The colony of Louisiana has faced many challenges. Besides having settlements along the Gulf Coast and all along the Mississippi River‚ I think obtaining this colony from the French is a bad idea. The French have had nothing but trouble while trying to set up Louisiana as a colony. The French lacks consistency in governing‚ they sent the wrong types of settlers‚ there are no cash crops‚ and they have trouble with the Native Americans. (Sept. 17‚2012). There is a lot of disharmony within the government
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Chen(Rain) Prof. Stafford HIS 130 02-28-2013 The Introduction of Slavery in the American Colonies When the history back to in 1607‚ English settlers established Jamestown as the first permanent English colony in the New World. Tobacco became the chief crop of the colony‚ due to the efforts of John Rolfe in 1611. Once it became clear that tobacco was going to drive the Jamestown colony‚ more labor was needed. The British settlers needed to find a labor force to work on its plantations
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Those living in the American colonies in the seventeenth century faced many challenges. These tensions of political‚ social‚ religious and economic natures came from abroad and within. Influences of the political and economic nature from abroad onto the established American colonies shifted the shape and nature of the colonies; whereas‚ the social and religious tensions from abroad tended to create new colonies. The Quakers‚ for instance‚ were a group of English Protestants who left England in
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Representative bureaucracy is the concept that a bureaucracy should mirror the society that is serves. This mirrored representation can be by ethnic‚ racial‚ gender‚ or socioeconomic groups. The fundamental belief behind this principle is that a person of a specific constituent group will be an advocate for that group and will ensure that that group is properly served by the government. This advocacy can be passive or active; proponents of a representative bureaucracy state that this advocacy
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ways of life in England. Before the 1700s the British North American colonies consisted mostly of Europeans in search of a place where they could find religious freedom. The first colony formed in Massachusetts in 1608 is an example of this idea of religious freedom. Plymouth‚ Massachusetts was a colony formed by English Separatists‚ who were also known as Puritans‚ in an attempt to live without religious discrimination New colonies were formed before the 1700s because people were searching for
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The American Colonies‚ in the eighteenth century‚ were just beginning to become a more democratic society. With immigrants coming from all over Europe seeking religious refuge and economic profits‚ the Great Awakening‚ and the Zenger case‚ the colonies were becoming more and more democratic with each passing year. The population in the American Colonies had a tenfold increase between 1701 and 1775. More than one million people had come across the ocean to join the other colonists. Newcomers did
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The religious history of the United States before the colonial period was dominated by Native American religions. These religions exhibit much diversity and are often characterized by animism or panentheism. While there are many different Native American religious practices‚ most address the following areas of supernatural concern: an omnipresent‚ invisible universal force‚ pertaining to the "three ’life crises’ of birth‚ puberty‚ and death"‚ spirits‚ visions‚ the shaman and communal ceremony.[1]
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The government would collect taxes.Navigation Acts forced the strengthening of the Royal Navy‚ that were protecting the sailing ships out in the ocean. This also triggered The shipbuilding industry back in New England Pontiac Rebellion Before the Pontiac Rebellion
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The extent of religious freedom in the British American colonies was at a moderate amount. Although colonies such as Virginia and Massachusetts had little to no religious freedom‚ there were colonies such as Pennsylvania and Rhode Island that had a certain degree of tolerance for other religions. With Virginia being Anglican with its laws‚ Massachusetts having puritans and separatists‚ Rhode Island having Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson‚ and Pennsylvania having William Penn along with Quakers
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The American government was not always what it is today. Our first form of government was set up by Great Britain when they colonized the North American continent‚ and it was heavily based off of the English government. However‚ the colonists were displeased with the treatment they received from Britain so they started a revolution to gain independence. The colonists succeeded‚ and they formed their own democratic government. Over time‚ that government gradually evolved into the government it is
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