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    European powers such as the Spanish and English were able to eventually establish colonies in the New World‚ although at different times‚ the Spanish being the first of all of the Europeans. The English and Spanish colonies had numerous contrasting aspects that intertwine with one another‚ such as the social and economic structure‚ attitude on mixing‚ and religious views.     Economic and social: The economic system contributed to the social structure of the Spanish and English‚ and distinct laws

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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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    Vladir Diaz Thirteen Colonies The thirteen colonies in the United States are‚ Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ Delaware‚ Maryland‚ Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina and Georgia. Each one of them has their own story characteristics that I’ll be listing them in the following paragraphs. Massachusetts was founded on 1630 by John Winthrop and others. Their major industry consists of fishing‚ corn‚ livestock‚ lumbering‚ shipbuilding and their

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    Redmond Mr. Smith AP US History 2 October 2012 DBQ: British and American Colonies Relations The French and Indian war affected the relations between the British and the American colonies through political turmoil‚ economical debt leading to strict taxation‚ and ideological differences which increased colonial violence. These sources of anger and resentment created a permanent gap between Britain and the American Colonies that would eventually lead to a brutal revolution. The French lost the entirety

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    HISTORY 1301 ~ AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 C H A P T E R 2 NEW WORLD EXPERIMENTS: ENGLAND’S SEVENTEENTHCENTURY COLONIES SUMMARY In the seventeenth century‚ different and sometimes disparate groups of English settlers established several colonies in North America. The English way of colonization differed from that of the Spanish in that English colonization did not emanate from a desire to create a centralized empire in the New World. Breaking Away English migration to the New World was part

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    The Puritans and their choices and believes governed and organized the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was a settlement that was put in place in 1630‚ and formed a group of refugees from England. They functioned just like any other colony at the time would. They had politics and religion that were at the center of their every day lives. Their government‚ however definitely leaned more towards theocratic‚ picking political leaders directly out of church. The Puritans believed that God had created a

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    MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE BAKERSFIELD RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION HELD ON SATURDAY 26TH MAY 2012 A quorum was declared and the meeting was opened by Chairman Peter Hutton at 08H40 There were 21 people present representing 19 units and 1 proxy was lodged The minutes of the Annual General Meeting helpd on 18th June 2012 were approved Matters arising from the last minutes There were no matters arising from the last minutes Proposed Levy increase The proposed levy

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    Do you know how and for what reasons the first 13 colonies of North America were found? Many of us today don’t know why these colonies were established‚ but we should because it’s an extremely important event in history. Many of the first settlers in the North America came from England‚ they came for reasons such as these: wanted land to plant on‚ religious freedom‚ wanted to become rich or famous‚ needed a new beginning‚ wanted to escape paying debts and others. The first successful settlement was

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    the early colonies of America. You might be surprised to read that Africans‚ not Indians‚ were the first American slaves. By 1617‚ one hundred and twenty five years after Columbus and his European men arrived in North America; Virginian had become an established colony and they were in trouble. They had lost hundreds’ as a result of starvation and had become desperate for both food and labor. This‚ you could say was the “historical force” behind slavery in the colonies. Virginia

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    In the 16th and 17th centuries many colonies were starting to appear all over the Eastern Cost of America. All of Europe countries were interested in colonies‚ from Spain to England and even France. To the naked eye these colonies may have seemed very similar‚ but they were very different. Most of the population of these colonies arrived on boats that sailed from various European countries. Many colonies suffered through the early years from famine and death‚ and also poor planning. If we were

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