chiefly on the rich farmlands west of Philadelphia. Maintained their German language‚ customs‚ and religion. Showed little interest in English politics. By 1775 Germans comprised 6% of Colonial population. Scotch-Irish- Had little respect for the British Government‚ which had pressured them into leaving Ireland. Most settled along the frontier in the Western parts of Pennsylvania‚ Virginia‚ the Carolinas & Georgia. Comprised 7% of pop. by 1775. Other Europeans- French protestants (Huguenots) Dutch
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wasn’t always this way. What was the driving force that inspired these changes to take ahold of ancient civilizations? What caused people to abandon their polytheistic systems of Gods and convert to a more monotheistic religion where there can be only one truth; one God? Monotheistic religion has been around for a long time. The first known of this category is Judaism‚ which can be traced backed between the 20th-4th century B.C. Initially‚ Judaism begins with the Hebrews who were freed from Babylonia
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Slavery in the North American colonies was a major growing industry from 1607 to 1776. When settlers first made the journey to America and started using slaves‚ it was not near as popular as it soon would be. Eventually‚ slavery in America would become an economic powerhouse for the variable cash crops of the many plantations in America. Slavery was a strong industry and it was extremely useful in order to make profits in America. Slavery grew substantially from its origins and developed immensely
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of North America Kristin Daughdril & William Cassidy Business Administration 418 Abstract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is an investment involving a long-term relationship and reflecting a lasting interest in and control by a resident entity in one economy of an enterprise resident in a different economy (UNCTAD). There are two types of FDI‚ inflows and outflows‚ which can be used to help determine the investment strategies and economies of countries engaged in FDI. North America has
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typically have been a Dutch fluyt‚ a 200 to 300-ton merchant square rigged vessel especially designed to maximize cargo and passenger space in an unarmed ship suitable for the well patrolled English Channel and North Sea where piracy was a negligible concern. After crossing the lower North Sea his ship would have waited for an incoming tide and ridden that tide up to the Pool of London‚ the area below the London Bridge where fluyts and other traders anchored in midstream and unloaded
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The eighteenth century is often referred to as the century of Enlightenment. The ideas of main enlightenment thinkers‚ the philosophes‚ made mark on the century. In Diderot and D’Alembert’s Encyclopédie‚ the philosophe is described as a man who ‘trampling on prejudice‚ tradition‚ universal consent‚ authority‚ in a word‚ all that enslaves most minds‚ dares to think for himself’ . If the movement’s mother country was France‚ there were philosophes all across Europe. Some of the most famous were Diderot
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China went through many significant changes and continuities. Many ideas that involved society‚ religion‚ innovations and arts were many of the things that either got modified or remained the same. In Ancient China between (221 B.C.E) to (1271 C.E) China had. To begin with‚ during China’s earliest stages‚ it began with the Han Dynasty‚ where agriculture was the main focus but as time went on‚ the dynasty came to a halt and a new ruler would step in. This ruler’s name was Sui Wen-Ti and during the
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offered the people of Western Europe stability in a time of political and social disarray. Feudalism dominated Western Europe around 476 C.E. However‚ overtime urban centers and cities started to develop in place of the feudal system. Around the 8th century agricultural development and new technologies started taking place. The emperor of the Carolingian Empire Charlemagne actually thought of the idea to use a three-field crop rotation instead of a two-field crop rotation. This system allowed for a great
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Creation of national states in the early modern period served the interests of the nobility as much it did the kings‚ and this was particular in the two countries‚ such as France and England. This time period was the age of nobles‚ the nobility‚ the kings of these two states often had a kind of relationship that could be seen as social welfare for the rich and that the nobles got stuff such as jobs and money from the kings‚ what the kings got from them was support. However‚ the relationship they
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The history of North American white indentured servants was as long as the entire North American colonial history. May 1607‚ London sent the first group of settlers to North America‚ built the James Town. The number of first group immigrants was 105‚ including the white indentured servants. Just in decades later‚ a large-scale importation of white indentured servants was filling the town. Initially‚ the Europeans tried to get workforce from indigenous Indians of North America. They had tried every
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