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    Socioeconomic Factors In 1658 upon the death of Cromwell‚ the Englishmen were psychologically angered by the puritanical saint life they had been forced to live for a long period. They vowed never to be part of the tyrannical government that was based on monarchy‚ religious as well as a military dictatorship. It was during this period that the civil war affected the English colonies due to the use of the imperial control in the region. The Puritans managed to establish their territories within England

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    He was the founder of the first mission in California‚ and was famous for converting thousands of Native Americans to Christianity‚ teaching the Native Americans Spanish‚ and introducing them to settled agriculture and skilled crafts. Foner writes‚ “Today‚ he is being considered by the Catholic Church for elevation to sainthood. But forced labor and disease took a heavy toll among native americans who lived at the missions Serra directed.” (Foner 165) How did the ideas of republicanism and liberalism

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    Between the late 1500s and mid-late 1600s‚ there was a huge boom in the interests of colonization in the Americas. The British‚ French‚ and Spanish had sought after these new found lands for many different reasons. The intentions of the British and Spanish were similar in that most of their colonists were interested in economic benefits such as agricultural colonies that would yield cash crops for business. There were other intentions of claiming strategic lands in the name of their homelands. However

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    virtually represented the British colonies in America from across the mid-Atlantic ocean. In 1760 George III became king of England at the young age of twenty-two and elected George Grenville to be his prime minister. The circumstances of the Seven Years War resulted in a large debt that needed to be taken care of. American colonies were scarcely affected by the wake of the war; they did not send men or supplies to aid the British in victory against France. To the American’s‚ Britain was in control of their

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    Eighteenth Century British Colonies In the eighteenth century‚ the British Colonies in North America experienced many changes that helped form the identity of America. The demographic‚ ethnic‚ and social characters of Britain’s colonies were some of the major characteristics to be altered in the 1700s. The demographic character of Colonial America resulted in a swing in the balance of power between the colonies and England. In the beginning of the 1700s‚ a population that was initially less than

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    During the colonial period North America was filled with individuals who did not agree with the religious and political ways of life in England. Before the 1700s the British North American colonies consisted mostly of Europeans in search of a place where they could find religious freedom. The first colony formed in Massachusetts in 1608 is an example of this idea of religious freedom. Plymouth‚ Massachusetts was a colony formed by English Separatists‚ who were also known as Puritans‚ in an attempt

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    New World Beginnings Mr. Cruz Shaping North America > 10 million years ago: Mountains formed in North America (Rockies‚ Sierra Nevada‚ Cascades‚ and Appalachians). > 2 million years ago: Ice Age in North America‚ and glaciers shaped the continent. > 35‚000 years ago: Land bridge created between Eurasia and North America. > 10‚000 years ago: Sea level rose and America was separated from Eurasia again. The People of the Americas > Sophisticated ancient civilizations: Incas‚

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    The thirteen colonies struggled for independence in North America. The British made unfair laws without the colonies say in the laws. The colonies had to fight for their freedom. The British treated the colonists very poorly. For example‚ the British soldiers were involved in a shooting into a crowd. They claim that Captain Preston yelled “FIRE” meaning to shoot their guns at the colonists‚ but it turned out to be the colonists yelling “FIRE” because a bell rang that signaled a fire. Five colonists

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    Company of London. This simple act of authorizing colonization led to the establishment of thirteen English colonies‚ with the first settlement called Jamestown‚ located in Virginia. While slowly attaining an identity that was distinctly American‚ these colonies developed into three easily identifiable regions in the years 1600 to 1754. The Northernmost of these regions‚ the New England Colonies‚ included Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ and New Hampshire. Located in the middle section of Britain’s

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    Contrasting the Colonial Regions Established in British North America British North America by the mid 1700’s consisted of three major regions. The New England region included the colonies of Maine‚ New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ and Rhode Island. The Middle Region included the colonies of New York‚ Pennsylvania‚ New Jersey and Delaware. The Southern Region‚ also known as the Chesapeake Colonies‚ included the Maryland‚ Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ and Georgia. Although

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