[HIST 2300] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 33 pages long Study Guide!
29 Nov 2016
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Roanoke island (north carolina 1584) = the lost colony of britain. Jamestown (virginia 1607) (grows very quickly: economic colony, were barely able to survive the winter, reasons people came to the new world: People needed to get away from overpopulation. Ran out of land to grow farm. John smith = military guy who comes over to get it together writes things down. The headright system: get people to leave great brittan for land in america, this pushes people for mercantilism = growing the empire for a business move. Indentured servitude: when single men come by themselves they sign a contract to work while they get paid so they can make it then they leave after the contract is up. The development of new england, middle, and southern colonies (1620 71) The pilgrims/puritan separatists: left from plymouth, england (hence plymouth rock, separating form england so 35 pilgrims and 62 others (people like us) came on.
