Wealth Importance Towards Colonization By jessica.klos17 Jan 1, 1607 Jamestown Virginia was colonized by the English in order to get rich Jan 1, 1610 Starving when they were looking for gold so the numbers went from 400 to 65 Jan 1, 1618 Virginia company head rights system offered fifty acres of land to each person that a settler bought to bring over Jan 1, 1619 First shipment of the money maker(tobacco) arrived in Jamestown Jan 1, 1624 Virgina produced 200 thousand pounds of tobacco making them rich Jan 1, 1680 30 million pounds of tobacco were sold per year which made the English colony so profitible Jan 1, 1691 Massachusetts colony arrived in Massachusetts Bay looking to make money Sep 24, 1857 Gave people the right to pubicly address their representatives, privelty advise them, or declare their sentiments Jan 1, 1927 Justice Brandeis wrote that the protection of sppech was essential to effective democracy Jan 1, 1931 Delcared that there must be the opprotunity for free politiical discussion, holding officials acountable for people Jan 1, 1961 Public opinion chaneled into effective govenmental action between people and their representatives Jan 1, 1972 Communication was between people and those who have commited the excersize of the powers of government Jan 1, 1982 The Government prevents corruption or intrest in it increases Jan 1, 2014 A very small amount of people actually have a say in political changes Jan 1, 2014 4/5 people said that politics were too based off of money Jan 1, 2014 People call it the rich system because the rich declare what is going to happen Sep 24, 2014 Wealth influences votes because large donations drown out the voices of the public, so who ever has a bigger donation the more they will be heard