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    Geography was the primary factor and played an important role in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America. In some areas‚ the geography influenced the living and farming conditions for the better‚ and for some areas‚ for the worse. The Southern colonies’ geography was well-suited to farming. It was warm year round and provided a great place to produce cotton‚ indigo‚ rice‚ and many other crops. However they had few natural harbors. Opposite the North had thin rocky soil

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    The actual launch of the Apollo 13 was on April 11‚ 1970. Two days into the mission it looked like the smoothest flight that the Apollo program had ever seen. "The spacecraft is in real good shape as far as we are concerned. We’re bored to tears down here." said Joe Kerwin of mission control (3). At 55 hours the crew held a TV broadcast for 49 minutes where they showed off their living conditions and how they worked in weightless situations. Nine minutes after the broadcast mission control instructed

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    Establishing the Colonies Name _____ Motives for settling in the New World: Spread Christianity Find a short cut to Asia Better job opportunities Roanoke Island With the permission of Queen Elizabeth‚ Sir Walter Raleigh raised money to establish a colony‚ and in 1585 a small group of men sailed for the Americas. What did Raleigh find when he returned to the Lost Colony of Roanoke in 1589? The people had vanished and they found the word‚ “Croatian” carved in a tree. Jamestown What

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    Tiffany Galimi History 11 Section 11 The Founding Of the Colony of North Carolina In the 1580’s British established two colonies in North Carolina‚ both in which they failed. However‚ In the 1600s permanent settlers from Virginia began to move to North Carolina‚ and it eventually became part of a British colony known as “Carolina." North Carolina was first settled in 1587 by settlers that were led by John White in which they landed on present day Roanoke Island on July 22‚ 1587. In 1524

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    Chesapeake Colonies and New England Colonies were settled at around the same time‚ the specific situations affecting each establishment altered the way that they developed. Jamestown was the first settlement on May 24‚ 1607. The Virginia Company of London‚ a joint-stock firm‚ commissioned it. The Jamestown colonists had increased pressure to strike it rich‚ because of the threat of abandonment in the wilderness. The first settlement in the New England region was Plymouth‚ which was founded 13 years later

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    The North American Colonies are split up into three sub colonies; the sub colonies are the New England Colony‚ the Middle Colony‚ and the Southern Colony. The New England Colony consists of Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ Massachusetts‚ and New Hampshire. The Middle Colony consists of Delaware‚ Pennsylvania‚ New York‚ and New Jersey. The Southern Colony consists of Maryland‚ Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ and Georgia. The economies that developed in these three areas are very different. The

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    two colonies in North America of the East Coast. The colonies were known as the New England colonies and the Chesapeake colonies. The New England colonies included of Connecticut‚ Colony of Rhode Island‚ Providence Plantations‚ Massachusetts and Province of New Hampshire. The Chesapeake colonies consisted of Virginia and Maryland. These colonies were settled in by Englishmen with similar resolutions and ethnicities and faced similar obstacles. But these colonies became two distinct colonies with

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    Between 1765 and 1783 the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain. The colonies revolted against the British rule throughout the American Revolution for several reasons. A new initiate era wasn’t their goal‚ but to keep the colonies under the American rule was very important for them. Assessing the reasons for the revolt the colonists had against the British will prove it valid. One major primary reason to why the Thirteen Colonies revolted against the British rule was they believed

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    Compare and Contrast the Chesapeake and New England colonies The dawn of the 1600’s brought about a new chapter in American history. The United States experienced an influx of almost 400‚000 Europeans and 350‚000 Africans‚ most of which were (indentured) servants. Most settlers‚ seeking the benefits of unclaimed land‚ migrated into the West Indies‚ Mid-Atlantic‚ New England‚ or South regions/colonies. It would be the differences between these groups that would set them apart from each other

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