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    to a religion crisis headed by Puritans Protestants provoked certain groups of English migrates and look for their fortune in the New World. The Virginia colonization was product of the ambition of England to secure settlements in the New World. The Company of London was full involved in this process and wanted to expand English trade and obtain a wider market for English manufactured goods. They were expecting big financial profit from his investments. Many pilgrims found in Holland freedom of religions

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    Mayflower Compact in 1793) was a legal instrument that bound the Pilgrims together when they arrived in New England. The core members of the Pilgrims’ immigrant group were Separatists‚ members of a Puritan sect that had split from the Church of England‚ the only legal church in England at that time. Others in the group‚ however‚ had remained part of the Church of England‚ so not all of the Pilgrims shared the same religion. When the Pilgrims left England‚ they obtained permission from the King of England

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    similar to the Puritan banishment from England aboard "A Mayflower brim with pilgrims" "To establish new theocracies to west." These numerous allusions‚ presented throughout the piece‚ are highly effective in drawing the reader further into the piece and into the mind of the objector. Of particular note are the objector’s above shown pilgrim allusion and the reference to the fact that for objectors‚ there is "no safe Plymouth or green Ararat" (Plymouth was the harbour where the Puritans docked their

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    other wise known as Plymouth‚ was the chosen location in which the puritans chose to settle. They set sail from Plymouth‚ England around 1620 on the Mayflower and decided to take settlement in a abandoned Indian village off the coast Cape cod. When the pilgrims have landed many of them were amazed by how the forest were so easily domesticated with wide paths that‚” the forest could be penetrated even by a large army”. The pilgrims were in fact the not the first to settle here in this indian village

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    The Beringia Land Bridge

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    1. How did Beringia form? - The Beringia land bridge was a land bridge created by the lowering of sea levels during the last glacial maximum.  2. What were 3 reasons why Portugal led Europe in 15th century exploration? (Why did they have advantages over their neighbors?)   -Portuguese navigators mapped the prevailing winds and currents over the globe. -They learned how to mount heavy cannons on the decks of their ships. -Portuguese captains used the compass and adopted the astrolabe.  

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    APUSH Unit 1 Rd 1 IDs

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    1443  Unit One​  ​ Reading 1 IDs    Henretta Chapter 1 pp. 6­18 and Chapter 2    Identifications:​   Briefly define in 2­3 sentences each identification (person‚ place‚ event‚ idea)  and explain the significance of each to the time period being studied.    1. Tribute ­ ​ Tribute was a way to collect goods from the groups conquered by the Aztecs.  They would take advantage of the trading routes of the valley and the goods imported to  them. The city displayed great wealth with the gold‚ textiles‚ cacao

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    ●Essential Question: ○How did different values lead to different American subcultures in the Chesapeake‚ Southern‚ New England‚ & Middle colonies? ●Warm-Up Question: ○Based upon the documents provided‚ what are some key differences between the Virginia & New England colonies? Four Colonial Subcultures ●The different values of the migrants dictated the “personality” of the newly created colonies; led to distinct (not unified) colonies ○ The Chesapeake ○ New England ○ Middle Colonies ○ The Lower

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    of the main differences between the two regions was the reasonings behind the settlements which was the causation of other differences. The New England colonies were settled primarily for religious reasons with groups such as the Pilgrims and the Puritans. The Pilgrims were the first to settle and they settled in Plymouth because they wanted to separate from the

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    In “The Marvels of Spain and America” section of “Beginnings to 1700‚” Wayne Franklin describes the remarkable changes that occurred to both Europe and the Americas as voyages began to take place. Americas like Europe:“complete with fortresses‚ churches‚ horses‚ new foods… and much else that Colón in 1493 could have found only in Europe” (Franklin 4). The natives and Europeans both used their own traditions and borrowed from each other to endure or outwit the opposing side‚ causing the earliest records

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    Mayflower transported a number of passengers‚ mostly English Puritans and separatists(collectively known today as “the Pilgrims”)‚ to the New World from Plymouth England under the mission of establishing a colony there‚ which has been generally believed as the early European colonization of the future United States. By the time they arrived‚ the first governing document of the colony----The Mayflower Compact‚ was made and signed by the Pilgrims for the settlers consented to follow the compact’s rules

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