Colonial Presentation
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Founder of Virginia
SIR WALTER RALEIGH, AN ENGLISH EXPLORER AND ADVENTURER, CAME UP WITH AN IDEA OF SENDING AN EXPEDITION TO VIRGINIA IN THE LATE 1500'S. He named this colony Virginia after his friend and benefactor, Queen Elizabeth 1 of England, who was called the Virgin Queen because she was not married.
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Reasons why Virginia was founded
Raleigh saw the colony as an investment, a way to earn money by trading the raw materials to be found there. Settlers would be sent to Virginia to set up farms then sell what they produced and trade for what they needed through the Virginia company of London.
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People in Virginia
In this, the first English colony in North America, most settlers were English. Men were given 50 acres each, plus an additional 100 acres if they bought stock in the Virginia Company. In addition, people skilled in various trades came to provide their talents to the settlers, and unskilled laborers came to escape unemployment in England while providing cheap labor to the plantation owners.
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Climate and Geography in Virginia
Virginia had mild winters and hot, humid summers. The rain and fertile soil made the colony and excellent place for them to farm. The Atlantic coast of Virginia had low, fertile lands suitable for large plantations, and quiet bays where ports could be established to handle the shipping of raw materials from the only colony.
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Economy in Virginia
Virginia settlers found that tobacco grew best and brought the best price, so huge plantations were given over to the production of tobacco. These settlers introduced the slave trade in 1619 in order to provide a source of cheap labor for their plantations.
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RELIGION IN VIRGINIA
The official state-established Church of England was also the official religion of the colony of Virginia. The rules of the religion often affected the laws of the colony; for example, all colonists were required to attend church twice each Sunday.
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Politics and Government in Virginia
Free, white, landowning men elected their representatives to the House of Burgesses, which had 22 members. Over both of these legislative bodies was the Governor, appointed in England and sent to represent the King or Queen. Virginia colonists had a reputation for self-government and did not need to pay taxes, since the Governor and other appointed leaders were fully supported by the large amounts of public lands set aside for them.
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