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    "A cadet will not lie‚ cheat or steal." Why were the colonies established? Colonies were established cause of various reasons.The most important reasons of colonization were religion‚ economics‚ and government. The 13 colonies were based on land grant lines given to various nobles and wealthy people or groups by the English royalty.The original thirteen colonies were Connecticut‚ Delaware‚ Georgia‚ Maryland‚ Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ New Jersey‚ New York‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina

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    India as colony 1850 to 1947 Colonial India was part of the Indian subcontinent which was under the control of European colonial powers through trade and conquest. Alexander the great was one of the first European power that arrive in India. Later‚ trade was carried between Indian states and the Roman Empire‚ but Romans never sought trading settlements or territory in India. The spice trade between India and Europe was one of the best in the world. India was searching for health and prosperity and

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    The following show expected colony appearances and morphologies (shapes) of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Note characteristics such as edges‚ color‚ and whether the colonies are rough or smooth in texture. For colony appearances of E. coli and S. aureus‚ scientists often describe what they look like on agar. This is not the microscopic view (for example‚ as with a slide) but a “naked eye” view of how the bacterial colonies look while growing on a medium. (This is one type of culture

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    economies of the northern and southern colonies were affected due to many different factors. Because of the different climates and geography of their land‚ the northern colonies and southern colonies had different resources available to them‚ which shaped their societies into what they are today. The resources available to the northern colonies were completely different from the resources that were available to the southern colonies. In the northern colonies‚ due to the climate and geography of

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    During the sixteenth-century in the English Colonies‚ in this time there was a process where the people that owned some of these colonies were going through a time where immigrants were migrating to the new world. Forty-five thousand Puritans left England between 1620 and 1640 and created religious societies in another part of the world also known as the New World. The English people wanted their colonist to learn more about God and his most holy and wise providence‚ the people wanted to have religious

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    In the period of 1880 to 1914‚ positive and negative attitudes ascended throughout the acquisition of African colonies. Some thought that it would reinforce Europe’s economy and government‚ others supposed it would add pressures to Europe; it end up being a benefit to the economy‚ strengthen the nation and civilizing Africa. Motivations would be up brought upon the vague consideration about this dilemma. Some of the motivations were seen with positive attitudes about the acquisition with the

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    eventually led to cultural differences in social interactions‚ education‚ and the settlement of different religious groups. The social interactions in the northern colonies differed greatly from those of the southern colonies. The northern colonies’ families‚ like in New England‚ centered around patriarchy and male predominance. The southern colonies had an unbalanced ratio of males to females with a male majority. This resulted in greater independence for females. Women had more power and played a more

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    confessing all of your sins? In the Plymouth Colony‚ people did that. The Plymouth Colony was the most healthy and safe European Colony in North America. It was an English colony founded on the coast of Massachusetts. It was active from 1620 to 1691. The first residence of the Plymouth Colony was at New Plymouth‚ a location earlier observed and named by John Smith. The settlement‚ which was the capital of the colony‚ is now a town in Massachusetts. The Plymouth colony was the friendliest to the Native Americans

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    of Roanoke. Queen Elizabeth of England had sent us over here to start a colony in the new world. There were about one hundred and twenty people on board that tiny vessel consisting of men‚ women‚ and children. I am very happy to make it onto land after so long on the water in a crowded ship. The land is dense with forests‚ and the bodies of water that surround us are beautiful. John White has been named governor of our colony. Day 20 I have been inside the huts all day taking care of the children

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    In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ the Northern and Southern colonies were extremely different. Each “section” of America was socially‚ economically‚ and politically dissimilar from the next. From the beginning‚ it was difficult to picture the colonies as their own separate nation due to a lack of colonial unity. In the Southern plantation colonies‚ social structure was molded mostly by the emphasis on slavery and racism that was perpetuated. A hierarchy of status and wealth similar to

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