The English Colonization of America...Reasons for English Colonization in America • England hoped...
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The English Colonizationof America
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Overview
• Some European countries, including England, were in competition to increase their wealth increase their wealth and power by expanding their empires to America. (The New World)
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Reasons for English Colonization in America
• England wanted to establish an American colony to increase its wealth and power.
• Colony – a group of people who settle in a distant territory but remain ruled by (subject to) their parent country.
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Reasons for English Colonization in America
• England hoped to find silver and gold in America.
• An American settlement would furnish raw would furnish raw materials that could not be grown or obtained in England.
• The colony would also open new markets for England to trade with.
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Economics
• Economics – the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods consumption of goods and services.
• Economics – the making, the shipping, and the use of products and services.
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Economic Results of English Colonization in America
• The Virginia colony and England would become economically interdependent.
• England depended on raw materials exported(sent out) from the Virginia colony. Examples: (sent out) from the Virginia colony. Examples: wood used for shipbuilding.
• The Virginia colony depended on imported(brought in) manufactured goods from England. Examples: clothing, iron pots, and tools.
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Stockholders• A stockholder is someone
who buys a portion of a company.
• The company uses the stockholder’s money to try and make money.try and make money.
• If the company is successful, the stockholder will make a profit on his/her investment. This means the person will make money!
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The Virginia Company of London and the Jamestown Settlement
• The Virginia Company of London was a company in England that was looking for investorslooking for investors(stockholders) to help pay the costs for a settlement in the New World at Jamestown.
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The Virginia Company of London and the Jamestown Settlement
• The stockholders of the Virginia Company of London financed of London financed (paid for) the settlement of Jamestown.
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The Virginia Company of London and the Jamestown Settlement
• Jamestown was primarily (mainly) an economic venture. *This means that the stockholders wanted stockholders wanted to make money!
• Jamestown became the first permanent English settlement in North America in the year 1607.
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The Important Understanding about Jamestown
• Location and physical characteristics influenced the influenced the decision to settle at Jamestown.
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How Geography Influenced the Decision to Settle at Jamestown
• When the settlers arrived in 1607, Jamestown was located on a narrow peninsula bordered on three sides by the James River.James River.
• Today, Jamestown is located on an island in the James River.
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Reasons for the Site Choice of the Jamestown Location
There were three main reasons the settlers picked this area for the Jamestown settlement:1. The location could be easily defended from easily defended from attack by sea (Spanish).2. The water along the shore was deep enough for ships to dock – a good harbor!3. They believed they had a good supply of fresh water.
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Jamestown
• Archaeologists have discovered the site of the original fort.
• The recovered • The recovered artifacts give archaeologists clues about the interactions of English, African, and Indians in early Virginia.
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