chapter9History(America)课题.pptVIP

Chapter 9 History ;Chapter 9 American History;Colonization of North America (1607-1776) ;;The Discovery of the New World;The first successful English colony in the Americas was founded at Jamestown詹姆斯敦, Virginia弗吉尼亚州, in 1607; the settlement was financed by a London company (James I) which expected to make a profit from the settlement. The colony survived and eventually grew and became wealthy. The Virginians discovered a way to earn money by growing tobacco烟草, which they began shipping to England in 1614.; ;; In 1621, the puritans gathered in a large crop and the settlers fixed a date