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    Period Chesapeake Colonies vs New England Colonies In 1607‚ the first permanent English colony was established in North America. This settlement was known as Jamestown‚ and it paved the way for future English colonies. Originally‚ the first settlements were established for monetary reasons‚ future colonies‚ namely the New England colonies‚ were established as religious havens for various groups. These first few settlements‚ Virginia and Maryland‚ also known as the Chesapeake colonies‚ were seen as a

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    While each person chosen to live on the colony has to be smart‚ loyal‚ brave‚ compassionate‚ etcetera‚ I believe that each person also has to have unique skill sets that set them apart from the others. For example‚ while they each have the qualities listed above‚ perhaps once could be a leader‚ the other a scientist‚ another an artist‚ and so on. This way‚ the colony has a variety of characters that will lend their talents to the growth of the strongest colony possible. The first of the four people

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    The 17th Century colony was where English man and their families came to America wanted to increase in wealthiest. The first colony was founded in 1607.The discovery was found in 1634‚ they moved there because here could practice their own choice of religion in peace. They got there by George Calvert and his fellow followers sailed on a boat to set foot on the fertile land of Maryland. The 13 colonies were “Delaware‚ Pennsylvania‚ New Jersey‚ Georgia‚ Connecticut‚ Massachusetts Bay‚ Maryland‚ South

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    CHAPTER 3              COLONIES TAKE ROOT 1587-1752   Section 1: The First English Settlements   I. England Seeks Colonies -Like most of Europe in the age of exploration‚ England was a monarchy. However‚ in England‚ the power of the king or queen was limited by law and by a lawmaking body called Parliament.   -Ever since the 1200s‚ English law had limited the king’s power. The king could set new taxes only with Parliament’s consent. Still‚ the king’s powers were much greater than those of

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    sharing goods or ideas. Although some governments may decide to create policies to protect local jobs or to sell more goods being made from the country. Countries can also create free trade agreements with other countries like NAFTA. Which is the North American free trade agreement. NAFTA was put in place to take away trade barriers that used to be between The United States‚ Canada and‚ Mexico. One group that has been affected negatively is small Mexican farmers. With the increase in crops such as corn

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    Both the economics and politics greatly differed between Massachusetts and Virginia between 1607 and 1750. The differences in the percentage of classes were unbelievably large and their entire economic structure differed from each other. Virginia had more risky culture and economics where-as Massachusetts had a more stable economy. The economy of Virginia was based solely on the production of tobacco. The plantation owners had to buy slaves to work the fields so the slave trade industry in Virginia

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    heard of the uproar that the colonies were causing‚ but I had not expected it to be such a serious matter. When I had heard you would be traveling across the pond to broaden your horizons I never thought anything such as this could happen. Perhaps you should come back to Newcastle with the next available ship? As to insure your safety of course. As for your comments of whether the colonies should actually separate from Great Britain do not be absurd. The colonies are still very young and small

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    government and economy received massive benefits. However‚ life in the colonies had immeasurable‚ potential possibilities for new colonists to improve their life and to start a family. Life in the colonies was better than life in England for many reasons regarding economics‚ politics‚ and religion. In Americas‚ most people came from England because of overpopulation or religious prosecution. When England first discovered in 1607‚ at first‚ they were not successful because of mistakes in traveling

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    The Treaty of Paris‚ February 10‚ 1763 ended the French-Indian War‚ giving all of North America east of the Mississippi‚ other than New Orleans‚ to the British. Though the European-based war ceased‚ the Native Americans in the west remained hostile to the British. The Pontiac Rebellion and other Indian hostilities lasted until the end of 1764‚ at which time peace finally reigned in North America. This peace‚ however‚ would last only a decade until a new war‚ the Revolution‚ began a new episode in

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    I believe a revolution is necessary. However‚ I don’t think that it necessarily has to be a violent uprising. I think that what is needed first of all is a revolution of the mindset of the general public of North America (hell‚ Europe too but I’ll stick to our side of the ocean). Our democracy is not the problem‚ the fact that our democracy has sold its soul to capitalism is the problem; transnational corporations have extreme amounts of control and their grip on earth and its people is

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