1607 - 1775 1. Puritanism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Apply this generalization. (74) 2. In the seventeenth century‚ New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were their aspirations‚ and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled during the seventeenth century? (83) 3. Between 1607 and 1763‚ Americans gained control of their political and economic institutions. To what extent and in what ways
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Throughout the late eighteenth century Americans began to create new meanings of race and religion. The new-found changes whites made in response to their affiliations with the Indian tribes significantly shaped the race‚ religion‚ and economic life. With the nation enmeshed in a sixty-year war against tribes from the Ohio Country‚ bureaucrats and missionaries debated if Indians had the ability to find a place within the nation. Contemporaneously‚ in Oneida country in upstate New York‚ Indians from
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Humanities 202-01H Michael Crowell Unit 2 Short Writing Assignment- Chapters 14-15 A Seventeenth Century Witch Trial Brian Croteau A Seventeenth-Century Witch Trial is about a woman named Suzanne Gaudry‚ an illiterate woman‚ who is accused of practicing witchcraft. The charges against Suzanne include renouncing “God‚ Lent‚ and baptism.” She was also charged with worshiping the devil‚ attending witches’ Sabbaths‚ and desecrating the Eucharist wafer. Suzanne was questioned by the court
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some similarities between colonies. During the colonial time period from about the 1600’s through the 1700’s‚ the thirteen original colonies were founded and divided among three major sections known as the New England colonies‚ the Middle colonies‚ and the Southern colonies. The New England colonies consisted of Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ and New Hampshire. The Middle colonies contained New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Delaware. The Southern colonies included Virginia‚ Maryland
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Chapter III: Eighteenth Century English Literature LITERATURE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT (18th century) The 17th century was one of the most stormy periods of English history. The growing contradictions between the new class‚ the bourgeoisie‚ and the old forces of feudalism brought about the English Bourgeois Revolution in the 1640s. As a result of the revolution the king was dethroned and beheaded and England was proclaimed a republic. Though very soon monarchy was restored‚ the position of
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the Eighteenth Century ( A Brief Summary of the first three lectures) 1- The first half of the eighteenth century marks the rise of a new literary genre: works of prose called today ‘novels’. 2- The novel has its roots in the short tales of the middle and Elizabethan ages‚ like romances and other adventure stories. 3- Romances- also called “French romances”- are fictitious‚ fanciful stories in prose about knights and their deeds. They were full
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mid 1800’s and since the early days of the United States’‚ different ways of life existed in the northern and southern portions of the country. -Each portion desired its principles to be spread to the new US territories. -The Northern United States‚ at the time‚ possessed a diverse economy consisting of agricultural and industrial fields. This region employed workers in these fields. -The Northern United States‚ at the time‚ possessed an economy based solely on a few cash crops and relied on slave
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European Exploration From the fifteenth century to the seventeenth century‚ there were many signs of movement and conquering new land. Just before this era we saw the renewal of European power. Justinian was able to establish his own code of law which helped rule over Europe. He made his best efforts to get Europe back to where it was previously but shortly after‚ the continent split due to religious beliefs. The western part of Europe believed in Catholicism‚ while the east believed in the traditional
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The existence of slavery lasted during the time of the colonies and continued when the colonies became the United States of America as a whole. Given that slavery was spread out across multiple colonies and states in the United States‚ it is safe to assume there was a great similarity and difference in slavery between the northern and southern regions. Slaves were treated as property‚ though their owners may have been more abusive in the South due to their needs for a higher quantity of workers to
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The eighteenth century saw a population explosion in England and Wales with the English populace growing from 5.05 million in 1701 to 8.7 million in 1801. The population level was reasonably inert in the first half of the century with only an increase to 5.77 million in 1751‚ the main population growth occurred from 1751 until the mid nineteenth century‚ by which point it had reached a staggering 16.8 million. There is debate by historians as to whether the growth in population over this period
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