suffered from smallpox at the time they attacked Quebec. a. True b. False 2) The Continental Congress in 1775 still professed loyalty to George III‚ sending him the Olive Branch Petition‚ which sought a cease-fire while negotiations took place. a. True b. False 3) Pontiac’s Rebellion helped eliminate French influence in the Ohio River. a. True b. False 4) The heavy losses at the Battle of Bunker Hill made British generals more cautious. a. True b. False 5) Mercantilism involved colonies supplying
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The Fall of the Spanish Empire The Spanish Empire experienced a time of massive growth and exploration which came to an end in 1588. By 1598 Phillip III had inherited Spain with a bankrupt economy. This marked the decline of the great empire that had controlled an extensive amount of territories. Its decline can be attributed to the massive influx of gold and silver into the economy during the Age of Exploration which made Spain temporarily wealthy but had irreversible negative long term economic
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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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PENGUIN BOOKS AMERICAN COLONIES Alan Taylor’s previous books include William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic‚ which won the 1996 Bancroft and Pulitzer prizes for history. He is a professor of history at the University of California at Davis. American Colonies is the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States‚ edited by Eric Foner‚ award-winning author o f Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution and the DeWitt Clinton
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The English crown tried to reassert their authority on the colonies after restoring power to the throne after the civil wars. After Charles II was restored to the British throne‚ he hoped to control his colonies more firmly‚ but was shocked to find how much his orders were ignored by Massachusetts. He gave royal charters to Connecticut and Rohde island and implemented the Dominion of New England. They generally failed because the English crown had left the colonies in isolation for many years‚ while
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England‚ the North Eastern area of the United States in present day. The reason why Puritans would flee to America was simple: After the English government became a Catholic country‚ many puritans did not want to the Mayflower Compact. However‚ in 1630‚ John Winthrop along with hundreds of puritans would establish a government in the Massachusetts Bay Colony with a representative political system with assembly‚ council and governors. Unlike Plymouth‚ they set theirlth status; they all vowed to sit
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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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From 1630 to about 1643 Puritans were coming to America for mainly religious reasons. This movement was called the Great Puritan Migration. The Puritans did like the way the Anglican Church was being ran‚ so they many of them came to America and set up the Massachusetts Bay colony. The leader of this Colony was John Winthrop. The Puritans believed through religion and hard work they could build a perfect commuity. The Puritans influenced the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New
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own political‚ economical‚ and social system. Although they have made advances in their society‚ they did not had a common language‚ and had few institutional systems. They did not have an organized education system and lacked a police force. Their belief centered on culture and depended on geography. However‚ they had somewhat of an organized political and economic system. According to a lecture from Lisa Krumm‚ the Native Americans had a form of government called the Iroquois Confederacy. It consisted
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COMPARISON BETWEEN SPANISH COLONY ERA AND PRESENT LIFE OF FILIPINOS I. Introduction The land of the Philippines is composed of more than 7000 islands. These mountainous islands are divided into three: Luzon‚ Visayas and Mindanao. As an archipelago‚ Philippines is surrounded by deep seas such as Bashi Channel‚ Celebes Sea‚ Philippine Deep and South China Sea. Philippines was blessed to be bountiful in terms of natural resources and minerals especially gold. Because of its beauty and richness
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