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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 292007 and stripes Page Virginia indians life in 1607 meet Chris fab Allen More about Jamestown especially  by syst state s 2007 tie mini Puma bang company too by Betty Debnam from the Pago by Batty dab Nam c 2007 the nerf publishing company inc in Jamestown were remembering americas 400th anniversary Why it is so important the people in Jamestown a Are getting ready for a big weekend May 11 through 13 the event is the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first English settlement in America the Story after a voyage of More than four months three ships anchored at Jamestown on May 1607 a total of 104 men and boys came ashore this was 13 years before the pilgrims landed in new England experts believe that Plymouth might not have happened had it not been for the successful settlement of Jamestown Jamestown paved the Way for future British colonies a business trip we might say that these sailors of 400 years ago were on a business trip they were sent by the Virginia company of London the company planned to make Money for investors by sending Back Gold Silver and other products the settlers didst find Gold or Silver but their settlement was the first step in the beginning of our country the mini Page i hunks or James Horn author of a land As god made it Jamestown and the birth of America Williamsburg for hot with this Issue Jamestown settlement is a living history museum visitors can team about life in the 1600s there Are life size copies of the three ships that brought the first settlers to the site the Susan constant godspeed and discovery Are anchored at the settlement to offer visitors a Chance to learn about ire on a sailing ship 400 years ago As soon As the settlers arrived they started building James fort inside the fort they built a Church storehouse and some houses for Many years people thought that the fort had washed into the James River however recently archaeologists people who discover the past through digging have discovered the forts outline and Many artefacts human made Jamestown matters Jamestown was an Experiment in How to set up a Colony the settlement was important for Many reasons ideas about our government can be traced Back to the orders of the Virginia company that the Colony set up a general Assembly in 1619 the idea was to provide just Laws for the Happy guiding and governing of the people Jamestown established English As our country first language Jamestown was the first successful settlement to grow a moneymaking crop tobacco brought Trade wealth and colonists to America people from different backgrounds the English Virginia indians and africans lived in the same area sometimes there were serious problems and even attacks but they Learned to survive together  
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