of Burgesses. Patrick Henry introduced seven resolutions against the Stamp Act there in 1765.\n\nThe fact that the burgesses could make their own laws was very much on the mind of many people in the American colonies, especially when Great Britain continued to pass harsh laws that the colonists viewed as "taxation without representation."\n\nFamous burgesses also included George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
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Boston. Damn British. We taught em though.