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French fur traders established Port Royal to have an easier time trading up and down the coast
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The company was founded in hopes of finding gold and other wealth
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Jamestown was founded in hope to find riches for England and the colonists who came
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The starving period was the period in which there were no incoming supplies from England and the Native American relationship had deteriorated. This period lasted in the winter of 1609-1610.
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New Netherland was established so the Dutch can easily attack the Spanish and to earn the Dutch wealth.
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John Rolfe planted the first tobacco plant in Jamestown. This plant would end up saving the colonists there and creating a huge economic opportunity.
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The Virginia company established the House of Burgess in 1619, and this would be one of the first legit democratic government in America
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Plymouth colony was the first Puritan based colony to be established in North America. It was established as to run away from religious persecution.
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This attack was after Powhatan's death and was done so the colonists would be driven out of original Native American land.
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It was one of the last attempts for the Native American's to regain the land they had lost due to the colonists.
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Nathaniel Bacon led this rebellion against the Virginia governor, William Berkeley, because of Berkeley lack of response to Bacon's request over expansion into Native American land.
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Paranoia over witches and witchcraft spread over Salem, Massachusetts and multiple executions too place because of this.
