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    Soto’s Eddie in Buried Onions: Running from Himself When driving through Fresno‚ California it may seem like an ordinary‚ underclass city‚ but to Eddie Fresno is a prison he cannot escape. In Buried Onions Gary Soto describes the hardships and challenges of Eddie’s life. Eddie had grown up in the city of Fresno‚ one not known for its friendly people and wealth. Eddie is desperate to escape Fresno and his whole past‚ that he does not even realize that it is a part of him. Eddie tries to run away

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    Describing the appearance of bacterial colonies has been an important tool for microbiologists. On solid media‚ a colony is theoretically derived from a single cell. If well separated from other colonies‚ a colony will have a characteristic shape (both in elevation and margin)‚ size‚ color‚ and consistency. Usually‚ observation is made with the naked eye‚ but dissecting microscopes are also used. The characteristics defined by a colony’s morphology may be used at a superficial level to distinguish

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    geography played in their differences. The colonies of New England and Chesapeake differed for two primary reasons. The way the two colonies regarded their Indian neighbors were dramatically different. This coupled with the overall differences in personalities of the settlers brought forth the differences between these two colonies. Beginning with the first season of the New England colonies‚ the Indians were essential to the survival of the New England colonies. The Puritans that settled in the New

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    The colonies should have separated from England. “That these United Colonies are‚ and ought to be‚ Free and Independent States.”- Declaration of Independence. In the document it states serious problems the colonists encountered with the king for example; the colonies could not govern themselves‚ had to pay astonishingly high taxes to the king‚ and finally‚ the colonists were forced to allow British soldiers to stay in their homes. The colonies’ laws and powers were controlled by the King and had

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    The New England colonies include New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. The Chesapeake colonies include Virginia and Maryland. These colonies were primarily settled by the english‚ but in about one hundred years later the New England‚ and Chesapeake colonies have became very different. These two sets of colonies have very different social‚ economic‚ and political structures. First of all they were very distinct economically. The Chesapeake colonies wealth mainly came

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    Even though the Virginia and Massachusetts Bay colonies were the some of the oldest and most heavily populated of the English colonies‚ their differences in their economies‚ politics‚ religions and society set them apart. Some of the differences include the southern Virginia colony having a representative assembly‚ while Massachusetts Bay colony had a democratic assembly‚ and the main crop of Virginia being tobacco‚ while the Massachusetts economy revolved around lumbar‚ fishing and trade. Virginia

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    establishment of a new penal colony in New South Wales was imperative. Following the American War of Independence in 1775 and the subsequent defeat of the British there meant that convicts could no longer be sent to the newly independent nation. The African colonies under British rule were also out of the question as Africa’s severe climate was too hot for European settlers. With both potential locations proving to be invalid‚ Britain had no choice but to found a new penal colony in New South Wales. In

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    So Jamestown and Plymouth are two colonies that were established by Europeans around the 1600‚ but when established‚ they both had different reasons for creating their colonies. When reading these two stories‚ you can already tell that these two colonies have a tremendous difference‚ but also you can identify the similarities of these two colonies. Jamestown a colony in Virginia‚ which was a humongous disaster in my opinion. Around 300 settlers migrated to Jamestown and arrived on May 14‚ 1607 and

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    The northern and the southern colonies are very different than each other. Each colony has their own life and traditions‚ and ways of how their colony works. The difference between those two colonies was in the trading‚ religion‚ and their planting. Each colony has different plants than the other. Each colony made and consists of different things. The north colony people was very cling with their religion. But the southern colony people was not very clinging with their religion. There is some difference

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    Virginia and Massachusetts Bay Colonies Both Virginia and Massachusetts Bay colonies were started in the seventeenth century‚ but both for different reasons. Virginia was chartered to make a profit‚ whereas Massachusetts used their charter to flee religious persecution and live in freedom. Both colonies did however face similar struggles. They had to learn how best to survive the land they now lived on. This involved learning what would grow best and the best way to grow it. They also had to try

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