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    Before the 1700’s the New England and Chesapeake regions were both largely settled by people of English origin. Slowly‚ they began to evolve into different societies. Fantasies of the New World had largely appealed to troubled England. English citizens traveled to the New World for religious‚ economic‚ and various other reasons. Though the settlers of the New England and Chesapeake regions were of English origin‚ each region soon evolved into distinct societies due to social‚ economic‚ and religious

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    Virginia Colonies Massachusetts and Virginia were two of the early colonies in the new world. Although these two colonies originated from the same place they are very different. Virginia needed slaves for labor while the citizens of Massachusetts worked in production and had less slaves or indentured servants. Virginia traded cash crops such as tobacco and the colonists in Massachusetts build ships and traded fur among other things. While Massachusetts and Virginia were both British colonies‚ they

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    In what ways did the English colonies develop differently from the Spanish and French colonies? When thinking of different colonies from United States history‚ the first one that comes to mind is the English colony‚ in which it was a colony that had an already established abundance of riches‚ knowledge‚ and experience. Why is this so? What was so different about English colonies that made them develop differently? All in all‚ in what ways did the English colonies develop differently from the

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    "In the 1600’s there existed a degree of religious freedom in some colonies‚ while others were characterized by strict intolerance." then go on to further explain and elaborate on the thesis. As the textbook reveals‚ the colonists in New England were made up of a web of families who were extremely devoted to their faith (Christianity). This is where the university of Harvard originated which was originally meant to train ministers and over half of the graduating students became congressional

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    Massachusetts Bay Colony government was able to be‚ at least partially‚ simultaneously theocratic‚ democratic‚ oligarchic‚ and authoritarian. It was able to be partly theocratic because of the doctrine of the covenant‚ which stated that the whole purpose of government was to enforce God’s laws. God’s laws applied to everyone‚ even nonbelievers. Everyone also had to pay taxes for the government-supported church. This meant that religious leaders held enormous power in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They were

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    Ant Colony Optimization

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    Table of contents Chapter No. 1. 2. 3. 4. Topics Introduction 1.1 Origin of Ant Colony Optimization 1.2 Towards Artificial Ants 1.3 ACO Metahueristic 1.4 Applying ACO to TSP 1.4.1 Detailed implementation of TSP with ACO 1.5 Ant System and Successors 1.5.1 Elitist Ant System 1.5.2 Rank Based Ant System 1.5.3 Max-Min Ant System 1.5.3 Ant Colony System Literature survey Further scope References 1 Page No. 4 5-7 7-9 9-10 10-11 11-14 14 14-15 15-16 16-18 18-19

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    The Colonies by 1763-A New Society? Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. The thirteen colonies throughout time all established themselves and soon developed their own identities. Colonies in different areas were known for different things and no one colony was like the other. These people began to see them selves as Carolinians

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    Massachusetts Bay Colony was simultaneously theocratic‚ democratic‚ oligarchic‚ and authoritarian in different ways. The Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628 and wanted a well-established government‚ but they ended up mixing all of these together. This colony was important because it was one of the first provincial and true governments to be introduced into the colonies. It also provided an example to other colonies to base their governments on. The Massachusetts Bay Colony can be said

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    The environment and atmosphere of the first colonies to settle in the new world was widely dissimilar‚ and some found success while others suffered harsh conditions. Virginia as labeled by Captain John Smith would fall into the last category. The colony of Jamestown came to the New World seeking land‚ assets and commerce‚ and settled in a coastal area‚ which did not provide the freshest water and proved to be abundant with disease. Jamestown was the first English settlement in America (1607). It

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    The Thirteen Colonies‚ that joined together to become the United States of America were part of the first British Empire. Each colony was founded by different people and for different reasons. The main reason was the opportunity to make money to bring together valuable natural resources and selling them to England in exchange for goods that were difficult to get in the New World. Other colonies were set up by the Protestants who wanted to avoid the religious they experienced in Britain‚ and also

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