shoemaker) indicates” (42). While not shoemakers‚ Chaucer’s “father and grandfather were both wine merchants‚ apparently successful and rising men” (Morrison 7). Geoffrey Chaucer was born sometime between 1340 -1345‚ in London‚ England. It is not known what education level that Chaucer may have reached. Since he became a member of the household of Elizabeth‚ countess of Ulster‚ it is assumed that he had an opportunity to receive higher education. It is believed
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search of a new‚ prosperous life. There were two main areas in America that the English settled in‚ New England and the Chesapeake region. These settlers voyaged to America for either religious freedom or to start a new life. Religion seekers came to the New World to escape the oppression of the Catholic Church. Others came in search of a job‚ or because of their low social class. The New England and the Chesapeake regions became two distinct regions because of these social‚ economic‚ and religious
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New England to the large fields and plantations of the southern colonies‚ the different attributes of these colonies as well as the similarities became for visible and began to show the beginnings of the United States of today. The New England colonies included Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ New Hampshire‚ and connecticut and the Southern
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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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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 the puritans for religious freedom from the very Anglican English culture. The Puritans claimed that the Anglican
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New England vs. Chesapeake: The New England and Chesapeake regions varied in many ways. They varied economically‚ socially‚ and religiously. At first there were many small colonies but then they grew into two distinct regions‚ the New England and Chesapeake areas. The New England region was a more superior place to live in than the Chesapeake region because the people in New England developed swifter and better. The Chesapeake region suffered because it had social‚ climatic‚ and religious problems
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was called a parliament. England was on the road of becoming the first and only parliamentary monarchy in Europe but the money from the nobles wasn’t enough and so the Council of Commoners was formed and together with the king and another council‚ they made decisions. Later on‚ Common Law was formed and it still operates in Britain today. The Monarchy had been weekend by bitter feuds. A weak monarchy meant a strong parliament‚ but
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England and Europe’s Expansion to the New World During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries‚ there were numerous conditions that prompted England and Europe to expand into the New World. Three of these conditions were price inflation‚ the desire for economic gain‚ and the search for religious freedom. These points greatly affected England and Europe’s expansion to the New World. Price inflation was a major reason for the expansion. Inflation began during a time of population growth in Europe
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beginning‚ England was strictly a place of Absolutism. Gradually‚ it transitioned into a Constitutionalism. On the other hand‚ Russia remained an Absolutism and flourished under their monarch. In England‚ Queen Elizabeth was the first monarch to majorly change the country. She changed the religion of England back to the Anglican Church‚ after Mary was very against Protestants. She got rid of all the anti-Protestant legislation that Mary passed and made it alright for Protestants to live in England openly
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DBQ- Female Workers in England and Japan: How Similar Were Their Experiences? The experiences of female mill workers in Japan had different experiences from female mill workers in England. The industrial revolution happened in England around the 1800’s while in Japan‚ the industrial revolution happened around the 1900’s. There are multiple examples of difference between the different female mill workers. These can be categorized into four different groupings. These groups are Background‚ Salary/Wage
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