“Was Ireland a colony of the British Empire?” The literal definition of a colony is: “A subject territory occupied by a settlement from the ruling state.” Whether or not Ireland fell under this classification‚ in its unionist days‚ is hotly debated. One could argue that because Ireland was incorporated into Great Britain as a single kingdom‚ was included in parliament and involved in colonial affairs‚ that it was not a colony itself. However one could
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The 13 Colonies Economic Troubles By: E’Maurai G‚ Seth G‚ and Jonathan L (students) Since Great Britain needed to pay for their war debts the king and parliament thought that they had the right to tax the American colonies. “The Sugar Act was an extension of the Molasses Act (1733)‚ which was set to expire in 1763”. In 1756-1763 Great Britain had a 7 year war with France and after the war ended Great Britain had high war debts so they started taxing the colonies. The American colonies got upset
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How the 13 Colonies Were Named The first thirteen colonies were either named after people‚ Indian names or‚ places in England. The original states/colonies are‚ Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ New York‚ Georgia‚ North Carolina‚ Maryland‚ South Carolina‚ Delaware‚ Pennsylvania‚ Virginia‚ New Hampshire and New Jersey. The three states that are named specifically after Indian names are Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island and Connecticut. The Puritans named Massachusetts‚ after a local Indian
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pre-Columbian Native American history as charted by archaeologists and anthropologists. 2) Contrast the views of Europeans of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with those of Native Americans and Africans they encountered on such topics as the environment‚ social relations‚ religious beliefs‚ and slavery. Which group do you consider "savage/ "heathen/ or "barbarian"? Explain. 3) What factors contributed to the rise of modern Europe and an age of expansionism from 1000 to 1600 C. E.? Contrast the political
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The northern and southern colonies were different from each other. Different reasons brought people here. the colonies survived in different ways judging by their resources. The north didn’t develop slavery but the south did. People came to America for different reasons. For example people who came to the south came for gold plant tobacco and rice. People from the north wanted free religion. According to the site New England colony‚ "The religion practised in New England was strictly Puritan
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Between the 1720’s and the 1760’s rise of the Enlightenment in America which mostly appealed to the more educated men and women from wealthier upper class of society like artiest and planter families which ever quite wealthy in that time period. Deism was on the rise being that it was based off the ideal that there is reason for everything that happens in the world. This was a huge controversy at that time because most religious afflictions’ only believed in God and that the higher power controls
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About 20 slaves were the first African slaves to set food in North America when the English colony settled in 1607. Information provided by History.com‚ “For nearly 400 years‚ historians believed they were transported to Virginia from the West Indies on a Dutch warship. The slaves were herded onto a Portuguese slave ship in Angola‚ in Southwest Africa. The ship was seized by British pirates on the high seas‚ not brought to Virginia after a period of time in the Caribbean.” As this was the beginning
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• Generally‚ how did their colonies fare between 1600 and 1750? England Where? • Virginia • Massachusetts Bay • Connecticut • Pennsylvania • New York • Maine • Delaware • New Hampshire • Maryland • Rhode Island • New Jersey • North & South Carolina • Georgia For what purpose? • Separation from the Church of England • Religious freedom • Opportunities to trade American natural resources to other countries • Wealth • Colonization • A new land of new economic opportunities Who? • Explorers
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The Middle Colonies By: Rhea The Beginning - Does anybody know what the Middle colonies were? Well‚ if not‚ this is the perfect essay for the job! From everything about the geography to the government‚ the religion to the climate‚ this paper is full of info. Was their geography good? The Middle colonies’ geography and climate were perfect for farming all year long. They had a mix of the New England and Southern features‚ with coastal plains‚ rolling hills‚ and lots and lots of mountains! The Middle
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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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