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    types of colonies‚ proprietary‚ royal charter‚ and self-governing. A proprietary colony is a colony that is owned by one person‚ the proprietor‚ who can run the colony however they want. An example of this is William Penn and Province or Pennsylvania. The opposite of a proprietary colony would be a royal charter colony‚ where the colony is under direct control of the mother country‚ and has no role in running the colony. The Province of North Carolina is an example of a royal chart colony. The

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    descriptions with their proper identities. (25 points) _____ 1. country that focused on developing the fur trade rather than stable settlements _____ 2. _____ 3. colony originally settled to be a safe haven for Catholics _____ 4. _____ 5. colony settled by Puritans to be “a light shining from atop a hill” _____ 6. _____ 7. colony settled by Quakers; established the “City of Brotherly Love” _____ 8. European country that established New Amsterdam _____ 9. _____10. _____11. had feudal society

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    working for the New England‚ Middle‚ or Southern colonial region. Create a travel brochure that will catch the eye of a common European person. Your job is to encourage people from Europe to move to your colony and settle there. Be sure to include what the colony has to offer and what the colony does not. Identify which region (New England‚ South‚ or Middle) you are promoting and include pictures of your region. Items to include: 1. Economics • Jobs- How did they make money? • Trade opportunities

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    of the colonies. Never before had the conditions that tempered the colonists been seen. <br><br>The unique blend of diverse environmental factors and peoples caused the development of a variety of cultures that were mostly English‚ part European‚ and altogether original.<br><br>The unique conditions‚ both cultural and environmental‚ of each colony produced a unique culture for that colony. And while each colony had it ’s share of groups‚ the mix of people and their cultures in each colony was not

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    would repel them into the other colonies. Through differences in political‚ economic‚ religious‚ social‚ intellectual‚ and artistic concepts of the colonists‚ a divergence separated the Chesapeake region from the New England settlements. Different political concepts bolstered to create a disparity between the two sectors of settlement. The New England colonies had a much more democratic atmosphere compared to the aristocratic Chesapeake. The New England colonies held small town meetings while the

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    APUSH Assignment #2 Part One: The Encounters Chapter One: Natives: Old world explorers encountered in the new world complex and diverse peoples—who‚ where‚ etc? Old world explorers encountered Native Americans in North America. Pre-Columbian America is “fraught with controversy.” What conflicts were they? Native Americans had conflict with the Europeans over social and environmental problems; this led to violence and war. Also‚ Europeans and Native Americans were both violent and

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    They created and nurtured them. Like children‚ the American colonies grew and flourished under British supervision. Like many adolescents‚ the colonies rebelled against their parent country by declaring independence. Each of the thirteen colonies had a charter‚ or written agreement between the colony and the king of England or Parliament. Charters of royal colonies provided for direct rule by the king. But governors were appointed by the king and had almost complete authority Colonial economies

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    A) banned slavery. B) insured religious toleration. C) set up the first legislature. D) none of these. 8. In which one of the following colonies was religion LEAST important as a factor in its founding? A) Pennsylvania B) Virginia C) Maryland D) Massachusetts 9. Acquired by the English in the 1660s‚ New York had once been a colony of the A) French. B) Spanish. C) Dutch. D) Portuguese. 10. Metacom was A) the king who established Jamestown B) the

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    to have the Stamp Act against the American Colonies. The colonies were very hesitant only because their standards bothered them. The prices of the stamps were not the main topic of controversy for the American Colonies. “No taxation without representation” was a very common chant during protest. This is equivalent to “Black lives matter‚” and how during certain protest people chant this to be heard. Soon after the act was shut down England and the colonies did have more disagreements and argument

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    American colonists had many differences in how things were done economically‚ religiously and socially. The three regions were also had different climates and a different terrain forcing them to live differently. New England was the most northern colony. The landscape had very rocky soil. Their whole economy was mainly shipbuilding and shipping. Though they did also participate in fur trading and the fishing industry. The whole reason the colonists settled was because of religious freedom. They believed

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