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Jamestown
James Town was the first successful English colony which existed to make money from its investers. -
Starving Time
After a gruesome winter in 1610 the number of colonists in Jamestown dropped to sixty-five. -
Virginia Headright System
In 1618 the Virgina company hit upon a recruiting strategy called the Virgina headright System which offered fifty acres for each person that a settler paid to bring over. -
Slaves
In 1619 the first shipment of African slaves reached Virginia. -
Tabacco introduction
By 1624 Virginia was producing 200,00 pounds of tabcco a year. -
Tabacco outcome
By the 1680's more than 30 million pounds of tabacco was sold to the colonists. -
Taft Commission
The Taft Commission sought to educate Filipinos in the American style. -
Olympian fellowship banquet
The wolrds wealthiest man that are gathered -
Carnegie Corporation
A group of wealth men that sit around talking about stuff -
Scopes Trial
Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan chat in court during the Scopes Trial. -
Great Depression
Men waiting in line for work