... legal code and government. The historic importance of Jamestown is that it was the beginning of a continuous English presence in North America. In 1606 King James I of England granted the Virginia Company of London a charter to establish colonies in Virginia. The Virginia Company of London was set up as a "speculative company investment", the individuals put their monies into a joint stock which funded the expedition. In return for their investment, they ... and make quick departures if needed. It also placed them in a favorable position to search for a northwest passage for trade. The ...

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... a child."3 In October 1609 Pocahontas was told that her friend John Smith was dead. What apparently happened was that he was badly injured by a gunpowder explosion and was forced to return to England. According to the legend, Pocahontas thought the love of her life was dead so she married an Indian "pryvate Captayne" named Kocoum in 1610. After her marriage some settlers under ... did have some help from the Japazaws, lesser chief of the Patowomeck Indians, which led her to being betrayed by two Indians for a copper kettle and lured her onto Argall ship in the Potomac River. "Argall sen...

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... was well publicized and she was presented to King James I, the royal family, and the rest of the best of London society. She was taken to theaters and banquets and dances were given in her honor. Her portrait was painted by famous artists. Then, two years later in March 1617, while preparing to return to her native land, Virginia, Pocahontas became extremely ill and had to be ... taken off the ship at Gravesend, England where she died on March ... 21st. Some historians report the illness as tuberculosis while others say the flu and still some say it was small pox. She was buried in the...

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... of the dangers and difficulties of his journey, Published at Williamburg's on his return, may have helped win him his ensuing promotion to lieutenant colonel. Although only 22 years of age and lacking experience, he learned quickly, meeting the problems of recruitment, supply, and desertions with a combination of branches and Native ability that earned him the respect of this superiors. In April 1754, on his way to establish a post at the Forks of the ... Ohio (the current site of Pittsburgh), Washington learned ... ...

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... owne estate." This law was in effect the first law in the new world that consigned slaves as property. Other early Jamestown codes restricted the slaves" ability to assemble, bear arms and provided for punishments and preventions of insurrections. In 1705, Virginia passed another set of laws that declared that all servants who were not Christians in their native lands would be slaves for life. These ... laws also allowed a master to determine guilt and inflict punishment. No longer would a slave have to be brought before a court to process crimes, the master had ultimate power. The slav...

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... submerged aquatic vegetation or SAV. The Chesapeake Bay has more than a dozen native species, including wild celery, common waterweed, and redhead grass. Species vary according to salinity, among other factors. The wild celery is a freshwater species, while wigeon grass tolerates very brackish water and eel grass can live in pure seawater. Eel grass is a variety of subaquatic vegetation that is present ... in the Chesapeake Bay in both Maryland and ... disappearing, it can lead to fish kills. These underwater grasses are a key element to the return of abundant fish, shellfish and waterfo...

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... . Mrs. Smith wrote to Dolly, "How gloomy is the scene, I do not suppose Government will ever return to Washington."6 The Castle was conflagrated, only it's blackened walls remained, and Dolly established herself in the Tayloe mansion, the famous brick "Octagon." On February 4, 1815, there was news in the streets of victory at New Orleans, and the name of President-to-be on every tongue. On February 13, Mr. Gallatin ... Dolly. Now there was noting but Montpellier and the calm monotonous beauty of the Blue Ridge. Dolly was now forty-nine. After the Castle and the Octagon, there was a quiet...

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... and questioned. The unsatisfied people found themselves vulnerable to the Indian cruelties. This was reflected in the rhetoric of the leaders and governor of the time. Ultimately, the Chesapeake colonies were resolved to plant tobacco rather than pay the tax for maintenance of forts. In fact, establishment of the forts was over many of the colonists" great objection. It is very evident that the economic desires of those colonists coupled with the arable and fertile ... too thin and rocky for them to grow cash crops. They made some of their clothing and produced many of their own supplie...

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... and questioned. The unsatisfied people found themselves vulnerable to the Indian cruelties. This was reflected in the rhetoric of the leaders and governor of the time. Ultimately, the Chesapeake colonies were resolved to plant tobacco rather than pay the tax for maintenance of forts. In fact, establishment of the forts was over many of the colonists" great objection. It is very evident that the economic desires of those colonists coupled with the arable and fertile ... too thin and rocky for them to grow cash crops. They made some of their clothing and produced many of their own supplie...

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... 1776. Cut and occasionally altered by Adams or Franklin, or the Congress itself, the declaration is almost completely Jefferson's, and is the triumph and culmination of his early career. At this time, had he wanted to be a political leader, he could have easily attained a position in government. Instead, he chose to return to Monticello and give his public service to Virginia. Returning to ... the Virginia House of Delegates in October 1776, Jefferson set to work on reforming the laws of Virginia. He also proposed a rational plan of statewide education and attempted to write religious t...

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