The restoration colonies New York: Old nether landers at new Netherlands 1600-golden ages of Dutch history. - maj. Commercial & naval power - challenging England on seas - 3 maj. Anglo-Dutch wars - maj. Colonial power [mainly in the East Indies.] New Netherlands - new Netherlands : founded in the Hudson River area (1623-1624) - established Dutch west India comp. for quick-profit fur trade. - company wouldn’t pay much attention to colony - manhattan [ new Amsterdam ] - purchased
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The 1700 hundreds where a great age of questioning and reasoning. During this age thinkers know as philosophers arose to share their ideas on all parts of human society and human nature in general.Philosophers Believed all humans should be free and unrestrained by government. They believed that all humans were entitled to and responsible for freedom of government‚ religion‚ economy and the rights of their fellow citizens. Philosophers believed that the right the right to form a government and be
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The English settlement in America occurring around the early 1600’s was the result of the Age of Exploration in addition‚ the freedom from religious oppression. For the Separatists later known as the Pilgrims‚ America was a place for dreams and new beginnings given that they were persecuted for their religious beliefs in England. Some fled to the Netherlands finding religious freedom and no work. The Pilgrims however‚ settled in America. Moreover‚ the Puritans came to America to practice their religion
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History: Comparative Essay Chinese vs European Between the years of 1851-1861 roughly 30‚000 immigrants from places worldwide arrived in Australia with the hope that they could strike it rich and find some gold. Of the people who were arriving there was large amount of Chinese and Europeans who started to build up colonies of their own. It was hard for these people to start with as there was a lot of discrimination and segregation simply because of their race. This also meant that these sort of
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sickness‚ hunger and the threat of death on the long voyage to America‚ in the hopes of creating a better life. They formed settlements‚ some of which gradually grew into towns and cities. Over time‚ the southern colonies developed into a distinctly separate region from the northern colonies. There were countless factors involved‚ including climate‚ relations with Indians‚ economics‚ politics‚ and slavery but in the end there was one core reason for the distinction; mindset. According to Wikipedia the
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Women’s Rights in the United States in the 1700s Essay by Yankeefansam‚ High School‚ 11th grade‚ A-‚ March 2005 download word file‚ 7 pages ( 10 KB )31 votes Downloaded 4721 times Keywords practically‚ equality‚ men women‚ housewives‚ strides 0Like0Tweet In the mid to late 1700’s‚ the women of the United States of America had practically no rights. When they were married‚ the men represented the family‚ and the woman could not do anything without consulting the men. Women were expected to be housewives
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Slavery was used widely in the 1700s. Mainly the Americans‚ the French and the British used it‚ but other countries and empires also used it. Most of the time‚ black people were used as slaves‚ but there were exceptions. At the time‚ America‚ Britain and France were mainly white countries‚ so racism was huge at the time. Names were used to insult and discriminate each other and violence was used a lot. But when slavery was first introduced‚ white people saw them as the equivalent of animals and they
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Has someone ever shot you for throwing a snowball at them? That actually happened‚ and it made some people very mad. In the revolutionary war‚ there were two sides in the colonies‚ Patriots‚ and Loyalists. Patriots wanted to separate from Britain and Loyalists wanted to stay loyal to Britain. You should be a patriot because the British took away our rights‚ taxed us‚ and didn’t protect us. Britain took away all of the colonist’s rights‚ which is totally unfair. There was the Proclamation of 1763
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American Government from British Colonies to Revolution While the colonists were treated by Great Britain as minor children or as subjects to be governed‚ the very new sets of colonies were making their own establishments in the realms of self-government. Colonial self-government ranged on a grand scale from things such as town meetings and councils‚ to public assemblies and courts. From these assemblies‚ great leaders and political minds hosted thoughts and brought together a sort of regulation
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enough for careers outside of the home. The sex of a person should not determine what type of duties or what kind of job a person will have. It should be up to a person’s own will not the decisions of society. It was believed‚ even back in the 1600’s‚ during the time of the Puritans that women should not have any rights outside of her home expect to teach her children about life‚ morals‚ and religion. In communities such as this women had to depend on her husband
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