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John White traveled to Roanoke , an island off of North Carolina. Later, he became governor of Roanoke and brought more settlers .
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Natives realized that the settlers wanted their land , they cut off the colonies food supply .
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When the english defeated the spanish . This inspired the english to take control of land in America as the spanish had .
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Joint-stock companies were backed by investors , people who put money into a project to earn profits
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Coonist ate rats , mice , snakes . There were only 60 of the colonist alive when ship arrived .
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Jamestown developed a high grade tabacco that colonist learned to grow , it became popular in England tabacco changed Jamestown in many ways .
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The first African Americans arrived in Jamestown. The population or Virigina jumped from about 600 in 1619 to more than 2,000 in 1621 more labored were needed .
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The Burgesses were created in 1619 and became the first representives assembly in the American colonies .
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One fourth of free white men were former indentured servants .
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Bacon demanded that Berkeley approved a war against the Native plantations .
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