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    The Early Chesapeake • The founding of Jamestown: -1607 Established their colony‚ named Jamestown -London company promoters had no desire of a family-centered community‚ there were no women in Jamestown -Captain John smith became council president in fall of 1608‚ later on smith left - • Reorganization -1609 the London company was changed to The Virginia company. From the king they got more power over the colony and also more land. -Winter of 1609-1610 became known as the “starving Time”

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    Cassandra Wilson The Colonial Period (1607–1775) • 1642 • Massachusetts Bay Colony law requires proper teaching of children. In 1642‚ the Mass Bay Colony ruled children not taught properly would be apprenticed (practical work experience under the supervision of skilled workers in the trade and arts) to the town. The Early National Period (1775–1820) • 1805 • First elementary school established in New York‚ Formed by a wealthy businessmen to provide education for poor children. Run on the

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    that great religious zeal was needed‚ and so they decided to separate from the stiff Church of England to the Americas. The Pilgrims End Their Pilgrimage at Plymouth Know: Mayflower‚ Myles Standish‚ Mayflower Compact‚ Plymouth‚ William Bradford 27. Explain the factors that contributed to the success of the Plymouth colony. The Plymouth colony was successful. The people cultivated great harvests and had firm economic foundations in fur‚ fish‚ and timber. Capable leaders such as William Bradford

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    Salem of Massachusetts in 1692 was the residence of a Puritan society accompanied by severe ethics. Along the troubles of trying to preserve agriculture in a cruel climate escorted by uneven ground‚ Salem also encountered political anarchy as well as economic disorder. In this specific society‚ a party of young women condemned an Indian slave girl of witchcraft. She‚ Tituba‚ confessed due to the harassment from the judiciary administration. Her confession stimulated a search for witches that left

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    On April 15th 2013 the unexpected happened near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) where detonated‚ at the feet of the spectators while they were cheering on the runners‚ in an interval of just seconds and a distance of approximately 200 feet. Three victims were pronounced dead on scene and there were close to three-hundred injured. Luckily the Boston marathon was highly equipped and prepared for the worst and had a lot of first responders and medical

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    CPUSH (Unit 1‚ #3) Name _____Maria Salazar ______________________ British Colonization in North America: Southern‚ New England‚ & Middle Colonies I. Settling the British Colonies A. Unlike the Spanish & French‚ the British colonies were not funded or strictly ______strictly____________________ by the king: 1. ______________join stock________________________ companies were formed by investors who hoped to profit off new colonies 2. Once a _charter_________________________

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    and we can not even tell the difference. Salem‚ Massachusetts the place where it all began was already under a great amount of distress because the differences between the Puritan community and the farmers. The main thing people think about when they hear the name Salem are witches and the Salem witch trials. Salem is and forever will be the grounds that were stained with the bloodshed of many innocent lives. Back in the 1600s in Salem‚ Massachusetts more than 200 innocent people were accused of

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    The New England Colonies had various type of religions. Massachusetts had a strong population of Puritans. Rhode Island provided many types of religion for the people settling there. Many people in Connecticut were mainly Puritan. The Middle colonies New York and Pennsylvania provided various religions. Some of the religion found in Middle colonies were Quakers‚ Catholics‚ Lutherans‚ and Jews and a few others. The southern colonies‚ Maryland and Georgia had no majority religion‚ so they had various

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    Salem After the Fact Throughout the years‚ many have wondered what happened to Salem after the famous Salem Witch Trials. The recovery period that was necessary after these trials lasted for a quite a while; people were scared and afraid that something along the lines of the trials could occur again. As a result of the trials‚ in the next decade to come apologies were issued publicly‚ and compensation was paid as restitution to the families of those who were affected; much of the cataclysm had settled

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    In the late 1600’s Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ the Salem Witch Trials was conceivably thought of as terrifying or even unjustified. Left and right‚ convictions of witchcraft were put on other villagers in Salem. Abigail and other girls‚ Tituba‚ Proctor‚ and others are to be blamed for the deaths and events in Salem‚ but Reverend Parris seems to have the bigger faults. Parris’s childish and avaricious characteristics caused the deaths of many innocent people. Reverend Parris enacted an essential role in

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