Wealth influences on Colonization

By parker.buetow17

  • First official entrance into the New World

  • Jamestown Founding

  • First successful colony

    Came to CVirginia not for religous freedom, but to get rich.

  • Gold and Jewelry in Jamestown

  • The Starving Time

    Captain John Smith said that they did not want to farm. He told everyone that they would rather starve than farm. This led to the starving time, in which many colonists and people died due to starvation.

  • Tobacco discovery

    Tobacco was grown and people started to buy it. By 1624 200,00lbs of tobacco were being produced every year.

  • Headright System

    Each person was given 50 acres of land to live on if they paid for it. This led to the creation of large estates.

  • Ship of African Slaves

    This was a ship filled with african slaves or indentured servants that were forced to work for certain amount of time.

  • J WIlson comments on the COnstitution of America

  • Abridgement of the Debates of Congress

  • McCutcheon vs. FEC

  • 5 year later, Citizens United has changed