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    land in which they believed had great potential. Life in England and New England could be similar and different in many ways like: survival‚ work life‚ and manifest destiny. First‚ survival in England life was a little rough for those who were not in at least a middle or upper class. During the 1600’s‚ life in England was characterized by dirty streets‚ foul odors‚ and over population. This condition was reflected in most towns across England‚ particularly London. People were not very rich and did

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    The New England and Chesapeake Regions The Chesapeake and New England regions were made up of mainly Englishmen. Though the settlers came from the same place‚ their communities evolved into two different societies by 1700. The cause of this split‚ despite the fact of coming from the same place‚ was the difference in geography‚ religious freedoms and social/moral values. Geographically‚ the settlers were not prepared. Life expectancy for the Chesapeake was very low. The New England

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    DBQ #1 - In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s? During the 1600s‚ waves of Puritan immigrants arrived in the region of New England‚ settling the area and establishing population centers in areas like Massachusetts Bay‚ where the part of Boston was established. In contrast to the Chesapeake region’s inhabitants‚ the Puritan settlers did not come primarily for economic interests

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    Walcott`s poetry

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    Derek Walcott is a very famous and important poet and professor who had a huge impact on the theme of colonialism and post colonialism. Winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature‚ he was born in Castries‚ Saint Lucia‚ the West Indies‚ on January 23‚ 1930. Walcott himself and his family‚ were part of a minority in his island which was dominated by the catholic culture established during the French colonial rule‚ this will really have a big impact on the poet`s style and poems. He later attended

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    New England Colonies

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    The people who settled in the New England Colonies were the Separatist Puritans called Pilgrims and the New Englanders would come to prosper through their hard work‚ thrift‚ and the quality of their commitment to God and each other. The settlement pattern in New England Colonies during 1600 to first half of 1700 was designed in clustered housing and small agricultural fields. The king will give out land and the settlement set up will include a meeting house‚ a village commons

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    ABOLITIONISTS AND AMERICAN SLAVERY It is historian James Brewer Stewart’s thesis that the massive social changes and revivalism in the 1820’s had started New England’s abolitionist crusade against slavery. Revivalism had given a powerful impact to abolitionism in the eighteenth century. As Protestants struggled to overcome the adversities of immense new challenges‚ the abolitionists’ crusade for immediate emancipation also took form. During the Great Revivals‚ people dreamed of a glorious era of a nation

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    A New England Nun

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    A New England Nun is a wonderful story about 2 people who fell in love with each other and became engaged 14 years ago. With the hopes of making money separating them for most of their engagement‚ Louisa and Joe decide to stay together with the hopes of eventually becoming married. As time went on the couple noticed that there was a lot of built up sexual frustration from being apart from each other and both had decided to deal with it in their own ways. Louisa used the power of sewing and gardening

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    Puritans were religious exiles that left their home of England and settled in the New England states of Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Maine‚ and New Hampshire. This would later be known as the “Mass Bay Colony”. From 1630 – 1643 over 9‚000 people migrated from England. The Puritans believed they would “purify and reform” their own religion by creating a “righteous Utopia” which would break ties from Catholicism and the rule of the Kings of England. They were led by John Winthrop who was also a lawyer

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    the new England primer

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    New England and Chesapeake

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    During the 1610‚ the New England and Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ but by 1700 the regions developed into two distinct societies. The distinctions of development arose due to differences in economy and political structure. The economy and political structure of New England and Chesapeake differed based on the geography‚ needs and the different values or purposes that the regions served‚ causing two distinct societies to emerge by 1700. In terms

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