John Smith Jamestown St Augustine Roanoke Ponce de Leon Great Awakening Quakers Enlightenment Glorious Revolution Middle Passage Anne Hutchinson Bacon’s Rebellion Pocahontas Jonathan Edwards Salem Witch Trials Charles II Plymouth Colony New Amsterdam William Bradford Essays: Choose 2 (20pts each) 1. The Glorious Revolution solidified the notion that liberty was a birthright of the Englishman. Explain how the Glorious Revolution contributed to this idea and how it subsequently
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Julia Ermacor 9/17/12 Assess the validity of this quotation as it applies to THREE of the following colonies before 1763: Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania Massachusetts Bay Rhode Island According to a specific quote‚ economic issues determined the development of the early English colonies. This quotation is not entirely valid‚ considering religion played major roles in early North America. Economic and religious issues determined the development of the English
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Scotians’ lack of attachment to revolutionary ideology in the colonies. During the time of the American Revolution‚ Nova Scotia was geographically on the northeastern frontier of Massachusetts. No geographical feature separated Nova Scotia from Maine‚ which meant that the Canadian province was very much a part of the Massachusetts colony. The question remains‚ therefore‚ why Nova Scotia failed to join the American Revolution in 1776. There were‚ after all‚ many new Englanders in Nova Scotia‚ and it remains
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of people in England to adopt Calvinist teachings when they became unhappy with how the Church of England was too similar to the Catholic religion. They left England for the Jamestown colony‚ but were blown off course and settled in present-day Massachusetts. There‚ they established a Puritan colony. Religion played a large role in the social order of the New England colonies. Due to the number of families that emigrated‚ New England possessed a very patriarchal society. In New England‚ women were
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Ben Parsell Dr. Castaldo English 11‚ Period 2 October 1‚ 2013 Remnants of a Puritan Legacy: The American Work Ethic What is the first thing that we as Americans think about when we hear Puritanism? For many‚ religion is the main idea that comes to mind. The Puritans were a very devoutly religious group as a whole. Religion had a strong influence on all of their actions. And they often used religion to explain things they themselves couldn’t. William Bradford writes‚ “These troubles being blown
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Rebellion highlight the ineffectiveness of the Articles of Confederation? In the late 1786 and early 1787‚ while facing seizure of their land‚ debt-ridden farmers led by Daniel Shays‚ a veteran of the War of Independence closed the courts in Massachusetts. These famers were in desperate need of assistance to pay off their debts; however‚ Governor James Bowdoin had no compassion and dispatched an army. Events such as‚ the Shay’s Rebellion convinced American’s that the national government must be
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of the Atlantic and started expanding west. The colonies have been placed into three regions the New England colonies‚ Middle colonies‚ and the Southern colonies. New England colonies consisted of (New Hampshire‚ Rode Island‚ Connecticut‚ and Massachusetts). The Middle colonies consisted of (New York‚ Pennsylvania‚ New Jersey‚ and Delaware). The Southern colonies consisted of (The Carolinas‚ Georgia‚ Virginia‚ and Maryland). The three different regions were all from England‚ but examining the three
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cxcxcxThe controversy over the Charles River Bridge dated as far back as October 15‚ 1640 when the Massachusetts legislature‚ in accordance with common law‚ assumed control over public ferries. The legislature proceeded to give Harvard College the power to run a ferry on the Charles River between Boston and Charlestown. Harvard continued to operate the ferry‚ and collect its profits until 1785. That year‚ a group of men petitioned the state legislature to build a bridge across the river due to the
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Prior to the American Revolution‚ thirteen Colonies were founded. Some colonies were founded based on economics‚ while others were founded on religious freedom. As time went on the Colonies developed different economies. Ihe New England Colonies had manufacturing industries‚ such as‚ shipbuilding; Middle colonies had fur exporting and manufacturing industries‚ such as‚ iron; Southern Colonies had plantation agriculture. By the eve of the American Revolution‚ most colonies were royal colonies‚ under
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impact during the Critical Period was Shays’ Rebellion. The leader of the rebellion was a farmer by the name of Daniel Shays. He and many other farmers were victims of high debt as they were trying to start new farms in Western Massachusetts. The rebels wanted the Massachusetts government to pass a law that would forgive any debts that they had and print more paper money that would help debt stay down. In response to the rebellion‚ Thomas Jefferson stated that “a little rebellion now and then is a good
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