settle. There are many primary motivations for moving to different colonies‚ and in this essay I will focus on the Middle Colonies. The Middle Colonies include New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ New York‚ and Delaware. Each of these colonies has their own special attractions about them‚ but one of the main reasons colonists came there was because they offered religious tolerance. Now I will break up each individual colony and the reason it was created and how it has affected it in modern times
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An individual’s actions can make a significant difference in the course of history. Sarah Franklin Bache has helped make 2‚200 shirts for soldiers‚ served as a political hostess for her father‚ and was involved in the Ladies Association of Philadelphia. She also donated money to the Continental Congress when they needed it. Without her‚ America could have lost the Revolutionary War. Sarah Bache was born September 11‚ 1743 in Philadelphia. Her father was Benjamin Franklin and her mother was Deborah
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exploiters valid-or is this image just another version of the English “black legend” concerning the Spanish role in the Americas? 3. Are the differences between Latin America and North America due primarily to the differences between the respective Indian societies that existed in the two places‚ or to the disparity between Spanish and English culture? What would have happened if the English had conquered densely settled Mexico and Peru‚ and the Spanish had settled more thinly populated
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Andrew Escamilla Escamilla 1 Mr. Sanchez United States History I: V01A May 3‚ 2011 George Washington and the American Revolutionary War Following the French-Indian War‚ The American Revolution began between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the former British colonies in North America. The British power was trying to overwhelm the colonists of New America with many acts‚ such as the Stamp Act‚ Sugar Act‚ The Intolerable Acts‚ all of which were deemed illegitimate by the colonists
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Kirat Hundle 1. What is the difference between an element and a compound? An element is an isotope made of the number of neutrons it has. A compound is a substance made of two or more different elements (a mixture). 2. What is the periodic table? A periodic table is where the chemical elements are organized based on their atomic number (number of protons in the nucleus)‚ electron arrangement‚ and chemical properties. 3. Give two examples of each of the four major mineral groups (silicates‚ carbonates
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The American economy and its culture changed dramatically during the 1920’s and 1930’s due to many factors‚ including the Great Depression. The Depression itself‚ among other elements such as consumerism‚ national debt overload and the 1930 Banking Crisis all played an invaluable part in the change and sheds light on how America’s economy is run today. The first of these changes after the Depression was the New Deal. In the 1920’s‚ American banks were privately run‚ with the money from their clients
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on May 10‚ 1818. (1) He was someone who showed a lot of determination during his life. He fought in the French and Indian War against the French and later on joined the Sons of Liberty in their fight for independence. He was best known for his midnight to Lexington and to warn people of the oncoming British soldiers‚ a battle that would begin the American Revolutionary War. His journey was later written into a poem that would leave him forever know in history. I think that Paul Revere was a very
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The cotton gin separated short- cotton from its seeds efficiently. The South became very dependent on this‚ giving them more of a reason to have slaves. William Harper felt the abolishment of slavery would put an end to the cultivation of the great Southern staple (Doc B). The South is made up of large plantations giving a great need for cheap labor. Letting go of slavery would be very hard considering they had many inventions of laborsaving devices such as‚ the water frame and the cotton gin‚ which
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was actually the beginning of the war. The battle of Saratoga was the other turning point for the American Revolutionary war because France agreed to‚ military support for‚ and to fight with‚ the colonies until independence was won. The French alliance was very crucial‚ they provided weapons‚ warships‚ and troops‚ to the colonies to help defeat the British. Valley Forge was also a turning point when the British lost support on the frontier and in their colonies‚ and the world’s strongest force withdrew
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waging war and breaking away from Britain during the Revolutionary War? The colonists were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain during the revolutionary war. The war for American independence began with in 1775 and lasted at least until 1783 when the peace treaty with the British was signed. The colonies of England wanted to be independent and no longer serve the mother country. After the French and Indian war in 1754-1763 Britain nor the colonies wanted to pay for the war‚ both
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