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Our settlers found that the best crop, which is tobacco grows best and brings us the best price for our economy. This success in tobacco made us a lot of money and made us wealthier. Along with this, our settlers brought the slave trade in 1619 and we use them as a good source of labor for the purpose of our farming. Shipping of crops and slaves is a good business for our colonists because we can earn even more money without having to suffer to do the work. No slaves are harmed during this process; the slaves that work are just for our benefit, not personal hate to them.

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Our Colony of Virginia was founded by John Smith in 1607. Although John Smith got credit for the founding, Sir Walter Raleigh was the one who decided to start the exhibition to Virginia in the late 1500s. He named the colony after Queen Elizabeth 1 of England. They named our colony Virginia because Queen Elizabeth was called the Virgin Queen because she was not married. The first expedition in 1584 disappeared due to Native Americans or Kidnapping but other expeditions survived to make our great colony of VIRGINIA!

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Here in Virginia, the summers here are very warm, and the temperatures in the winter are satisfying to be in. There is a vast amount of fertile soil in our environment, making it an acceptable place to farm and plant new crops. Although our farms aren't excessively huge, the fertile soil allows large estates to be established which is even better! Using the James River, we are able to get items transported to our colony several times. This river also provides a lot of food, which is great for all seasons. Our farms are very successful, and because we have many trees in our environment, it's an effortless job for us to build several homes. It doesn't require much work to gather enough bark, since the materials are surrounding us.

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The main reason to receive money in Virginia was by exchanging materials that were in their colony. Virginia was mainly created primarily for the purpose of profit. Settlers would "bring and buy" what they manufactured and trade for what they needed. This is good for Virginia because tobacco was harvested there and its humid climate really helped with it. Tobacco was Virginia's most successful cash crop and many people desire it. Virginia became the wealthiest and most populated of the thirteen colonies because of its cash crop, tobacco.

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Virginia is the place to be; the better East Coast Colony

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White landowning men were the people that participated in the government. They would elect representatives to the House of Burgesses which has 22 members and is our Fair government. The Virginia company elects 6 members to the Governor's council. Over Both of these legislative bodies was the Governor, whom was appointed in England and sent to represent the kind or queen. Our colony is so great because we have a self government and we don't need to pay taxes which is one of our biggest pros. As governor you and other appointed leaders had large amounts of public land that would be set aside for you.

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In Virginia, our major religion practiced is Christianity, and it is a priority to attend church two times on Sunday, otherwise known as attending church for "Roman Catholics". This priority is required for all the colonists of Virginia, however, we're not strict about this. Having one religion is just easy to cope with, and makes life easier for all of us. This practice is just for our benefit, and just like how there are many religions for Christians, the church of England religion is what we follow. For this religion there is no official priest, meaning that we aren't controlled by anyone, but we still practice our religion efficiently. We believe being controlled isn't the direction to go; we need our freedom, and we have it.

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John smith was an important person in our colony because he was our founder, because he explored Virginia, and because he was an English soldier. Most people in our colony were English because most of us came from Great Britain. Each of us are given about 50 acres of land each, and we are given an additional 100 acres if we bring stock in the Virginia company. We want popularity for our new colony, and many of us here have slaves for our homes/houses.

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During our time here in the colony, we had a period of time when our colony had financial strength. We weren't struggling financial wise, which is why many people remained in our colony and didn't abandon us midway. We also had no conflicts with the Native Americans, all our resolutions worked to our benefit, and theirs. We are great problem solvers, so we made a plan that was efficient for both groups. When the supply ship arrived in our colony, it was a sign that many materials that were transported would be beneficial for us, which is why no one was prepared to leave. All the goods really put things into perspective and made us wealthy during the shipping process. Transporting goods is an easy and efficient process because even though there is a gap between our colony and England, the transporting process to New England then England and back is not difficult.