motivations for the Spanish to migrate were to get money/gold‚ spread the religion and control new land. On page 46 it says‚ "Cortes had heard of a wealthy land to the west"‚ which made him want to explore it and rule it. When the Spanish arrived they were welcomed‚ but they quickly took advantage of their kindness and killed the leader of the new land. The Spanish were successful because they built an empire and brought in tons of gold and they "operated many plantations" (page 52). The French had similar
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(“Dictionary”) Throughout history there have always been textbook example of such occurrences; Such as in the Jamestown Colony and the Donner Party. Both were horrific accounts of occurrences due to lack of hindsight and a hint of both ignorance and arrogance. Furthermore they were very preventable. Regardless of that there was still legal measures that had to be taken
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shaping the development of the British colonies in North America during the 1600s. Although the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies was geography‚ religion also influenced the British colonies during the 1600s.The New England colonies were initially founded to be a safe haven for the Puritan religion‚ while the middle colonies and southern colonies were founded for trade and profit. Once founded‚ the British colonies began producing different goods based on their geography
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Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. Changes in religion‚ economics‚ politics‚ and social structures illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans. By 1763‚ although some colonies still maintained established churches‚ other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution for religious toleration and separation of church and state
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Religious Freedom in the American Colonies Prior to the 1700s The first amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees citizens their right to practice any religion they wish without persecution today‚ but many years ago when this country was made up of only 13 colonies on the east coast‚ that was often times not the case. It’s surprising how many were not tolerant of religions different from their own because the main reason why people fled to America was to escape religious persecution
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mortality rate but was more appealing to the average man for the chance of vast wealth. New England had been founded by the puritans for religious freedom from the very Anglican English culture. The Puritans claimed that the Anglican Church was to slow to reform and wasn’t different enough from the Roman Catholic Church. But this very strict religious colony would create some very strong dissidents. Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams as a protest to their strict religious guidelines. While the Chesapeake
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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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The Roles of Women in the New England Colonies Samantha English History 101 Dr. Barry Shollenberger September 14‚ 2014 In the early 1700’s the lives of men and women were very different. Social equality was not extended to the women in the household. Wealth‚ intelligence‚ and social status were not of importance when it came to be head of the household. They were taught that their husbands were above then and that it was a “wife’s duty” to “love and reverence them‚” (Henretta
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III. A. The middle colonies had different family economy of the colonists then the other colonies . Families in the middle colonies usually had farmers. The farmers in the family grew more than needed so they would sell the extras or ship it up a river to places like Philadelphia and New York. Children in colonies usually become apprentice(Life in the Middle Colonies.). Boy were usually apprentices for shoemakers and printers while the girls were usually learned how to spin and weave thread.
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people were what we know as Native Americans. Their lives were abruptly intruded when European explorers first set foot on their homelands. The Europeans that made contact with these people included the Spanish‚ the English‚ and the French. Each one of these groups had a different kind of relationship with these native people. The best and least abrasive relationship with the natives was that of the French‚ the English were a bit worse‚ and the Spanish were the most destructive. The French came as
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