Colonization of the New World The discovery and colonization of the “New World” was one of the most significant and influential events in the known history of mankind. It has shaped our present by changing the course of our past and is a time of such great significance that it would be all but impossible to understand today without at least some comprehension of the why ’s of yesterday. What was it that drove such a myriad of people to risk so much to tame the wild and vast lands we now know
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In the colonial United States up to seventeen hundred‚ most of the settlers inhabiting the land happened to be of English origin. Although‚ they came from the same whereabouts‚ the two poles of the colonies‚ north and south‚ developed two distinct societies. For example‚ in the New England area the settlers developed an egalitarian‚ unified‚ and organized atmosphere‚ while in the Chesapeake region residents created an aristocratic‚ unloyal‚ and scattered environment. But‚ if they are of the same
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Colonial New England with Chesapeake. Include description of their economics‚ religious practices‚ labor sources‚ government and familiar patterns. Were these differences caused more by topographical factors or immigration patterns? Upon evaluating the New England colonies versus the Chesapeake bay colonies‚ it is important to outline their similarities and differences in order to assess why one flourished more successfully than the other and the root of this occurrence. Although Plymouth New England
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The New England Colonies had various type of religions. Massachusetts had a strong population of Puritans. Rhode Island provided many types of religion for the people settling there. Many people in Connecticut were mainly Puritan. The Middle colonies New York and Pennsylvania provided various religions. Some of the religion found in Middle colonies were Quakers‚ Catholics‚ Lutherans‚ and Jews and a few others. The southern colonies‚ Maryland and Georgia had no majority religion‚ so they had various
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English as an international language Of the 4‚000 to 5‚000 living languages‚ English is by far the most widely used. As a mother tongue‚ it ranks second only to Chinese‚ which is effectively six mutually unintelligible dialects little used outside China. On the other hand the 300 million native speakers of English are to be found in every continent‚ and an equally widely distributed body of second language speakers‚ who use English for their day-to-day needs‚ totals over 250 million. Finally‚ if
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The English speaking World The American and British ways have some similarities and differences in terms of customs‚ personalities and attitudes. Differences between the Americans and the British There are many differences between the Americans and the British lifestyle. One of the most remarkable (bemerkenswert) differences between the Americans and the British culture is the language. Although the language spoken in both countries is the same‚ that is English‚ but both countries have different
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The New England colonies and the Southern colonies are slightly similar in some aspects‚ but drastically different in most. For example the new england colonies were strictly puritan and they did not tolerate any other religion but the southern colonies were not dominated by a single religion which gave way to more liberal attitudes and some religious freedom. The economy of New England was powered mostly the manufacturing in factories‚ whereas the Southern colonies’ economies were more agriculturally
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18 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
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English Around The World Do you speak English? That question is frequently asked in countries around the world. Although there are almost 3‚000 languages‚ English is the most universal. It is the official language in over 40 countries and the most used language in international business‚ science‚ and medicine. Even in countries where English is not the first language‚ a number of English words are used. No other language is borrowed how more often than English. For example‚ a French worker looks
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makeup of the colonists. Generally‚ the colonies may be best understood as being divided in the following way: New England (Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island)‚ Middle (New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ Delaware)‚ and Southern (The Carolinas‚ Georgia‚ Maryland‚ Virginia). While these colony groups had many things in common‚ they also had their own distinctive features. Colonists brought traditions from their home countries and developed new ways of life in North America as they
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