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    the United States. The English were able to pursue the French and Spanish by establishing their first permanent settlement known as Jamestown in the Virginia Colony. The first European settlers were primarily driven to make the journey to the Americas in order to freely practice their religious faith. They longed to escape religious persecution back in Europe. in 1620‚ a small group of pilgrims numbering about 100 people created a colony at present-day Plymouth‚ Massachusetts. The puritans numbering

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    were slaves. -Plantation slave work first developed in Virginia‚ and even though it was the most effective and productive way‚ it was unrewarding‚ violent‚ and oppressive labor. -Many men scrambled for labor during the time of the Tobacco Boom (1620’s). -These men [Indentured servants] would serve up to 7 years in exchange for a pre-paid passage over to the Americas. -A few laborers from

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    unique reasons‚ the conditions and experiences they faced differed greatly. Spain claimed to have conquered the New World first with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492‚ while the English claimed to have done so with the establishment of Jamestown in 1607. Spain and England both colonized the Americas and sought to stay there‚ but were faced with many obstacles that would interfere with how they continued to populate the land. Both the Spanish and the English had different colonies which had

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    England learned a lot about its colonization of Ireland. David B. Quinn‚ also known as D.B.Q.‚ has explored the connections between Ireland and the new world in two of his books; Raleigh and the British Empire and The Elizabethans and the Irish. In his books D.B.Q. discussed how the English conceived negative connotations towards the Irish population and how they dealt with it. At some points the English sought to convey their better ways‚ and to convert the Irishman into Englishman. At other times

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    Although through the trial and hardships‚ from 1492 to 1877 the core of the american identity‚ the frontier had a constant presence through the years‚ but through the founding of Jamestown and Plymouth‚ the American Revolution‚ Declaration of Independence‚ Benjamin Franklins virtues‚ letters‚ Abolitionist‚ such as William Garrison‚ Fredrick Douglas‚ and the civil war‚ the definition of american identity as the frontier grew and developed into something that defines what it means to be an american

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    1. Enclosure-enclosure‚ also spelled Inclosure‚  the division or consolidation of communal fields‚ meadows‚ pastures‚ and other arable lands in western Europe into the carefully delineated and individually owned and managed farm plots of modern times. Before enclosure‚ much farmland existed in the form of numerous‚ dispersed strips under the control of individual cultivators only during the growing season and until harvesting was completed for a given year. Thereafter‚ and until the next growing

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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. Changes in religion‚ economics‚ politics‚ and social structures illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans. By 1736‚ although some colonies still maintained established churches‚ other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution for religious toleration and separation

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    advanced and looked better. The Quakers and Puritans became friends with the Native Americans. The Native Americans helped the new settlers how to make food. They made lots of corn which helped them have food and not to starve. In 1607 the first colonies was founded. It was Jamestown‚ Virginia. The founders of Plymouth‚ Massachusetts were the Pilgrims. They also grew tobacco. It sold for a lot of money. The money helped them to survive and support their families. Unfortunately there were a lot Africans that

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    During the 16th and 18th centuries America became the land to settle for better opportunities. A lot of powerful European countries came to settle in order to expand their territories for economic gain. While the people of those countries were trying to find an easier way of life. These choices were mainly provoked by their motivations and problems in their country such as‚ seeking religious freedom‚ economic profits or a gateway from rulers’ tyranny. Spanish explorers first came to the Americas

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    stones toward a truly democratic government. These documents and organizations may not have been what we perceive‚ today‚ as being democratic‚ but they were a start. The first permanent English settlement was a trading post founded in 1607 at Jamestown in the Old Dominion of Virginia. Virginian colonists had the right‚ granted to them by The Virginia Company‚ to elect a colonial legislature‚ called the House of Burgesses. Since Virginia was the first royal colony‚ it was only fitting

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