Virginia essays
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As the first English colony in the New World, the Virginia Colony did its best. Facing challenges unparalleled in previous English history, settlers were not prepared for the incoming whirlwind it would be to move from a strong, industrializing civilization to the sudden and mysterious wilderness. However, their failure is not completely to be blamed on their lack of knowledge...
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After reading the two articles, ‘Laws Divine, Martial, and Moral’ (1611) and John Winthrop’s ‘A Model of Christian Charity’ (1630), there is a clear difference in beliefs between the people that settled in the Virginia Bay and the Massachusetts Bay. These differences ranged from everything such as belief systems, punishments, and ideals of community. Although these colonies had some differences,...
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Experience had taught George Washington a great many things. His father had passed away at a young age, denying him the chance for the college education in England that he had been promised. Instead of lecture halls and libraries, his factories of learning were to be the wildernesses of the Virginia frontier, the battlefields of the War for Independence, and...

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