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    settlers began arriving in America in the 1700’s they mainly settled in two regions - New England and the Chesapeake. Even though both groups of people were English by origin‚ they had developed two very different societies. Each group had it’s own beliefs and expectations of what they will find in this new world‚ and the results of their settlement were very different as well. When the ship headed for Virginia left England in 1635‚ it was filled mostly with men in their twenties and thirties. The ship’s

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    were the founders of New York State and approved the Dutch colonies to reclaim the area in 1609. In 1664 England bought the island of Manhattan and altered it into a foremost trading port for the 13 original colonies. New York City then turned out to be an area of prodigious population and diversity. The New York harbor was first discovered by an Italian man in 1524. His name was Giovanni De Verrazano. There is now a bridge named after this man. After Verrazano discovered the New York harbor‚ the Dutch

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    Personally‚ I think that the New England Puritans did live up to their vision of a community for a certain amount of time. I feel this way because they did in fact have a set of rules that mostly everyone followed. Also‚ they had a set form of government to follow‚ and over time they realized what it took to survive in the Chesapeake area. The Puritans had a very specific opinion on what they valued. This happened to be religion‚ and they agreed to live in a community that had those values in

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    many years and many hard ships the conquering of the New World seemed impossible. England at the time wasn’t looking for gold‚ they were looking to be set free from the Church of England and from the Roman Catholic Church‚ they were in a great turmoil over religion. They wanted to find a place where they could practice freedom of religion rather going to the churches. They wanted this new land so they could produce the products needed by England. However‚ if they wanted this land they must overcome

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    are several literary criticisms used to breakdown works. New Historicism has been informed through different kinds of criticism‚ including psychoanalytic criticism‚ feminist criticism‚ and especially deconstruction. This allows self identifying new historicists to be seen as feminist‚ Marxist‚ or deconstructionist. New Historicism is a literary criticism that allows us to connect events that occur in different time periods and locations. New Historicism in not necessarily a theory that was made up

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    winning NAPOLEON or ALEXANDER. Begining with MAGNA CARTA ACT of 1215‚ it set off a process which gave a new character to the people of this Island nation. Then came people like DISARELI who gave IMPETUS TO ITS GREATNESS. The industrial revolution was the result of the desire of the people to seek scientific answers to HUMAN MISERIES than being guided by the CHURCH and the religion. Religious was shown doors. Above all other factors‚ one of the greatest reasons of its world domination was the

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    There is no doubt that the New Deal does play a significant role in the American history as one of the most important factors which reduced the burden of the US economic crisis. The New Deal consists of the relief‚ recovery and reform. But how successful was the New Deal? My purpose of writing this passage is to show you my answer of this question. The aspects are followed. Reformations of the financial system As is known to us all‚ the New Deal starts with the adjustments of the banking sector

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    "Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two different societies‚ why did this difference in development occur?" For different reasons‚ settlers chose to inhabit the regions of New England and Chesapeake. The social economic and political reasons separated these groups. This was mostly because of the different founding purposes; New England being founded on religous values and the Chesapake being

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    CIS Essay With the New English colonies increase of migration and the tales we hear of this New World‚ it peaked my interested to see this New World for myself. Is it as good as the people say? Is the freedom as liberating as we hear? I write this unfortunately to you back in England from the voyage to the colonies. The colonies are new‚ free and full of life. I detest that I sit back home in England when I know what the colonies have to offer. Speaking as a woman myself‚ the freedom granted to

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    Differences Between New England and the Chesapeake regions Although the English settled into both the Chesapeake and New England regions‚ they had formed into two completely opposite communities. Both regions came to America for different purposes. Whether the founders of this land was to make a profit‚ farm more land‚ or seek religious freedom‚ they did it to please their own intentions. There were many differences between the two regions‚ however two main places where they were opposites‚ were

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