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    Beginning in 1607‚ when ambitious English colonists settled in Jamestown‚ and continuing until the last of the thirteen colonies was established; geography was a substantial factor in the development of colonial America. The crops that essentially saved the colonists lives‚ such as tobacco‚ rice‚ and indigo‚ wouldn’t have grown without a certain type and amount of soil to grow properly. Also‚ the Appalachian Mountains and the dense forests provided a barrier for the colonists‚ preventing them from

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    Cassandra Rescoe 2/5/13 English 1520 James Halleman Alcohol and the American Colonists American history shows that our ancestors were heavy drinkers. Why did the colonists drink so much? To understand the logic of our ancestors heavy drinking‚ we think about colonial life. What drinking resources were available to them? What kind of life did they live? New England water was polluted and cow’s milk caused “sickness” (tuberculosis). New England had cold winters. What did they have to keep warm

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    Laurel Thatcher Ulrich‚ Good Wives Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England 1650-1750 (New York: Oxford University Press‚ 1983) The novel Good Wives is a study of the many roles women play in Northern New England from 1650-1750. The book is split into three sections; all named after biblical females who portrayed idealized feminine traits within New England society. The first part is named Bathsheba‚ which shows and explains the responsibilities and possibilities women had

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    The Virginia Colony vs. The Massachusetts Bay Colony The Virginia Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony were both similar and different on three main topics: religion‚ economics‚ and demographics. Religious views and importance differentiated greatly between the two colonies. New Englanders‚ the area in which the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled‚ came to America to exercise religious beliefs that were not allowed before the English Civil War and after the Restoration. They were made up of

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    31. The Navigation Acts of 1651 were British laws that restricted colonial trade. They were designed to do two things: force the thirteen colonies to trade only with Britain and weaken Britain’s rivals‚ especially the Dutch. The Acts placed limits on how the colonies could trade with other countries. For example‚ heavy taxes meant that colonists taxed when they imported certain things from other nations. Limits in imports meant that ships from other nations could not deliver goods to the thirteen

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    Bacon’s Rebellion Bacon’s Rebellion occurred in 1675 in Virginia. Nathaniel Bacon‚ a wealthy planter‚ headed the rebellion against the governor William Berkley and his corrupted regime. As death rates were falling‚ more people required land. Most lands were already occupied and any free land was hard to cultivate and grow tobacco. High taxes and falling prices on tobacco‚ due to the overproduction‚ limited possibilities for small farmers. Indentured servants were requiring Indians to be removed

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    The Americas‚ once discovered were a vast pot of wonders for the European people’s .The eastern coast of the Americas‚ settled by Englishmen searching for a new start. But in the end they turned into two very separate distinct societies. New England area with fewer opportunities for vast wealth‚ but attracted more of a family setting. While Chesapeake Bay area had a very high mortality rate but was more appealing to the average man for the chance of vast wealth. New England had been founded by

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    In order to help cover the cost of the war between Great Britain and France‚ British officials began to establish new taxes in the Colonies. In 1765‚ a tax was passed by Great Britain known as the Stamp Act. This law required all colonists to pay a tax to Great Britain on all of the printed materials that they used‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ and even playing cards. All of these materials were required to have a stamp placed on them‚ in order to show that the tax had been paid. Colonist were

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    + a ? 4’ Advanced placement U.S. Historv I ’ Lesson 7 Handout 1 (page i) Name Date ? ? a e e e ‚lt ‚ The Three colonial sections-one society or Three? Part A. Study the accompanyrng maps to answer the following questions. In each instance‚ write the letter map (or maps) Jo"lJ"i‚‚g the inrormation‚ and cite speciric 1. :‚i:ff.oT:l :T#l:‚XHfff:J:: b. Scotch-trr:ish c. English d. Africans 2. The^nationality that was most cor’non a. German in ail trre colonies was

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    Brittany Bryant March 8‚ 2012 3rd hour RL.STINE Children across America have been getting Goosebumps by just reading and watching Rl.Stines horror tales. Rl.Stine is one of America’s most prolific authors and has introduced millions of American kids to the horror genre. Rl.Stines name is Robert Lawrence Stine. He was born in Columbus‚ Ohio on October 8th‚ 1943. His parents are Jewish their names are Anne and Lewis Stine. His mother was a homemaker

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