had many differences they also were very similar. They both suffered immensely at the beginning the start of these colonies. (Jamestown colonists were not use to hard labor and they suffered from famine. Plymouth colonists arrived too late in the growing season so they were not able to grow crops or farm.) If it wasn’t for the Natives helping each set of colonists‚ both of these colonies might have died out. Just like how Jamestown and Plymouth had their similarities and differences so did the people
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The Revolutionary War During the Revolutionary War‚ there were many hardships and disadvantages the Americans faced while fighting for their independence from Great Britain. For example the British army was much bigger and better trained than the American army‚ they had lots of food and ammunition shortages‚ and there was a weak and divided central government. The Americans met and overcame these challenges to win the Revolutionary War by receiving help from France‚ Spain‚ and the Dutch Republic
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over the century of its establishment. Early in the colonization process there were many hardships as described by George Percy (Doc. A). However‚ the colonists were able to alter their colony with the aid of the tobacco industry along with the use of indentured servants‚ and most notably slaves. The tobacco plantations and the numerous able-bodied workers were capable to create an industry in which the colonists would depend on socially and economically. The father of the tobacco industry‚ John
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started looking for gold vainly. As a consequence‚ the colonist did not spend time on farming and food supplies are dwindled which lead to the death of almost gold finders in the first 2 years. In the early age‚ Jamestown suffered from many hardships such as famine‚ diseases‚ and attacks of Indian; however‚ the leadership of Captain John Smith helped the colony from dissolving. He controlled the colony with a strict discipline on the colonist “work or starve” and he made sure that everyone worked
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expressing nearly no emotions. While Byrd writes for others to read‚ Bradford seems to write for himself. Throughout the account‚ Byrd consistently attacks the early colonists for being lazy and uncivilized. He degrades their humility by using reasoning satirically. Bradford instead‚ and speaks highly of the morality of the first colonists by referencing god. Each contains differing style‚ tone‚ and purpose in their accounts. Bradford writes in the plain style‚ a style characterized by simplicity
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Amboy? ➢ He uses the story to show how some colonist tried to avoid war. ❖ Name two emotions to which Paine appeals in his essay. ➢ Two emotions Paine appeals in his essay is anger and pity. ❖ How might a colonist who had remained loyal to the British react to Paine’s argument? ➢ They would not like it they be angry. ❖ Paine uses the aphorism "the harder the conflict‚ the more glorious the triumph" to express his belief that hardships faced by the American forces during the war will
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War. England needed to increase their taxation on the colonists after the war to pay off its war debts. Prior to these taxes‚ the colonies were wholly content while under the wing of the British Empire. Not only because the protection the British provided‚ but also because of their deep reverence for the Motherland. Colonists were angered by with Parliament due to their lack of acknowledgement towards colonists rights and opinions. Colonists stood together in a defiant motion towards liberation from
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The varying degrees of sexual independence in Philadelphia during the early 1700s-early 1800s were representative of the social and political issues of the period. Pre-Revolution‚ colonists successfully decimated the strict boundaries of British common law in regard to marital divorce and expanded the desire for personal freedom to a powerful platform: sex. Philadelphia’s shifting sexual parameters reflected the overarching gender‚ class‚ and racial growing pains felt by a newly formed nation. The
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What is the point of Paine’s story about the tavern keeper at Amboy? 8. Name two emotions to which Paine appeals in his essay. 9. How might a colonist who had remained loyal to the British react to Paine’s argument? 10. Paine uses the aphorism "the harder the conflict‚ the more glorious the triumph" to express his belief that hardships faced by the American forces during the war will make their eventual victory more meaningful. Find one more aphorism used in Paine’s essay and explain
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Due to the hardships Virginia faced in the early seventeenth century‚ the colonists made efforts to improve Virginia’s drawbacks‚ ultimately changing the colonies socially and economically. These changes occurred at the beginning of disease-ridden‚ famined‚ and lowly populated Jamestown‚ as well as larger plantations of tobacco that were worked on by indentured servants and African slaves. These harsh conditions elicited the colonists to find ways of advancing Virginia‚ in ways that separated them
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