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Arts & Humanities > Colonial & Early American Slavery in Colonial America: 2 of 12
Slavery began in North America when an unnamed Dutch ship brought a supply of twenty African slaves to Jamestown in 1619. The Dutch ship had been damaged by a battle and needed to be repaired and supplied. They traded their human chattel for the help they needed at port. The Jamestown residents, mostly made up of workers for... More..
Arts & Humanities > Colonial & Early American Comparing America's northern and southern colonies: 1 of 5
The Southern colony of Jamestown, Virginia was settled in 1607 by the London Virginia Company. The first colonists there were sent to find gold and other riches to exploit, yet upon arriving were met with hostile Natives, and harsh living conditions. Around 80% of the original settlers died that first year. More ships arrive... More..
Arts & Humanities > Colonial & Early American Was America founded as a Christian nation?: 19 of 79
The idea that America was founded on Christianity is a common misconception by most people today. The first colonies to arrive were mostly business colonies chartered by England and Spain. They where here to make money, take the resources that the land had to offer, and give them to the King or Queen of their countries. Virg... More..
Arts & Humanities > Colonial & Early American The colonists' effect on the Native American population: 6 of 23
The Spanish were the first to arrive on the scene; bringing disease and conquest as they encountered the Natives of the Americas. Since the Native Americans had not been exposed to the diseases of Europe when they encountered the new people, many of the natives died from things such as small pox. The Spanish were not interes... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Tips for finding story ideas: 18 of 65
Finding a story idea does not have to be difficult. We can find story ideas all around us from a trip to the mall, to sitting in traffic. You can have endless numbers of different characters, some based totally on fiction, others based somewhat on reality. However, there are only so many reasons for these characters to make ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Jobs How to make a living as a novelist: 8 of 14
I could say you have to write to make a living as a novelist, but that would be stating the obvious. If you haven't taken those first steps of writing down some words, you probably don't really want to be a novelist. So you have written 200 pages or more in a word program...Now what? You are going to need to put it away for ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Colonial & Early American Religious persecution in Colonial America: 4 of 5
Even though we think our great country was set up for religious freedom, it wasn't. When the first colonists settled in Jamestown it was not for religious freedom it was for wealth. But on a whole most of those who settled Jamestown were Christian in some sense. Where the religious persecution really began was in 1620 when t... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing & Rating at Helium How frequently should a Helium member write?: 23 of 23
How often a Helium member writes depends on what the Helium writer is writing for. If you are writing for fun, you may write one or two articles a month and be happy with that. If you are writing for the competition of ratings and contests then you would be writing many articles a week. If you are writing to really make mone... More..
Arts & Humanities > Colonial & Early American The role of women in Colonial America: 5 of 5
The role of women in Colonial America was an influential one. The colonist who first settled here were mainly men. Jamestown was made up of working men looking for profits and gold in the new land. When they arrived there were shocked to see how the Natives lived. They saw Native women caring for their children, working fiel... More..