... of this land would continue for more than a hundred years. The first permanent settlement in North America was the English colony at Jamestown, in 1607, in what is now Virginia. John Smith and company had come to stay. The Pilgrims followed, in 1620, and set up a colony at Plymouth, in what is now Massachusetts. Other English colonies sprang up all along the ... were also not the huge financial success the southern colonies were to be. A quick overview of the first colonies: Virginia's settlement town was Jamestown. The leader in this colony was John Smith. It was founded in 1607, and i...

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... conveyed the idea that all of the settlers who wanted to go to Virginia were primarily interested in one thing and that was the acquisition of wealth. In the document, John Smith discussed how men who could go to America had the wealth and the means to do so. They could easily buy supplies to help support their travels. In contrast, those ... who didn't have the money had to work to support their voyage to America; many paying as much as fifteen times the amount for supplies. In the document, Smith referred to the settlers as "Gold Miners" looking for wealth. As more permanent colonies ...

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... conveyed the idea that all of the settlers who wanted to go to Virginia were primarily interested in one thing and that was the acquisition of wealth. In the document, John Smith discussed how men who could go to America had the wealth and the means to do so. They could easily buy supplies to help support their travels. In contrast, those ... who didn't have the money had to work to support their voyage to America; many paying as much as fifteen times the amount for supplies. In the document, Smith referred to the settlers as "Gold Miners" looking for wealth. As more permanent colonies ...

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... 2 Indians, Samoset and Tisquantum brought the message to the Pilgrims that their chief, Massasoit, wished to speak with them. From there, Governor John Carver and Massasoit worked out a peace treaty, making them allies. The relations between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans remained peaceful. The pilgrims relied ... that all the Indians should be Christianized and educated. Missionaries were sent from Europe to the New World, and one such missionary was John Eliot. John Eliot was a Puritan Minister who migrated to America in 1631, and believed that the Indians had a chance and was o...

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... Massachusetts the magistrate created several Sabbath laws, which regarded Sunday as the Lord's Day. In Massachusetts the Sabbath laws were enforced frequently. In the town of Salem in 1668, John Smith and Mrs. John Kitchin were fined "for frequent absenting themselves from the public worship of God on the Lord's day." Magistrate also created strict laws against Quakers and persecuted them cruelly. On ... ...

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... know (a good driver, of course). This is what I like to call tag-team driving. This fun yet daring method originated during a trip home from Loon Mountain by fellow good driver John Smith and myself. The idea here is to open lanes for your partner and help them get into good positions on the highway. With this technique you can each travel faster ... ...

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