In this way‚ Spain viewed Spanish America as an object useful only for its mercantilist objectives. Since mercantilism was its only objective‚ Spain gave its colonies little self-rule. Instead‚ Spanish rulers dictated all the policies of its New World territories. The Spanish settlements in the American Southwest and the English colonies in New England of the seventeenth century can be contrasted in primarily two ways. First‚ their politics were based on entirely different ruling classes and systems
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In New England colonies‚ slaves were not needed as much as the other colonies‚ specifically the southern colonies because there was no labor for slaves to do because of the lack of good farming areas. Due to the cold‚ long‚ and harsh winters‚ farming in the New England colonies was a challenge and the growing season was very short. The soil was also rocky as well‚ so the farmers had to talk all the rocks out before planting. Due to these conditions they only farmed enough for their family‚ themselves
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Chesapeake colonies before 1700 which caused the development of dissimilar societies. The people of New England and the Chesapeake colonies formed different governments upon arrival to North America. They had different motives and incentives for immigrating to America. The composition of the colonists of New England and the Chesapeake area were nothing like one another during the settlement of the colonies. The people of the northern New England colonies and the southern Chesapeake colonies formed
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England‚ the Enlightenment played a huge role in the development of other societies‚ especially the colonies of North America. Some of the most important values of the Enlightenment included the emphasis on the physical world instead of the supernatural‚ the pursuit of knowledge‚ and the protection of basic human rights. Perhaps the biggest effect that the Enlightenment had on the American colonies was that it truly stoked the fire that would
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Chesapeake and New England Colony DBQ The Crusades of the middle ages introduced much innovative and formerly unheard of merchandise into Western Europe; however the scarcity of these luxury goods instilled Europeans with drive to find easier access to the Far East. Although desired “Northwest Passage” never was found‚ joint-stock companies‚ like the Virginia Company of London‚ settled colonies in the New World for untapped resources such as silver and other tradable goods. Many more corporations
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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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shaping the development of the British colonies in North America during the 1600s. Although the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies was geography‚ religion also influenced the British colonies during the 1600s.The New England colonies were initially founded to be a safe haven for the Puritan religion‚ while the middle colonies and southern colonies were founded for trade and profit. Once founded‚ the British colonies began producing different goods based on their geography
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Throughout the 17th century‚ the newly settled colonies in North America continued to identify themselves as Europeans. But as colonial expansion progressed they assumed different identities. By the 1700’s‚ the typical religious spirit and family oriented lifestyle in New England set itself apart from the Chesapeake region‚ whose fertile land and extended growing season attracted a distinct group of diverse settlers who had different political ideas about government. These unique societies had different
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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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exceptionally readable non-fiction histories. You will be tested over the material covered in American Colonies when you return to school in August. The assigned reading is: • Taylor‚ Alan‚ " American Colonies: The Settling of North America"‚ Part I Encounters: CH 1-5 pp. 3-113‚ Part II Colonies: CH 6-12‚ pp. 117-272‚ and Part III Empires: CH 13 - 19 pp. 275 – 480. THE “AMERICAN COLONIES” BOOK SHOULD BE PICKED UP FROM MY CLASSROOM (#20) BY WEDNESDAY‚ MAY 19TH. THE COST OF THE BOOK WILL BE
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