the ‘great southern land’‚ the government sent the First Fleet over to New South Wales with over 1400 people. First of all‚ as Britain could no longer find any other suitable place to export their surplus of convicts‚ the establishment of a new penal colony in New South Wales was imperative. Following the American War of Independence in 1775 and the subsequent defeat of the British there meant that convicts could no longer be sent to the newly independent nation. The African colonies under British
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American Government from British Colonies to Revolution While the colonists were treated by Great Britain as minor children or as subjects to be governed‚ the very new sets of colonies were making their own establishments in the realms of self-government. Colonial self-government ranged on a grand scale from things such as town meetings and councils‚ to public assemblies and courts. From these assemblies‚ great leaders and political minds hosted thoughts and brought together a sort of regulation
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geography played in their differences. The colonies of New England and Chesapeake differed for two primary reasons. The way the two colonies regarded their Indian neighbors were dramatically different. This coupled with the overall differences in personalities of the settlers brought forth the differences between these two colonies. Beginning with the first season of the New England colonies‚ the Indians were essential to the survival of the New England colonies. The Puritans that settled in the New
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The Importance of Tobacco to the Early English Colonies There were very few things that kept the economy growing in the early English Colonies. One that seemed to stand out the most was a crop that was often called tobacco. Tobacco was introduced by the Spanish‚ who had learned how to smoke it from the Native Americans (The Growth of the Tobacco Trade). Tobacco soon became very popular‚ many believed that it would open up the pores in their skin and preserve their bodies. Tobacco was also introduced
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The English colonies in North America were actually settled by immigrants from many different European countries which resulted in a very cosmopolitan and multicultural society rich in diversities of language and religion. Because of this nascent colonial diversity the United States of America emerged as a new type of nation‚ one that guaranteed in written constitutional form the rights of minorities against the possible tyranny of the majority. However‚ while the nation could use “E
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created or land it selected. But the London Company made no such analysis. The result was that the colony was not realistically equipped for the area in which it was established. There was no gold in the whole of Virginia or anywhere within a thousand miles of it. And the climate was wrong for both grapes and sugar as crops. Another major drawback under the category "land" was the site of the colony itself. Jamestown was established in a marshy area that happened to be infested with malaria-bearing
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The rapid growth of colonies in the 18th century was mainly due to plantations that brought the benefit of buying more imported goods from their mother country‚ but it also led to barbarous slavery. It is mentioned‚ "To pay for these goods the colonists produced more and more tobacco‚ rice‚ indigo‚ wheat fish‚ tar - indeed‚ anything that would supply the income necessary to purchase additional imports‚" (Cobbs 90). The market started to grow as the colonists gained interest in British imported goods
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The New England Colonies http://www.ushistory.org/us/3.asp I chose “Settling New England” as my topic. The website I had chosen has many intriguing facts. While reading it‚ it just made me want to read more and more. It also had very descriptive pictures that one could visualize what it was like back in the day will reading. This site is related to chapter 2 out of the book that we read because it talks about the Mayflower and Plymouth Colony‚ Thanksgiving‚ Puritan life‚ and how New England expanded
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The Colonies by 1763: A New Society? 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 emergence of a society quite different from that in England. Changes in religion‚ economics‚ politics and social structure illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans. By 1763‚ although some colonies still maintained established churches‚ other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution
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Po was the first European to reach the shores of present-day Cameroon. He gave Cameroon its name‚ Camarao the Portuguese word for prawns‚ which there was an abundance of in the Sanaga River. Following him were slave traders who set up ports at the colonies of Bimbia and Douala to name a couple. Bamileke‚ Bamoum and other kingdoms farther inland provided the slaves available for trade. In the 1800s the slave trade declined and instead trade of goods and produce grew‚ specifically in the trade of natural
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