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Depending on each region’s location, the climate affected the terrain and life span. The terrain affected what was grown in the soil and how the economy was modeled; moreover, lifespan affected population growth. In a way, the first Chesapeake colony was founded for economic reasons. Jamestown, founded in 1607, was the first permanent settlement; however, the colonist didn’t plant any crops to live off of, instead they looked for gold. A settler by the name of John Smith, saved Jamestown with great

Per. 2 Patrick Henry played a very prominent role in the success of America’s independence. Along with Thomas Jefferson and Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry helped create the Virginia House of Burgesses to resolve the state of the colonies. In the early spring of 1775, Patrick Henry met with members of the second Virginia Convention to discuss the need for a military mobilization against the British. In “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”, Patrick Henry uses metaphors, pathos, diction, to convince

Massachusetts Bay colonies were founded by Puritans to flee religious persecution by the Church of England and were very religious colonies. The Virginia colonies were founded for the king, and with the objective of finding gold and glory in hopes of bringing wealth to Britain. The joint stock company, The Virginia Company, is what funded the exploration into Virginia. The settlement they were to find needed a good port for their three heavy ships. This is why they chose Jamestown, with the Chesapeake Bay

Virginia and Massachusetts Bay were slave owning colonies; however, their practices were very different. The roots of these differences were the reasons that Europeans left their home countries to travel to the New World. Due to their strong patriarchalist social order, Virginia leans towards a more economical society. On the other hand, Massachusetts Bay was influenced by a large group of Puritans and a relatively small group of egalitarians; hence it was more of a religious society. These distinctions

1. Read the following from John Smith’s History of Virginia. In your own words, explain the incident Smith described. What does this passage tell us about the relationship between the English settlers at Jamestown and the natives they encountered? What does it tell us about the condition of the English at the time? In other words, what is the context? The story is an analysis of how John Smith encounters with the Savages in Virginia before British colonization. His review poetically reviews the

Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention” performed before the House of the Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, argues that the colonies should no longer rely on Great Britain and encourages war against them. He worked to convince the men of the Virginia convention to stop trying to befriend the British, and instead, wage war against them. Patrick Henry employs various rhetorical devices such as hypophora, anaphora, and allusions to religion, along with persuasive appeals effectively

Hornady Manufacturing. This company’s headquarters is based in my hometown Grand Island NE. This company was founded in the 1940’s by Joyce Hornady. Shortly after WWII, Joyce teamed up with a partner, Vernon Speer and began buying equipment to remanufacturing spent shells. Remanufacturing of spent shells is a process of taking already fired bullets and rebuilding them to be used again. The company was built from basically nothing to become currently one of the largest companies of ammunition

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Araminta Harriet Ross was born somewhere between the years of 1820-1825. Historians do not know the exact date of Ross’s birth since they have little to go off of. However, they were able to find where she was born, which was in Dorchester County, Maryland. Ross was born into slavery by her mother, Harriet Green, and her father, Ben Ross. Araminta Ross had four older siblings also in slavery, however, she would soon have a total of eight siblings. In total, the Ross family had five girls and four

Nate was born in Norfolk, Virginia, to his mother Carolyn Whitfield. Even though his mother never married Nate’s real father, Nate still had a relationship with him. Nate has problems with his stepfather which led him to move to Virginia Beach to live with his uncle. Jay Combs, his uncle who was a former wrestler, inspired him to join wrestling in high school. He attended Princess Anne High School, followed by Churchland High School, Great Bridge High School when finally getting into Penn State University