first landed on the shores of what would later become North America more than 500 years ago. English settlers ventured out to establish their claims over lands in the New World. Two principal areas they established were the English colonies of the Chesapeake and their counterparts at Massachusetts Bay. The English colonies and the Massachusetts Bay settlements were different economically and socially but similar religiously. The Chesapeake colonies were founded on a basis of mainly economic pursuits
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The English colonies in North America were actually settled by immigrants from many different European countries which resulted in a very cosmopolitan and multicultural society rich in diversities of language and religion. Because of this nascent colonial diversity the United States of America emerged as a new type of nation‚ one that guaranteed in written constitutional form the rights of minorities against the possible tyranny of the majority. However‚ while the nation could use “E
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The Seven Years War (1756-1763) was one of the major conflicts in history since the fall of Rome. It had Bourbon King Louis XV on one side trying as hard as possible to repeat the golden days of Louis XIV and Frederick II of an emerging Prussia backed by British gold provided by William Pitt on the other. The Seven Years War was mainly the result of trading rights. The British colonials (Americans) were pinned up against the Atlantic seaboard‚ with only the Hudson Bay company in the north challenging
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Running Head: Short Essay 1 Short Essay 1 Many of colonies resulted from European expansion; perhaps the two most talked about would be the colonies in Virginia and Massachusetts. Each colony was unique in its own way‚ but similarities between the two were also apparent. These similarities and differences helped shape what would eventually become the “North” and “South” during the Civil War. The English settlements in Virginia and Massachusetts were both established in the early 1600s
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Spanish and English colonization efforts were very different with the English’s methods being more successful and profitable. Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus found the Americas and mistook them for India. Spanish Conquistadors came with the goals of “God‚ Gold‚ and Glory” and came seeking gold and riches. The Spanish also came with instructions to convert the natives to Catholicism. They invested in short term ventures that while initially very profitable
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Reasons for the British Colonization of North America The English had many motives for founding the colonies in America. The migration was provoked by various reasons. It is said that religious motives played the most important role but economic motives played just as big of a role. Social and political reasons did not play such a prime role but they did certainly affect the decision of the English into making the hard and long voyage. New economic opportunities
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The French and Indian war also known as the Seven Years War or The War That Made America‚ was a battle for colonial domination. The battles between the two colonies began when the Royal Charters had encouraged the British to expand their territory westward‚ but the colonists faced two opponents in their drive the French and Indians. The French did not want the English intruding on their monopoly‚ so the battle for land began. The first battle between the French and British was the Ohio River Valley
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From the end of the French and Indian War to 1776‚ when the Declaration of Independence was signed‚ the British imperial policies‚ like the Stamp Acts‚ Quartering Acts and the Proclamation Line of 1963‚ angered the colonists enough to start a rebellion. The rebellion started strong in the New England colonies with them smuggling things from other countries‚ and it ended even stronger with their commitment to their republican values. The Stamp Act and Quartering Acts were some of the first imperial
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early 1700’s‚ the British Colonies were in a state of salutary neglect. Thereafter‚ the British executed the Navigation Acts‚ though loosely enforced‚ they were created in order to regulate trade between the Colonies and the mother country. The relationship between Britain and it’s colonies was a civil one up until it was greatly reformed with the events of the French and Indian War. The war significantly affected the economic‚ political‚ and economic relationship between the colonies and the mother
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The publication The Peopling of British North America was written by Bernard Bailyn. The Peopling of British North America‚ book genre is History. The book has a total of 177 pages and it was republished from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group‚ June 8‚ 2011. Bailyn writing style for this book is documented research‚ Bailyn saved up his research for three years just to write this book. The Peopling of British North America wasn’t a bestseller unlike some of his other books. Bernard Bailyn is known because
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