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    Catholic Church for elevation to sainthood. But forced labor and disease took a heavy toll among native americans who lived at the missions Serra directed.” (Foner 165) How did the ideas of republicanism and liberalism differ in 18th century British North America? Republicanism emphasized an active participation in public life by economically independent citizens. Republicans held that only those with property were virtuous-the willingness to subordinate personal interest to public good. Liberalism was

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    Before Columbus‚ Scandinavian sailors and European powers‚ including Spain and Portugal‚ conducted early colonization and expeditions in the Americas. Vikings arrived around 1000 AD but couldn’t establish permanent colonies due to hostile environments. The Crusades restored trade and knowledge between Europe and Asia‚ paving the way for the Renaissance and Europe’s growth. European countries‚ like Spain and Portugal‚ sought new trade routes to Asia for economic and religious reasons. Portugal under

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    characters of these colonies? According to what is presented in the documents how might the colonies be distinguished from one another. (Compare/contrast) The beginnings of the American colonies started in the 17th century with settlers from different European countries such as Spain‚ France‚ England‚ Holland and Sweden. The colony Jamestown‚ was the first to establish in the Eastern Coast in the year 1607‚ in what is today known as Virginia and a little more than a decade later in the year 1620 the pilgrims

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    who discovered America. This quote sums up the greatest interest of the Europeans of the time. Over the course of history‚ it shows that any two regions have their own similarities and differences. The Americas and East Asia are no exception. Both have their own similarities and differences no matter how you put it. The Americas and East Asia were two very different regions‚ but they share some similarities. The first similarity they share is that both had trade with the Europeans‚ which is economical

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    New World In their struggle to colonize the New World‚ colonial masters aimed to control North America. Those who came to the nee world as settlers had different reasons for doing so. However‚ their governments focused on controlling the social‚ economic‚ and political activities of the continent. Unlike other colonists‚ English colonists created settlements in the new world and assimilated the natives into the English culture instead of learning their culture; additionally‚ they suppressed inferior

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    North Coast Evangelical Free Church of America Natalia Price REL/134 February 12‚ 2013 North Coast Evangelical Free Church of America I attended a service at North Coast Church. This church is at 2405 North Santa Fe Avenue in Vista‚ California. North Coast church is an Evangelical Free church with 10000 regular attenders. The history of this community is very interesting. It started in 1976‚ in the house of Ron and Alice Treibel who started doing weekly Bible studies in their Carlsbad home

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    Rabbi Kaufman Kohler expressed in his vision for American Jewry. The time period that his writings relate to is 1881 to 1924‚ when about two million Eastern European Jews migrated to the United States. This occurs right after about 250‚000 German Jews migrated to the U.S. during 1820 to 1880. Since the German Jews and the Eastern European Jews migrated to the U.S. during different times‚ different circumstances‚ and from different places‚ how they thought Judaism should be practiced varied. Rabbi

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    As I read through the colonization of America‚ I feel sad for America that how different European countries experimented with colonization of America. Some tried to force religion‚ some tried to force slavery‚ and some brought diseases. How unstable the life was for Native Americans and it was a struggle to adapt the rigors of colonization. How Britain imposed controls on its American possessions. And Slavery increased as the demand for manpower increased with booming economy. In this era of colonization

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    The arrival of the Europeans in the Americas and Africa greatly affected the world. The creation of the Columbian Exchange greatly European countries‚ the Americas‚ and Africa. The trade of foreign goods and new resources affected the socioeconomic status of various groups‚ the population‚ as well as the religion. Becaause of expansion of western power into the New World‚ populations shifted dramatically. Colonzation in the New World created trade between Europe‚ the Americas‚ and Africa. Crops such

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    History Settlement of NSW Questions 1. One conclusion about the conditions of early settlement in NSW that can be made from source 1 is that the development of the colony was very disorganised and haphazard. In the painting‚ we can see many buildings in the picture‚ but they do not seem to follow any particular layout or street structure. It appears that people had simply built their properties wherever they thought would be good. (After finishing) Source 1 also shows us the inequality of shelters

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