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    something that brings both positive and negative results. During the colonial period the development of the Virginia and Massachusetts colonies was greatly influenced by the effects of the search for riches and power. Each area had common basic interests‚ but the ways in which they went about attaining these goals were in most views different. Prosperity was the major goal of everyone‚ but each settlement had its"˜ own idea of the kind of prosperity it wanted and the way in which it was to be accomplished

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    How did a relatively small European nation like England rise to a position of world power? Obviously this question has many variables. Two major reasons that I feel attributed early on for the English success in becoming a world Empire. First the English persistence “at any cost” attitude when it came to the new world. The English literally sent ship after ship to the colonies even when survival rates were unimaginably low. This disregard for the individual and drive of high class greed is really

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    Prompt: What were the long-term economicsocial‚ and political effects of Reconstruction? The United States was challenged with many issues after the Civil War like crop lien work contracts‚ segregation‚ and unresolved problems with the seceded states. This period was called Reconstruction. After the Civil War‚ African Americans were free but with no place to live in or to work at‚ they settled with their former ‘masters’. African Americans were technically free‚ but no one wanted to hire a colored

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    The Puritans

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    The Puritans were a group of people who wanted to reform the English Church and came to America in the late sixteenth century. They settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629. The puritans believed in God‚ and all the things that the Bible preaches. They though salvation was only to chosen people and heaven or hell were real; they also believed that every person was born a sinner. It was in God’s hands to save a soul and grace it. Their society was well formed and the structure of their laws

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    nationalistic motives‚ military motives‚ economic motives‚ and missionary motives. Many nations wanted to expand their territory‚ their army‚ and develop a more successful trade with no limitation. Imperialism began in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Due to economicpolitical‚ and social forces including the Industrial Revolution‚ trade‚ and military conditions. One cause of the New Imperialism according to economicpolitical‚ and social forces was the Industrial Revolution. The

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    Stone Walls of New England

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    Stonewalls of New England are rich with history and archeologists are still trying to determine who may have built the first stonewalls or if our concept of when North America was first settled is wrong. Items of stone and metal lead archeologists to believe that the archaic period is when the Northern New England portion of America was first inhabited. There have been many different types of fences built in New England‚ natural debris‚ wood‚ and stone included. Stemming from these different

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    characteristics of Economic Development A country or a society’s economic development is usually associated with rising incomes and related increases in consumption‚ savings‚ and investment. Surely‚ there is far more to economic development than income growth; for if income distribution is profoundly swerved‚ growth may not be conducted by much progress towards the aims that are usually connected with economic development. But what other characteristics are linked with economic development? Low

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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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    Is it possible for one simple ballot to create such an incredible impact on Canada’s welfare? Or is it a tad bit exaggerated‚ opposed to the in-depth and precise political aspect of thinking? In regards to the most recent election‚ Canada’s political parties have many differing viewpoints on the political‚ economical‚ and social forms of the “True‚ North‚ Strong‚ and Free” country that we all live in. In terms of politics‚ Canada’s primary parties‚ like the Conservatives and Liberals‚ target

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    Compare and contrast economicsocial‚ and political developments in the North and South between 1800-1860. How do you account for the divergence between the two sections? During 1880 to 1860‚ The United States of America went through socialpolitical and economic changes‚ which affected the North and South in different ways. The economy of the South depended primarily on slaves. Its settlers had plantations of cotton‚ which was very profitable at that time‚ but they needed a cheap labour

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