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    Northern and Southern British Colonies of North America The views of Northern and Southern British Colonies of North America developed different culturally factors including economically and political views‚ education‚ and religious instruction. Colonies in the north and south developed their own characteristics making them significant for the main land‚ and later becomes the new nation itself. Economic wise‚ the colonies had more differences than similarities. The North had small farms while

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    Team B December 15‚2014 Overview of Business Evolution  Feudalism  Mercantilism  Capitalism  Commerce  Property  The rights Industrial Revolution Feudalism    Middle age (A.D. 500-1500) The king had complete control. To make their estates more profitable landowners assigned the most able workers to take control of specific farms on their estates.   System of tenant farming was developed. Mercantilism  Products are traded across markets and countries.  Merchants are traders

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    in the Virginia colony. It had economic problems such as declining in tobacco prices‚ growing commercial competition from Maryland and the Carolinas‚ an increasingly restricted English market‚ the rising prices from English manufactured goods (mercantilism) caused problems for the Virginians‚ and Autocratic rule of governor Berkeley. These all are the main reasons for the Bacon Rebellion but there are also more that will be explained throughout this paper. The decline in tobacco prices was a cause

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    AP U.S History Tenochtitlan ID: The ancient Aztec capital in about the 1325 and was demolished by the Spaniards in 1521. SIG: Tenochtitlan was one of the largest cities in the world in 1521. It was a very wealthy city with powerful economics‚ politics‚ and religions. Matrilineal ID: The inheritance one receives through the female line of ancestors. SIG: The pattern of culture in Lenape or modern day Delaware were fishing and other types of farming which were matrilineal. Many Native American

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    potatoes. Manufactured goods like mirrors‚ books‚ dishes‚ and playing cards were also exchanged. The Columbian Exchange also influenced population growth in other continents. 2.What was mercantilism‚ and how was it important for England? Mercantilism was a “system of state-assisted manufacturing and trade.” Mercantilism was important for England because it assisted in economic growth. Trade

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    Mercantilism was huge in the New England colonies. The major trade nations used mercantilism to gain national wealth and power by vastly increasing their exports and receiving precious metals in return. Also‚ New England had Navigation Acts which limited the colonies control over their economy.

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    Midterm Review Sheet Unit 1: Evolution‚ Revolution‚ Enlightenment Term What caused it? What does it mean? What is the result of it? Magna Carta John raised taxes to keep English lands in France Lost‚ nobles forced John to sign Magna Carta Established the Great Council‚ king could only raise taxes with approval‚ king had to pay when seizing property (Eminent Domain)‚ all people had right to Jury of peers. Parliament (=Great Council) Magna Carta Created to limit King’s power Created a limited monarchy

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    The European countries including Britain all had imperative hobbies in North America‚ not minimum in light of the fact that these colonies guaranteed future riches and were deliberately critical to the sugar‚ tobacco and espresso islands of the Caribbean. By the mid-eighteenth century‚ the British North American colonies were entrenched settlements‚ firmly tied into Atlantic and Caribbean exchanging systems. Albeit religious convictions gave the inspiration to numerous settlers‚ others likewise saw

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    of supervision of the colonies by the king‚ did not work in favor of the colonies nor for Britain. Three contributing factors for the outbreak of the American Revolution were (1) the king’s taxes‚ (2) neglect of the 13 colonies and (3) England’s mercantilism policy. King George III and his decisions were one of the major causes that had the English colonists fumed with anger towards Britain and this eventually led to the American Revolution. King George’s Taxes The most fundamental reason for the

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    The development of the American colonies had six different factors contributing to it. They were the Enlightenment‚ European population explosion‚ Glorious Revolution‚ Great Awakening‚ mercantilism‚ and Religious tolerance. The Enlightenment was a cultural movement that challenged the authority of the church in science and philosophy while elevating the power of human reason. One of the most influential Enlightenment writers was John Locke. He argued with the church that people were not

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