sir walter raleigh sponsored the first successful english colony in the americas.
who sponsored the first successful english colony in the americas?
sir walter raleigh
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the maritime history of the united states goes back to the first successful english colony was established in 1607, on the james river at jamestown. it languished for decades until a new wave of settlers arrived in the late 17th century and set up commercial agriculture based on exports of tobacco to england. settlers brought horses, cattle, sheep and hogs as well as tools and the current technology to the americas. from the very first days of the founding of the north american colonies shipbuilding was naturally one of the industries that chiefly engaged the attention of the colonists. at the time of the breaking out of the american revolution and for a long time afterwards more of the people in new england were actually engaged in shipbuilding and ship sailing than in agriculture, even in spite of the restrictions imposed on the building of ships in the english colonies. the statement is made that at one time during this period massachusetts was estimated to have one vessel for every hundred of its inhabitants. one out of every four signers of the declaration of independence was a shipowner or had been a ship captain.
history of the united states merchant marine