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    DBQ Essay In the 1600’s‚ the New England colony devolved very rapidly. The political‚ economic‚ and social development of the colonies was highly influenced by the Puritans‚ who helped find most of the colonies in the region after emigrating there from England. The Puritans strict values and ideas helped shape the colonies greatly in several ways. They believed in a representative government which later on became an essential part of the United States’ government. Economically‚ the idea of fair

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    Southern Colonies

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    Southern Colonies The southern colonies consisted of five of the first thirteen colonies‚ which were North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ Georgia‚ Maryland‚ and Virginia. Where the climate was the warmest out of the three colonial regions‚ which to those living there was a good thing because survival in the winter was easier for them. Even back in the day‚ money has been an issue for many. This is why many colonist from New England decided to move to the Southern Colonies. In the southern colonies‚ the

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    The Lynchburg Colony

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    The Lynchburg Colony Emily Moreland Longwood University The Lynchburg Colony The video that we watched about the Lynchburg Colony in a word was horrifying. I had a few other observations other than that however. The main thing that shocked me was that I had never heard of this before. I don’t understand how people could just treat people like they were not even human. I guess that I have heard of things happening like this‚ but never in the United States and to this extreme. To treat people

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    The Restoration Colonies

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    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 Colony of Maryland

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    The colony of Maryland is a very unique colony in many different ways. The colony was formed in 1634 by two hundred emigrants‚ mostly Roman Catholics. With the founding of Maryland came the first permanent proprietary government of America‚ that is‚ a government by a lord proprietor‚ who‚ holding his authority by virtue of a royal charter‚ nevertheless exercised that authority almost as an independent sovereign. Maryland is surrounded by the three colonies Virginia‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Delaware and

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    Mr. Trzepinska AP US History 17 September 2012 DBQ on the Colonies Although both the New England and Chesapeake regions were settled primarily by people of English origin‚ they eventually developed into two distinctly different societies. This occurred because of the stark difference in the environment of the two regions‚ the economies of the two regions‚ and the mentalities of the people in the two regions. The Chesapeake and New England regions had many flagrant differences that led to

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    The Roanoke Colony

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    indians came to where the colony was and that they took some of them and they killed the others. They were having a drought and i think the indians came to look for water and found them. So they ran into the colonist and killed many of them. They could of took the baby or some others too. In 1587 the english women‚ men‚ and kids found the roanoke island and came ashore. They settled at the New World to stay there permanently. (1)Around 1587 there was a second colony was founded in roanoke. The

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    religion in the colonies

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    Since the very first colony was founded in 1607 in Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ religion played a very important role in America. Nine of the thirteen colonies had established churches. Having an established church meant you paid taxes for the support of that church whether or not you were a member. The colonies with official state or established churches of the Congregational (Puritan) church denomination consisted of Maine‚ Connecticut‚ and Vermont. Colonies that remained a part of the original Church

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    Slavery in the colonies

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    Slavery: Southern Slavery from 1607 to 1775 In 1607 Jamestown‚ the first successful English colony‚ was founded. A mere twelve years later the first African slaves would be introduced to the colony‚ and throughout the 17th century and early and mid-18th century their usefulness would increase and they would become the saviors of the Southern colonies. The growth of slavery in these colonies was brought on in large part by geographic‚ economic‚ and social factors of this time. Economically‚ slavery

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    European Colonies

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    In the early 1600s many European countries set out and explored and were looking to start colonies and expand their populations‚ and economies. Each country in different locations treated the Native people there in different ways. The French in New France created a partnership with the Native Americans. The French learned their language and lived among the natives in villages. In Massachusetts many natives were converted to Christianity. They moved to praying towns and attended schools. They helped

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