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    and writer. Raleigh’s most famous thing that he has done is the establishment of a colony called “Roanoke Island”. The colony is also known as the “Lost Colony”. Raleigh was one of the main people who was involved in the exploration of North America‚ He also established the colony “Virginia” he named this colony after the Virgin Queen Elizabeth. Raleigh and his crew faced many challenges‚ while exploring these colonies they were ran off the land by the indians settling in North America. The indians

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    strongly influenced by the geography of the regions settled and the ethnic makeup of the colonists. Generally‚ the colonies may be best understood as being divided in the following way: New England (Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island)‚ Middle (New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ Delaware)‚ and Southern (The Carolinas‚ Georgia‚ Maryland‚ Virginia). While these colony groups had many things in common‚ they also had their own distinctive features. Colonists brought traditions from

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    Chesapeake and New England colonies Comparison During the early 16th century and into the early 17th century‚ European colonies rapidly colonized the newly found Americas. England in particular sent large groups to the east coast of North America to two separate regions‚ which would later become known as the Chesapeake and New England areas. The Chesapeake region included Maryland‚ Virginia‚ Pennsylvania‚ and the New Jerseys. The New England region of the colonies included Rhode Island‚ Plymouth

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    Outline and evaluate the research into the effect of stress on the immune system During strenuous times‚ our body undergoes many physiological changes in order to aid our survival‚ and this is an inherited function (Canon’s ‘fight or flight’ theory). Stress in small doses‚ in fact is needed and useful to humans‚ however long term stress can take its toll on the body. The General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) model was developed by Selye to explain the effects of exposure to stressor. The GAS model consists

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    difference between their goals was settlement. The Spanish spent a lot more conquring land and using the Native Americans as slaves through encomienda system. England’s focus was on estbalishing settlements and forcing the Native Americans out of the land they conqured. Spain used Native Americans slave labor. England colonize North America. English colonies were first established by the Puritans who were seeking refuge‚ freedom of religion‚ and economic

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    came over to the English colonies because they wanted to escape religious prosecution and were seeking religious freedom. When Charles I disbanded parliament and drove England’s economy into the ground‚ some Puritans joined up with entrepreneurs and created the Massachusetts Bay Company (MBC). The MBC soon colonized the Massachusetts Bay area‚ which was run by these non-separatist Puritans. This colony of mostly Puritans did not agree with some of the ways other colonies managed their settlements

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    the North and South colonies the populations grew phenomenally. Colonists of all different backgrounds lived in varied environments under thirteen different colonial governments. “[In the south] slaves made the most striking racial composition of the population. Slavery became the defining characteristic of the southern colonies during the eighteenth century‚ shaping the region’s economy‚ society and politics.” The economic‚ political‚ and cultural differences between the colonies of the North and

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    Processing What was life really like in the colonies? Everyone either had a farm or in a city‚ no one lived in the suburbs. Many people made money on their farms or plantations where many slaves worked for the landowner. Also‚ many children didn’t receive education unless you were quite wealthy. So‚ let’s see what was life really like in the colonies. Let’s start off where people live‚ many people were farmers and that’s how they made a living. They grew their own food and even made things out

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    Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by the people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions evolved into two distinct societies. This difference occurred because the New England colonies was based off of escaping religious persecution while the Chesapeake colonies was based off of profiting of natural resources. Document A was a speech called A Model of Christian Charity by John Winthrop‚ a Puritan traveling to New England for religious freedom. It was written on board

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    8/5/13 APUSH Settling the Northern Colonies Vocabulary 1. John Calvin 1. Protestant leader 2. Created dominant religion of American settlers 3. Wrote theories in Institutes of the Christian Religion 2. Anne Hutchinson: 1. Lived in Massachusetts Bay Colony 2. Promoted antinomianism 3. Banished and forced to walk and settle on Rhode Island 3. Roger Williams: 1. Wanted to break from the Church of England 2. Though Massachusetts Bay Colony was unfair to the Indians; banished 3

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