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    The Growth of Slavery

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    The Prompt: How did economic‚ geographic‚ and social factors encourage the growth of slavery as an important part of the economy of the southern colonies between 1607 and 1775? Translating my comments: “Dulp” or “Dvlp” = develop “Dulpmt” or “Dvlpmt” = development A with circle = analysis Triangle = change Triangle ‘d = changed “god” = is actually good written too fast! AWK =awkward It’s in the DETAILS: lots of good ideas that went undeveloped. For example‚ don’t just write about tobacco

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    In her writing Sexuality‚ Gender‚ and Empire (2007)‚ Philippa Levine focus upon the juxtaposition of the societal attitude towards sex between the metropole of Britain and its bounded colonies. By analyzing the different values towards the feminine role‚ whether Native or British and gender in the colonies‚ Levine highlights how the representation and regulation of sexuality was an integral component of politics for the Empire‚ while also having the potential to collapse and unhinge the very makeup

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    The Spanish at Santa Fe in 1610‚ the French at Quebec in 1608‚ and the English at Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ in 1607 4. England had taken little interest in establishing

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    Chpt. 2 The Unfinished Nation The English colonization of North America was the beginning of a new world‚ a world that brought people from different continents‚ cultures‚ and religious backgrounds together. This new world was populated by Native American tribes‚ colonists‚ explorers‚ and traders from Spain‚ France‚ and the Netherlands. Of course all these different cultures could not agree on everything‚ which eventually lead to more colonies forming with many different bylaws. Most of these

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    The Colonies by 1763

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    Between the settlement at 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. The thirteen colonies throughout time all established themselves and soon developed their own identities. Colonies in different areas were known for different things and no one colony was like the other. These people began to see them selves as Carolinians or Georgians‚ Quakers or new

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    The word Jacobean derives from the Latin word Jacobus‚ which means James. King James I was known as King James I of England‚ the VI of Scotland‚ and the son of Queen Mary‚ and Lord Darnley. He was born on June 19‚ 1566 at Edinburgh Castle‚ Scotland. He grew up very differently from the average child. He was raised by various people‚ including humanist‚ George Buchanan‚ and Peter Young. Both of these men had a strong influence on James’ later life. His education consisted of Presbyterian and

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    Civics Outline

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    Outline 1 I. Jamestown – The House of Burgesses A. The first permanent English settlement‚ Jamestown‚ was founded in 1607 near the Chesapeake Bay and James River. It was founded because the Virginia Company of London financed an expedition to the Chesapeake Bay. The colonists needed to find a place to settle‚ so they sailed up the James River and found a spot to settle. B. The colonists made a decision to grow tobacco. This changed Jamestown Jamestown because the Virginia

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    Cited: Chapter 4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century‚ 1607-1692 - AP U.S. History Chapter Outlines - Study Notes. (n.d.). Retrieved October 2‚ 2014. United States. National Park Service. (2014‚ September 26). Bacon ’s Rebellion. Retrieved October 2‚ 2014.

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    Hollitz Chapter 1

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    Indians gave the Englishmen food to keep them from being wiped out from famine and “hoped to acquire guns‚ hatchets‚ and swords‚” (Norton 17) however this relationship did not workout properly and the Indians did not receive their weapons. Towards the 1620s‚ the

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    Creation of U.S. Laws

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    Description and History of Common Law. Retrieved from http://www.radford.edu/~junnever/law/commonlaw.htm History of Law.info (2013). History of American Law. Retrieved from http://historyoflaw.info/history-of-american-law.html Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. (2011). Laws at Jamestown. Retrieved from http://www.historyisfun.org/Laws-at-Jamestown.htm MoneyInstructor.com. (2012). The Creation of Criminal Laws in the United States. Retrieved from http://www.moneyinstructor.com/doc/criminallaw.asp Price‚ R

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