How Disney Changes History

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How Disney Changes History
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Jamestown

• In April 1607, the first permanent English
  settlement is established in North America.
• It is financed by a Joint-Stock Company called
  the London Company.
• Location of the colony was chosen poorly. It was
  located near marshes. (Disease) and many of the
  colonists lacked the skills necessary for this
  environment.

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John Smith 1608

• The colony began to recover after John Smith took
  control. He forced settlers to adapt to their
  situation. He made them work harder and build
  better shelters.
• Winter of 1609, was the starving time. Jamestown
  was in trouble of failing again until an
  individual by the name of John Rolfe came to
  Jamestown.

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John Rolfe

• John Rolfe will make Jamestown profitable because
  he brings with him a new type of Tobacco. This
  cash crop would led to the colonys success.
• He will later marry Pocahontas daughter of the
  Powhatan Indians. This will improve Native
  American relations for a period of time.

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New England ColoniesPilgrims and Puritans

• Puritans They were a Protestant group that
  wanted to purify (reform) the Anglican Church.
• Pilgrims They were a Separatist group that left
  England because of religious persecution.

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The Mayflower Compact

• When the Pilgrims landed in present day
  Massachusetts, they established a set of laws.
• Those laws were called the Mayflower Compact.
• This colony would be known as the Plymouth
  Colony.

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

• This was a colony established by Puritans.
• Its leader was John Winthrop.
• The Great Migration (1629-1640) thousand of men,
  woman and children leave England because of
  religious reasons and debt.

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Rhode Island

• Roger Williams He established the settlement of
  Providence, which would later become Rhode
  Island.
• Separation of Church and State Government and
  the Church should separated from each other.
• Anne Hutchinson One of the first woman to
  challenge church authority. She was put on trial
  for this and then asked to leave.

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Middle ColoniesColony of Pennsylvania

• The Quakers (The Society of Friends) they
  believed in the equality of men and woman,
  nonviolence, opposed slavery and believed in
  religious tolerance.
• William Penn established a new Quaker colony that
  would later become Pennsylvania. He established
  an elected government (representative
  self-government)
• Penn would later name the capital of the colony
  Philadelphia.