Why go West? Why did people migrate to the colonies? People migrated to the colonies for a number of reasons; especially oppurtunity. These reasons include push and pull factors; both counter-balanced by intervening obstacles. The push factors that repelled the migrants from Europe to the colonies; and the pull factors that attracted them to America consist of the following. The industrial revolution and economic opportunity were two primary reasons for migrating to America. The industrial revolution
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Sir Walter Raleigh journey began when he acquired a royal patent to claim the New World lands for the queen of England. Utilizing the identical methods of the conquistadors‚ he established the first colony for gold and silver by exploiting the native labors to search for the treasures. Raleigh did not want conflict with the Spanish‚ so he decided to search north in Mexico and South America away from the Spanish territories. Locating the outer banks of present-day North Carolina‚ Raleigh established
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How did slavery come to the colonies? Why did slavery come to the colonies? Slavery was most common in southern colonies. Most plantation heads saw slaves as a necessity to their plantation lifestyle. Slave did all of the manual work on whatever plantation they were on. African slaves tolerated the climates better than white people. African slaves had better resistance to many “white” diseases that basically devastated native populations. Slaves were made available in large and sufficient quantities
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The Market Revolution was an economic transformation which swept over the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century. Farmers and manufacturers changed their approach to their work and instead of working and producing products for themselves‚ they now produced products for the markets. Greater opportunities also came with the market revolution‚ but with greatness also comes downfall‚ so not everyone benefited from this change. Changes in transportation and communication were the spark
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Life was very hard in colonial America in the 17th & 18th centuries. There were 13 colonies all with different purposes. Many colonists came to America to flee religious persecution in England or to find work in the colonies. By 1750 more than one million people were living in the thirteen colonies. It seems that the colonies were finally progressing from disease and feudal warfare with the Native Americans. The colonies also were beginning to show diverse groups of people. Many came to America due to
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were two colonies with England settlers‚ these colonies were very different. New England economy was base on growing crops and livestock‚ unlike the Chesapeake who depended greatly on the king of England for economic support. The New England colony who came to the new world for religious freedom practiced Christianity. On the other hand Chesapeake colony was mostly from the Anglelican church who at the time were actually a ruling government and religion was not important. Although both colonies would
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differed significantly from Britain. In the course of a century‚ the colonies had diverged markedly from Britain. A variety of long-run trends gave the 13 American colonies certain common characteristics which made them very different from England. What were some of these characteristics? 1. The absence of a titled aristocracy The colonies had no legally privileged social classes‚ and they did not have many of the other characteristics of a monarchical society. They had no standing army and had
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aid to establish a colony‚ the Pilgrims prepared for the move. They purchased their own ship‚ a small vessel known as the Speedwell and were granted another which the Virginia Company rented called the Mayflower. After two unsuccessful attempts of leaving England‚ the Pilgrims were forced to leave the Speedwell behind due to a leak. Losing a ship caused some of them to be sent back to Holland as there was no room. They finally set sail for the northern part of the Virginia colony with a total of 102
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Question 1 - Draw Conclusions: How did Western powers gain greater trading rights in China? Western powers began to make unequal treaties with China. The first treaty was after the first Opium war‚ China had to open 5 ports‚ one of which included Canton. The second treaty was‚ China doesn’t only lose more of their own rights‚ but loses rights to other countries as well‚ Christian missionaries were also allowed to be informally part of the new trade. Finally the next was the Destruction of the summer
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The Thirteen American Arguments 4th period – Bookmeyer Kelsey Larsen August 29th‚ 2013 The Thirteen American Arguments is a book designed to explain and explore the idea of argument all throughout the world. How the government is ran‚ and how every past argument this country has had has been a similar one to the one presented beforehand. This process is a never ending argument and debate. The freedom of debate keeps us inspired and free; that this shows strength and not weakness. Not only
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