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    The antebellum market revolution transformed a subsistence economy of scattered farms and tiny workshops into a national network of industry and commerce. In other words‚ it took the work that most people did in their homes‚ and made them more efficient through factories. On the other hand‚ the Second Great Awakening was a religious revival characterized by emotional mass “camp meetings” and widespread conversion. It influenced many things including the women’s movement. Although women were still

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    Throughout 1607 to 1750 colonies in Massachusetts and Virginia were being settled and growing. These two states grew up very different from each other in aspects such as their economic development and it’s affect on their politics. In 1607‚ Jamestown in Virginia was the first permanent English settlement. It was in the Chesapeake Bay area. The people abroad the ships had ideas in their heads of digging and mining to find ways of obtaining gold‚ silver‚ and copper. It was their incentive to

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    Divorce Decree At the Matrimonial/LSA Part of Massachusetts State Supreme Court at the Courthouse

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    October 30‚ 1735 in Braintree‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony (now Quincy‚ Massachusetts) a boy was born to John Adams‚ Sr and Susanna Boylston. That boy was John Adams‚ Jr one of the fathers of our country. Well not yet‚ but he was going to get there. He was a very healthy child but when he arrived at Harvard his health took a turn for the worst. John had a respiratory infection‚ depression‚ and was inoculated for smallpox. John became a member of the Massachusetts legislature and was sent the Continental

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    The Salem witch trials happened in Massachusetts in 1692 and 1693. Around 200 people‚ in the town of salem‚ were accused of witchcraft‚ and twenty people actually hung. The Salem witch trials are known to the world as a large conspiracy. Today when people read about Salem in history textbooks they think about how deranged the people in the town

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    “America’s first rebel”... Roger Williams. This essay will be about the life of Roger Williams‚ and how he founded the providence which became Rhode Island‚ and came to what we call today‚ America. His strong religious beliefs may had made him unpopular‚ but that didn’t stop him from concurring the world with his strong beliefs. Some even say that he is the father of modernized liberty‚ due to being best known for his religious freedom. Roger Williams born in 1603 in London‚ England‚ nobody

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    Island may never have came to be‚ if not for Roger Williams. After being exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ for endorsement of a separatist movement‚ It was he who relocated to present day Rhode Island. At that time‚ Massachusetts‚ was a colony ruled by Puritans. These people were anti-separatists‚ which means that they did not believe in the separation of church and state. Any resident living in Massachusetts‚ regardless of Religious affiliation was required to pay taxes to the puritan church

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    the Seven Years’ War‚ the British government felt that since the colonies benefited that they should contribute to the expenses. As Francis Bernard describes the American colonies acted strongly against this matter. This all took place in Boston Massachusetts. During the summer of 1765‚ because of the Stamp Act‚ there were many protests in the colonies. These protests involved everyone from civic leaders to street mobs. In many cities and towns the slogan became “no taxation without representation”

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    CHAPTER 3              COLONIES TAKE ROOT 1587-1752   Section 1: The First English Settlements   I. England Seeks Colonies -Like most of Europe in the age of exploration‚ England was a monarchy. However‚ in England‚ the power of the king or queen was limited by law and by a lawmaking body called Parliament.   -Ever since the 1200s‚ English law had limited the king’s power. The king could set new taxes only with Parliament’s consent. Still‚ the king’s powers were much greater than those of

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    would go on to mark history as the day a nation made up of different ideas‚ cultures‚ races‚ and experiences would unionize to become a perfect union under their own control. The events that precede the shots heard around the world near Lexington and Concord would conjure up a sense of rebellion‚ tension‚ and irritability. The colonists‚ whether divided by loyalists‚ patriots‚ or neutralist‚ turn the tide and revolutionize America. Over the course of the twelve years following the Seven Years War the

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