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    The Virginians were better off than the Puritans were‚ because they had tobacco for a cash crop‚ they had a longer growing season‚ and they could trade and sell to England easier than the Puritans could. The Virginians were also more loosely structured than the Puritans‚ and were allowed to be individual people instead of one large mass. Smith and Bradford’s ways of leading their colonies were similar‚ yet so very different. Smith’s main concern was to make money and

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    television shows start adding some exciting scenes in order to satisfy people’s desires. However‚ teenagers‚ who haven’t totally developed the ability to think independently‚ are not ready for those scenes yet. Those television scenes create a negative influence in teenagers’ lives by causing them to make bad decisions. According to the research‚ teenagers spend nearly four hours every day on television‚ and this is their main activity besides sleeping and studying. Among all the television programs‚ sexual

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    Reading Report The Puritan Dilemma Author: Edmund S. Morgan New York 1999 I. Subject. This book is a short biography about John Winthrop. In this book Morgan outlines how Winthrop struggled with the dilemma‚ first internally‚ as he dealt with the question of whether traveling to the New World represented a selfish form of separatism‚ the desire to separate himself from an impure England‚ or whether‚ as he eventually determined‚ it offered a unique opportunity to set an example for all men

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    activity. 5. Write reduction half-reactions for each metal ion. Check a table of standard reduction potentials (E°). Arrange the list in order of increasing reduction potential (decreasing oxidation potential). How does the activity series of metals from Question 4 compare to the list based on increasing reduction potential? 6. Explain why it was necessary to test the halide ions for their color in mineral oil. 7. In which test tubes did a reaction occur when halogen water was mixed with halide

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    CHAPTER 3              COLONIES TAKE ROOT 1587-1752   Section 1: The First English Settlements   I. England Seeks Colonies -Like most of Europe in the age of exploration‚ England was a monarchy. However‚ in England‚ the power of the king or queen was limited by law and by a lawmaking body called Parliament.   -Ever since the 1200s‚ English law had limited the king’s power. The king could set new taxes only with Parliament’s consent. Still‚ the king’s powers were much greater than those of

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    Virginia Founding Date: 1607 Region: Southern Colony Founders: John Smith‚ John Rolfe & Thomas Dale Reason for founding: Search for gold‚ English outpost against Spain Characteristics/laws: Jamestown was the main town that was establish because of England’s desire for wealth and converting the Natives to Christianity. Majority of the population was English. Environment: Very warm climate‚ which was beneficial to the colonists because they didn’t have to worry about the harsh winters. Contrary

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    The Puritans and Sex In the 1630s‚ the Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the North to detach themselves from the Church of England‚ and to pursue religious tolerance. Puritans lead lives that emphasized hard work and discipline‚ which caused them to be perceived as narrow-minded‚ and very strict in religion and morals. Despite what early colonists then and citizens of America today believe‚ some Puritans did not comply with their stereotypical lives of high morals and no sex

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    The Puritan Family Number of male and female inhabitants were unequal which caused fatherly authoritative figures to only take place in Chesapeake at the end of the 17th century Puritans wanted male authority; common law tradition that restricted women’s rights Women were only equal in relation to spirit and religion; could become official church members; divorce was legal; marriage = two-sided love; Man = God in church & governor secularly; magistrates (law enforcers) supported male superiority

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    a time period when the American colonies where neglected by Britain. During this time they flourished and developed a British origin‚ yet with a distinctly American flavor. They were allowed to become commonwealths. Great Britain’s policy of salutary neglect influenced the colonies to great extent. It influenced the American colonies in religion‚ commerce‚ and legislative assemblies. Religion was greatly influenced by salutary neglect. When some of the colonies were founded‚ the offered religious

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    Puritans in the Wilderness Corruption in the Church of England led to the seventeenth century puritan’s departure for the New World. Puritans strove to live in keeping with the biblical principals that they thought would please their god. The Puritan belief system lent itself to the group’s success in the wilderness setting. Their structure and discipline provided them with organization and endurance to succeed in the untamed land. Seventeenth century puritans lived a heavily structured life.

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