orders from the virginia company were kept sealed until the colonists' arrived in virginia.
orders from the virginia company were kept sealed until the colonists' arrived in virginia.
what was kept sealed until the colonists' arrived in virginia?
orders from the virginia company
the first colonists arrived in 1607 when english captain christopher newport's three ships, his flagship "susan constant", the smaller "godspeed", and even smaller "discovery" landed in april 1607 at cape henry along the atlantic coast in today's city of virginia beach, an event now known as the "first landing." however, they moved on, under orders from the virginia company of london, the crews and new colonists sought a more sheltered area up one of the rivers. their major concern was other european competitors such as the spanish, who had earlier discovered the chesapeake bay and virginia's rivers, and had even in 1570 begun a small settlement on the virginia peninsula known as the ajacán mission, which had failed.
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closed adoption (also called "confidential" adoption and sometimes "secret" adoption) is a process by which an infant is adopted by another family, and the record of the biological parent(s) is kept sealed. often, the biological father is not recorded—even on the original birth certificate. an adoption of an older child who already knows his or her biological parent(s) cannot be made closed or secret. this used to be the most traditional and popular type of adoption, peaking in the decades of the post-world war ii baby scoop era. it still exists today, but it exists alongside the practice of open adoption. the sealed records effectively prevent the adoptee and the biological parents from finding, or even knowing anything about each other (especially in the days before the internet). the international association of adopted people does not support any form of closed adoption because it believes that closed adoption is detrimental to the psychological wellbeing of the adopted child. however, the emergence of non-profit organizations and private companies to assist individuals with their sealed records has been effective in helping people who want to connect with biological relatives to do so.
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