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    An idea is created in the brain and it is planned to be made reality. Present day America is filled with inventions that have progressed over the years since they were first invented. Eli Whitney is the brain behind the cotton gin and interchangeable parts and Robert Fulton was the inventor of the steamboat. The creation of the cotton gin‚ interchangeable parts‚ and the steamboat are innovations that evolved America leading it to a change. Eli Whitney wrote to his father of his life after college

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    EQ – 1 The five Indian tribes that lived in the New York State area‚ before English colonists arrived‚ merged together into the Iroquois Confederacy around 1450 in an effort to get rid of fighting between tribes and to create a larger and more peaceful Indian nation. Furthermore‚ the tribes intended to create a form of representative democracy to ensure all of the tribes that joined were happy with the changes that would have to be made to keep the peace among the groups.¬ In an effort to achieve

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    Compare the ways in which religion shaped the development of colonial society (to 1740) in TWO of the following regions: New England Chesapeake Middle Atlantic The Impact of Religion on the Development of Colonial America During the seventeenth century‚ colonial America was welcoming many newcomers‚ several from England. Quantities of these newcomers were seeking land for economic purposes as others were longing for religious toleration. Many of the English colonists settled in

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    Generally‚ women in colonial America were constrained in the parts they played or restricted in their "spheres of influence." Women were once seen as just required to give birth to children and look after them. Their role was domestic; identified with exercises‚ for example‚ cooking

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    goals involving land and labor that shaped the social and political development of their colonies as well as their relationships with native populations. Topics Notes A.) Spanish efforts to extract wealth from the land led them to develop institutions based on subjugating native populations‚ converting them to Christianity‚ and incorporating them‚ along with enslaved and free Africans‚ into the Spanish colonial society. The Spanish incorporated the encomienda system and

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    distinctions between orthodox and unorthodox practices were distinguished (and oftentimes blurred). You may look at Staden‚ the readings on witchcraft and “superstition‚” etc. Beginning in 1492 when the Spanish under the crown of Castile invaded the Americas‚ where their first settlement was in Santo Domingo‚ their main motivations were trade and the spread of the Catholic faith through indigenous conversions and economic gain. Due to these objectives they intervened and attempted to change every facet

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    8/24/12 AP US History - Jones Colonial America DBQ An interesting characteristic of the colonies that the English founded during the 17th and 18th centuries on the eastern coast of modern day America is that while all were indeed settled by people from England they each developed their own very distinct cultures and ways of life. While the varying environments from each colony to the next certainly isn’t a negligible factor in the diversification of the colonists’ cultures

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    This essay written by Jon Butler explains the evolution of slavery‚ including the Africans’ experiences in America‚ and the developing of a sense of community among these people. The author mentions that in 1680 slavery was not very common in English colonies‚ later around 1700 this would change. One of the possible causes of it was the decrease of indentured servants in the colonies of Chesapeake and the Carolinas‚ in which the labor force was in high demand at that time. Captive Africans became

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    There were a lot of religions in Colonial America. Some of the religions were Quakers‚ Catholics‚ Christians‚ Lutherans‚ Puritans‚ and Jews. Government and local towns tried to enforce strict religious observance. There were many religions so people could follow any religion they choose. The thirteen original colonies established eight churches‚ if colonies practiced a different religion than their church they were sometimes persecuted. Most colonist said that they were Christians they believed

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    Significance: The Iroquois‚ originating from present day New York‚ began to prosper after their dealings with the French‚ and later the Dutch in the fur trade. Eager to expand their territories strategically‚ they divided into the five nations of Senecas‚ Cayugas‚ Onondagas‚ Oneidas‚ and Mohawks‚ compiling into a confederation. Granted from the fur trade‚ these Natives had ample access to guns‚ steels and other goods to help conquer and wage on both European and fellow Native American settlements

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