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    How could two totally different groups with different intentions‚ and way of living have anything in common? Jamestown and Plymouth were both different groups of people coming from England to America for very distinct motives. There were many differences between the two‚ but they also had some resemblances with their venture and establishment in the territory. The two groups‚ both experienced the same consequences when they landed in America. Jamestown settled in what today is Virginia‚ Their main

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    The Thirteen Colonies 16th century England was not interested in exploration and colonization‚ but for the most part‚ English colonies in North America were more for bussiness and in search of gold . It did provide extra land for Englands growing population and for those who seeked more religious freedom. Englands colonization in the new world led to the Thirteen Colonies made up of the New England Colonies‚ The Middle Colonies‚ and the Southern Colonies each having seperate religious beliefs‚ laws

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    Geography’s effect on the English colonies is indisputable‚ but was it the primary factor for shaping the colonies? I think it is‚ whether it was good or bad the geography always played an important part in the lives of the English colonist. From the swampy terrain of Jamestown to the bays of the Northern colonies‚ each played an integral part in the development of the colonies. I’ll start with Jamestown‚ one of the first colonies to make it. The beginning of Jamestown was almost it’s end‚ the

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    The Roanoke Colony The Roanoke colony‚ a settlement now looked at through the eyes of curiosity. What happened to them? Why did it happen? Will we ever find out what really happened? These are the questions that come to mind when anyone who has heard about the Roanoke colony think about this mysterious event. Many people hope to answer these questions and I am one of them. We may never know what really happened‚ so the best we can do is narrow it down to a few possibilities that are much more

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    sure of themselves that any one of these authors is actually telling the truth? Some accounts can never truly be proven false or true‚ but evidence can lead some to come to conclusions themselves. In the two stories‚ or reliable source writings‚ Of Plymouth Plantation written by William Bradford; or The Interesting Narrative of the Life of OlaudahEquianowritten by OlaudahEquiano‚ both authors claim to have experienced what they wrote about firsthand. But how can one be sure that each is a “reliable

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    The thirteen colonies that joined together to become the United States of America were but a part of the first British Empire. They were the product of a broad and dramatic expansion of England that began with the establishment of “plantations” in Ireland during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and reached a peak with the conquest of Canada and the extension of British influence over India during the 1760s. In the New World alone at the time of the American Revolution Britain had close to two dozen

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    Different Types of American Colonies There are different types of English colonies‚ including Royal‚ proprietary‚ and private as the most common types. These are three very different types of colonies and had different rules associated with them. Each colony was a part of one of these types‚ but some even switched between the three types of colonies. These switches came from changes in power and needing different types of government to make this happen. Royal colonies were the most common form

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    New England and the Chesapeake Compared MARY BETH NORTON The England that the seventeenth-century migrants left behind was undergoing dramatic changes‚ many of which stemmed from a rapid rise in population that began early in the sixteenth century. As the population grew‚ the economy altered‚ social stratification increased‚ and customary modes of political behavior developed into new forms. England’s ruling elites saw chaos everywhere‚ and they became obsessed with the problem of maintaining

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    relations between Indians and the English were variable. On one side of the spectrum‚ the Wampanoag and Puritans got along very well‚ even having the “first Thanksgiving”. On the other end‚ the Pequot War waged the Pequots against three English colonies. Both sides tried to assert their interests; the English used their advanced firearms to drive the Indians off their land‚ and also accidentally their Old World diseases helped their cause. The Indians used their knowledge of the land and agriculture

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    how do you think they will fit (or not fit) into the various schools discussed herein? We also read William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation. This is both a work of history and a primary document in and of itself. We often group writings like his as the "Providential School." Please analyze the ways in which Bradford’s ascribing of the hand of God in the history of Plymouth shape the narrative he presents. Does recognition of God in writing history lead to inappropriate bias‚ or can it have a

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