Early British North American colonies Jamestown‚ Virginia was founded in 1609 by the Plymouth group. Their goals were to create a town that had livestock‚ crops‚ homes & land for the settlers. At first there was death from the diseases‚ then when their immune systems built up there become order‚ governed by Sir Thomas Gates and Sir Thomas Dale. They organized workers‚ disciplined and sentenced offenders‚ and gave incentives to workers like ownership of land in trade for work for the company
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The British North American colonies or the 13 original colonies‚ had freedom but not like you would think. The extent to which religious freedom existed in the British North American colonies prior to 1700’s‚ was different from region to region. The colonies in New England‚ Middle‚ and south region treated freedoms differently. In the New England colonies extent to religious freedoms was not great‚ Middle Colonies had good toleration to religion‚ and The Southern Colonies had a bit of tolerance to
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Slavery was a very important institution in the British North American Colonies within the years 1607 and 1750. It wormed it way into every aspect of the British North American Colonies‚ into the social structure‚ into the economy‚ it even found its way into the politics of the time. Slavery was like a disease to the colonies‚ infecting every single cell in the body of the culture. The social structure of the thirteen colonies was altered by an addition to the existing divide between the rich landowners
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The colonies that Britain and Spain founded were shaped by the Old World ways. To survive the colonies had to master new situations and learn new techniques. The colonies also had raw resources that the Old World lacked. Though different‚ the colonies had one purpose‚ to make their countries rich. All the colonies were different but their goals remained the same. British and Spanish colonies both had the goal of bringing wealth to their respective countries. Spanish colonies were mainly focused
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In the 16th and 17th centuries many colonies were starting to appear all over the Eastern Cost of America. All of Europe countries were interested in colonies‚ from Spain to England and even France. To the naked eye these colonies may have seemed very similar‚ but they were very different. Most of the population of these colonies arrived on boats that sailed from various European countries. Many colonies suffered through the early years from famine and death‚ and also poor planning. If we were
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Background and Emergence of Democracy in the British North American Colonies Beginning in the early 1600’s‚ North America experienced a flood of emigrants from England who were searching for religious freedom‚ an escape from political oppression‚ and economic opportunity. Their emigration from England was not forced upon them by the government‚ but offered by private groups whose chief motive was profit. The emergence of Democracy in colonial America can be attributed to the coming about
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During the colonial period North America was filled with individuals who did not agree with the religious and political ways of life in England. Before the 1700s the British North American colonies consisted mostly of Europeans in search of a place where they could find religious freedom. The first colony formed in Massachusetts in 1608 is an example of this idea of religious freedom. Plymouth‚ Massachusetts was a colony formed by English Separatists‚ who were also known as Puritans‚ in an attempt
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extent toward the successes of the North American Colonies. Even though European women tended to stay home‚ the work of African and Indian women in the colonies contributed to their successes. Women were servants‚ seamstresses‚ midwives‚ slaves‚ tavern
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Cassie Creer p. 3 10/9/2014 AP American History Essay The British North American colonies grew considerably between 1600 and 1763. Imports and exports across the Atlantic caused a constant demand for labor in the colonies. The British colonies supplied raw goods as well as some manufactured goods for countries around the world especially in Europe. As the demand for cash crops and raw materials from the Americas grew‚ the demand for labor also increased. Trans-Atlantic interactions fostered
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Britain’s relations with the American colonies was destined to collapse‚ since the British lacked much respect for the colonies and the unequal mistreatment. During the French and Indian war their relationship altered drastically politically‚ economically‚ and ideologically. This war would soon lead to the American colonies revolting against Britain. Since the start of the war the Americans were eager to help Britain in winning the war‚ the Americans believed by doing this they would get respect
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