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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folklore. King Shivaji used the guerrilla tactics to capture a part of‚ the then‚ dominant Mughal empire. Read this biography to get more information on the warrior and his life history: Early Life Shivaji was born on 19th February 1630‚ to Sahaji and his wife‚ Jijabai‚ in the Shivneri Fort‚ situated almost 60 km to the north of Pune. He was named as Shiva‚ after the local Goddess Shivai‚ to whom his mother Jijabai had prayed for a son. After being defeated by the combined forces
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Document A Source: John Winthrop‚ “A Modell of Christian Charity‚” 1630. . . . wee must be knitt together‚ in this worke‚ as one man. Wee must entertaine each other in brotherly affection. Wee must be willing to abridge ourselves of our superfluities‚ for the supply of others’ necessities. Wee must uphold a familiar commerce together in all meekeness‚ gentlenes‚ patience and liberality. Wee must delight in eache other; make other’s conditions our owne; rejoice together‚ mourne together
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CHAPTER 3 Settling the Northern Colonies‚ 1619–1700 Focus Questions 1. What religious turmoil in the Old World resulted in the little colony of Plymouth in the New World? 2. Why was the initial and subsequent colonization of the Massachusetts Bay Colony more successful than Plymouth? 3. How did the colony of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony contribute to the origins of American independence and government? What were the contributions to American independence and government from
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of America. Along the mainland‚ they found many people of different cultures that were already residing there. The differing cultures of the Indians and later Africans‚ did not become intermingled with European culture. The Jamestown inhabitants‚ Puritans and Pilgrims established the New World without including different cultures‚ (Natives and Africans) agricultural techniques‚ modes of behavior‚ style of speech‚ dress and other
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The colonies of Massachusetts and Virginia were located in separate regions of the New World and had many social and economic variations. The very laws and ideas these people have put into work are what have shaped America into the county it is today. When looking at these two colonies we know one thing is for sure‚ trade‚ land‚ religion‚ and natural resources were vital parts of their being. In this free-response essay I will contrast the colonies by how their societies were ran and how their economies
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AN OUTLINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY "Heaven and Earth never agreed better to frame a place for man’s habitation." John Smith‚ 1607 CHAPTER 1 THE FIRST AMERICANS At the height of the Ice Age‚ between 34‚000 and 30‚000 B.C.‚ much of the world’s water was contained in vast continental ice sheets. As a result‚ the Bering Sea was hundreds of meters below its current level‚ and a land bridge‚ known as Beringia‚ emerged between Asia and North America. At its peak‚ Beringia is thought to have been
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The colony survived the first winter which claimed many. The Pilgrims made changes to the landscape of New England. In the early 1630s a smallpox epidemic almost eliminated the Indian population surrounding Plymouth. Due to the depleting number of wild animals‚ the Pilgrims worked very hard to domesticate animals‚ such as horses‚ cattle and sheep. “The Pilgrims’ experience with the
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theory that the 17th century crisis was the catalyst for the transition from feudal society to capitalism in England and ultimately the genesis of the industrial revolution. Hobsbawm argues that it was the crisis of the 17th century‚ particularly the Puritan Revolution‚ which enabled capitalism to escape the confines of feudalism and flourish as the dominant ism’ in England. While it is true that the Industrial Revolution and the rise of capitalism did occur soon after the 17th century‚ it is not as
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Some weeks later‚ three ore girls showed similar symptoms. Doctors began to suspect that witchcraft was the reason of the girl’s symptoms. Document A is a discourse of witchcraft. It is a speech that‚ Cotten Mather‚ an influential leader of the Puritans‚ argues for the existence of witchcraft. He says that “those who deny it exists argue that they never saw any witches‚ therefore there are none.” There
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