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    People were learning self­reliance and self­government. The attempts to strengthen the Church of England in America and to transform the colonies into royal provinces only fanned the spirit of independence which they came to America for. But the Americans did owe much of their prosperity to the help of the British government. It was the protection of the British navy that made sure Spain‚ Holland‚ and France wouldn’t wipe out their newly made

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    BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY (BASED ON SYSTEMATIC APPROACH) 1. Physical Geography (i) Geomorphology Is devoted to the study of landforms‚ their evolution and related processes. (ii) Climatology Encompasses the study of structure of atmosphere and elements of weather and climates and climatic types and regions. (iii) Hydrology Studies the realm of water over the surface of the earth including oceans‚ lakes‚ rivers and other water bodies and its effect on different life forms including human life

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    an in depth study of the various periods of American History‚ it is necessary to cover the first 350 years of history during the summer‚ individually‚ with some 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:

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    Geography was the primary factor and played an important role in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America. In some areas‚ the geography influenced the living and farming conditions for the better‚ and for some areas‚ for the worse. The Southern coloniesgeography was well-suited to farming. It was warm year round and provided a great place to produce cotton‚ indigo‚ rice‚ and many other crops. However they had few natural harbors. Opposite the North had thin rocky soil

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    proposed to have the Stamp Act against the American Colonies. The colonies were very hesitant only because their standards bothered them. The prices of the stamps were not the main topic of controversy for the American Colonies. “No taxation without representation” was a very common chant during protest. This is equivalent to “Black lives matter‚” and how during certain protest people chant this to be heard. Soon after the act was shut down England and the colonies did have more disagreements and argument

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    type of erosion is most often seen at the coast or along the edges of rivers and waterways. The velocity of waves are affected by slope‚ discharge‚ and shape of the channel of the waterway. Erosion is found on all coastlines in the world. The effect of wave erosion can last up to millions of years or as little as a year. The Grand Canyon is an example of wave erosion and it took over five million years to form. Small rivers could take about a year of erosion to be seen. Particle sizes differentiate

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    The American colonies differed greatly from one another. Although they were in the same region of the land‚ some had better farming than that of others and some had better trade routes than the other colonies. No two colonies had the same agricultural needs. Georgia’s agriculture is different from Rhode Island. They also differed by the use and need of slavery. Slaves are needed more in agricultural areas than trade areas. That doesn’t mean that the northern colonies did not have slaves; it just

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    dictionary of geography (Clark‚ 2003) has four definitions‚ two of which really jumped out to me‚ “the economic‚ political and social policies by which colonies are governed by the sovereign Metropolitan country (the colonial power)‚ usually based on the maintenance of a marked distinction between the governing country and the subordinate (colonial) population.” As well as “in a derogatory sense‚ an alleged policy of exploitation of weak peoples by a large‚ strong power‚ which has the effect of perpetuating

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    Establishing the Colonies Name _____ Motives for settling in the New World: Spread Christianity Find a short cut to Asia Better job opportunities Roanoke Island With the permission of Queen Elizabeth‚ Sir Walter Raleigh raised money to establish a colony‚ and in 1585 a small group of men sailed for the Americas. What did Raleigh find when he returned to the Lost Colony of Roanoke in 1589? The people had vanished and they found the word‚ “Croatian” carved in a tree. Jamestown What

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    Where the world population is distributed? Key issue 1 -we can understand how population is distributed by identifying two basic properties. 1. Concentration 2. Density Population concentrations -two thirds of the world’s population is clustered in 4 regions: East Asia‚ South Asia‚ Southeast Asia‚ and Western Europe. - The clustering of the world’s population can be displayed on a cartogram‚ which despites a countries size according to its population not its land area. Major population

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