https://padlet.com/281547/n3q286knfj1i Historical Event en-us 2019-01-04 18:52:17 UTC 2025-11-05 05:16:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Basketball.png 281547 https://padlet.com/281547/n3q286knfj1i/wish/329209932 The British travled to America to live a free life. 1585 English still did not establish a successful English colony,but that all changed in 1607. In 1607 Virginia company/joint stock company or an early precusor to modern corperation. It spread out with the shares the wealth and the risk of an expedidion like one headed to the New World. King James mainly wanted the colony to find Gold. They wanted to find a passage to the Indies that might be easier for them to get what they called the special materials like spices and silk that was so expensive to get over the land route that was the Silk Road.]]> 2019-02-08 14:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/281547/n3q286knfj1i/wish/329209932 281547 https://padlet.com/281547/n3q286knfj1i/wish/329224534 The English tryied to find gold in Virgina which there is no gold in Virginia. When they were in Virginia they could have been planting crops fishing and actuall settling making a little town, in Virginia it is a really beautiful place when it comes to natural recources in plants and animals. But they were trying to find gold, they were trying to get rich quick. Then winter rolled around those who hadn't been killed by Msquito-borne illnesses like malaria or yellow feaver were now dealing with starvation. There were no women they were all men, they didn't want to start a long term colony they just wanted to find gold and get out. While the local colonists are starving they start afoul of local Native Americans. The cheif name is Powhatan his real name is Wahunsunacaw but the English called him Powahatan. English started raiding the Powahatans which the Powhatans were very, they were also trying to survive the winter. The Powahatans kidnapped John Smith, and engraving of him there, they kinda tried to show him their power. There's a legend that Powahatan was intending to exucute John Smith. The doughter of Powahatan Pocahontas alspo wasnt here real name is was ]]> 2019-02-08 14:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/281547/n3q286knfj1i/wish/329224534