"In 1606 King James I chartered a joint-stock enterprise called the Virginia Company, with two divisions, the First Colony of London and the Second Colony of Plymouth".1 These colonies were both set up on two different ideas, one being purely monetary gain, and the other for religious beliefs. ... The English Civil War was a radical time period in which England suffered tremendous hardships. ... Another important idea that the English Civil war created for early Americans was the sense of isolationism. ... Another major event that helped determine that American values were left untou...

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Joint-Stock Company- A joint-stock company founded Virginia. 11. ... How did joint-stock companies help colonize North America? ... England's merchants began organizing joint-stock companies to find new markets to sell their surplus wool. ... Identifying Cause and Effect How did the English Civil War affect the English colonies in North America? Once the English Civil War began, England's colonies had to decide whether to support the King or Parliament. ...

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Arguably though, the development of some military personnel and infrastructure for colonial benefit(also a pool of manpower for extraterritorial wars, such as the French in IndoChina) provided a potent enough springboard for the military to play a role in post-independence affairs. ... As the Sierra Leone Development Company as an example, Hoogvelt and Tinker(1978) detail how a colonial enterprise would extract resources for profit in the metropole, with little benefit for the indigenes. ... After independence, the state became little more than a supporter of the company. While more Africans w...

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They came, not to settle, but to establish a refreshment station for passing ships, for a commission that Van Riebeeck had received from the Dutch East India Trading Company (VOC). ... The Xhosa in particular fought in the 'Cape Frontier Wars' which were a series of nine wars (from 1779 to 1879) which gradually deprived them of their independence and subjugated them to British colonial rule. The Cape Frontier Wars (1779-1879) In 1778, the Cape Colony's eastern border was extended to the Upper (Greater) Fish and Bushmans Rivers by decree of the Dutch East India Trading Company...

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The year 1763 would mark a significant turning point in the relations between England and its colonies, for it marked the beginning of the French and Indian war. ... Also England was faced with the considerable debt they had amassed during the war. Just when the American colonies were beginning to experience a small amount of freedom and independent operation, the English decided to raise taxation to help finance the cost of the war. During the French and Indian war, The English government had issued writs of assistance to help authorities enforce trade laws in the colonies. ...

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Old imperialists recognized the economic burden in colonization as it could possibly lead to colonial wars and raise taxes, hence harming their economic interest. ... The political structure of the 1 (Chris Talbot, 1999) colonies was left intact as it was never the main intention of the corporate companies govern unless it interfered with their economic interests. ... A typical example was Dutch colonialism in the form of the V.O.C., or Dutch East India Company, which lasted from 1605 to 1799. ... Gradually, corporate enterprises which had the disadvantage of having to keep making profits...

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