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    The development of the American colonies had six different factors contributing to it. They were the Enlightenment‚ European population explosion‚ Glorious Revolution‚ Great Awakening‚ mercantilism‚ and Religious tolerance. The Enlightenment was a cultural movement that challenged the authority of the church in science and philosophy while elevating the power of human reason. One of the most influential Enlightenment writers was John Locke. He argued with the church that people were not

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    But‚ most important they landed in their new home of Plymouth‚ Massachusetts on November twenty-first‚ 1620. When they made it to America they found "nothing‚" like no life‚ no civilization‚ and no animals‚ just flatland. They then signed "the Mayflower Compact‚" which stated that all will abide by the rules

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    conceded to sell land for tools and goods to appease the English. As the English population became a power to contend with against the French and Dutch in the area‚ the English saw the nearby Pequot tribe as a threat to their expansion. In 1637‚ the Plymouth and Massachusett colonies destroyed the tribe‚ and to Massasoit’s horror‚ massacred a village killing women and children. Following the Pequot war‚ Massasoit traveled to Massachusetts Bay colony to pay tribute to Governor John Winthrop as a reminder

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    separated by an entire continent‚ King Phillip’s War and The Pueblo Revolt paralleled each other in their causes‚ courses‚ and consequences. In New England‚ King Philip’s War was a conflict between the Wampanoag Indians and the English settlers of the Plymouth Colony from1675 to 1677. Far‚ far away in what is now New Mexico‚ the Pueblo Revolt was an uprising of Pueblo Indians against the Spanish settlers in the colony of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in 1680. Their similarities explain much about the relationships

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    Julia Franchi Unit 1 Free Response #1 The experience of the English colonies in the 17th and 18th century contributed to an expectation for self-government in the formation of political‚ religious‚ economic and social institutions. The House of Burgesses and the Mayflower Compact contributed to the political aspect‚ mercantilism and the South Atlantic system influenced the economic institutions‚ the Great Awakening and the Witch Trials supported the religious developments‚ while Bacon’s

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    Dublin has a significantly low rainfall measure‚ although it is known as a rainy city‚ it more than likely won’t last long. I think it stays the same temperature because of its location in Ireland. Q4: The similarities between the Climographs for Plymouth and Krakow are that they have the most rainfall at the same time of the year‚ with the highest inch of rainfall beginning in May/June and hitting the highest in July. A difference between the two of them is that Plymouth’s temperature is more equally

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    Virginia Company would eventually assume the same methods as the Massachusetts Bay Company‚ which would lead to a drop in mortality. As far as landholding‚ all of the Virginia Company settlers lived on large plantations that flourished on the crops. A large town was in the center of all the plantations with a few small houses and shops. The settlers of The Massachusetts Bay Company lived in small towns that had farms and usually one large square with a church and shops surrounded by houses on the outskirts

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    Both Plymouth and Jamestown were less than ideal places to settle‚ mostly because of the location. Plymouth had sandy soil that was difficult to grow crops in‚ whereas Jamestown had a brackish water supply‚ was swampy‚ and had mosquitos. Both settlements also had interactions with native tribes‚ however‚

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    separation from the Church of England‚ but had no particular Church title. However‚ John Robinson and William Brewster‚ the Pilgrim leaders‚ were separatists. Where: England When: 1600’s and beyond Historical Importance: The Separatists founded the Plymouth Colony and the first form of government with the

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    unknown. Most historical accounts generally agree that Tisquantum was born on January 1st; curiously however the exact year is under debate but is circa the 1580’s. Tisquantum was a member of the Patuxet tribe‚ located in Eastern Massachusetts on Plymouth Bay. The Patuxets were a tributary of the Wampanoag Confederacy in which a head sachem (chief/political leader) presided over a number of lesser

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