Alex Hill Contrary to what many people in this country believe‚ slavery took place in the North and the South. In fact‚ Massachusetts was the first colony to legalize slavery. By the year 1700‚ Rhode Island had surpassed Massachusetts as the chief importer of slaves in the north. Major slave ports included Boston‚ Salem‚ Providence‚ and New London. The tariffs that were enforced upon slave imports were used to pay for community projects‚ such as repairs to roads and bridges. At the beginning
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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 following colonies before 1763: Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania Massachusetts Bay Rhode Island According to a specific quote‚ economic issues determined the development of the early English colonies. This quotation is not entirely valid‚ considering religion played major roles in early North America. Economic and religious issues determined the development of the English colonies. Chesapeake Bay English colonies such as Maryland and New England colonies like Massachusets
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Chapter 16 Transformations in Europe 1500-1750 Culture and Ideas Early Reformation Renaissance (European): A period of intense artistic and intellectual activity‚ said to be a “revert” of Greco-Roman culture. Usually divided into an Italian Renaissance‚ from roughly the -mid-14TH to mid-15TH century‚ and a Northern (Transalpine) Renaissance‚ from roughly the early 15th to early 17th century Papacy: The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church‚ of which the pope is the head. Indulgence:
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of people who now claim dreams of their own. The American Dream began by people wanting to follow their own religion. Colonies settled into the New World for varied reasons. The colonists settled in the New Word because they hoped for a new beginning. The achievement of this travel justified that the colonies can be markets for England’s manufactured goods. "England saw the colonies as a way to sell more goods and resources to other countries." (Marks). The rulers influenced them to cross over to the
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¨VA town tries to move on 40 years after Kepone disaster. ¨ In Hopewell‚ VA the James River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds were impacted by an environmental catastrophe. This disaster is known as the Kepone disaster or chlordecone‚ it harmed thousands of people some even severely ill. This chemical was a white insecticide that caught national attention‚ aided to urge the passage of legislation to regulate lethal chemicals and fueled potential environmental activism in VA. This chemical outburst
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The Roles of Women in the New England Colonies Samantha English History 101 Dr. Barry Shollenberger September 14‚ 2014 In the early 1700’s the lives of men and women were very different. Social equality was not extended to the women in the household. Wealth‚ intelligence‚ and social status were not of importance when it came to be head of the household. They were taught that their husbands were above then and that it was a “wife’s duty” to “love and reverence them‚” (Henretta
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Cassandra Wilson The Colonial Period (1607–1775) • 1642 • Massachusetts Bay Colony law requires proper teaching of children. In 1642‚ the Mass Bay Colony ruled children not taught properly would be apprenticed (practical work experience under the supervision of skilled workers in the trade and arts) to the town. The Early National Period (1775–1820) • 1805 • First elementary school established in New York‚ Formed by a wealthy businessmen to provide education for poor children. Run on the
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by on country; England. Although the colonies in the New England and Chesapeake regions of North America were settled mainly by the English‚ by the 1700s both developed into two distinct societies because of their environmental surroundings‚ their reasons for settlement‚ and their way of life. The regions had somewhat similar climates‚ but it was their surroundings that set them apart. Both regions had harsh and unforgiving climates that neither the Chesapeake settlers nor the New England settlers
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In short‚ the American colonies sole purpose was to supply England with the resources they were able to obtain from the North America. The colonies were viewed as second citizens under the British rule‚ but the lifestyle and custom between the two were obvious different. As you stated in your discussion‚ while the colonists and those living in England shared history and a frame of reference regarding aristocratic versus monarchic rule‚ over the course of two centuries‚ their daily life experiences
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