AP® United States History 2010 Free-Response Questions The College Board The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900‚ the College Board is composed of more than 5‚700 schools‚ colleges‚ universities and other educational organizations. Each year‚ the College Board serves seven million students and their parents‚ 23‚000 high schools‚ and 3‚800 colleges through major programs and services in
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began more than a century before the British colonies became the United States of America in 1776. Some of the original settlers were men and women of deep religious convictions. The religious intensity of the original settlers diminished to some extent over time but new waves of 18th-century immigrants brought their own religious fervor across the Atlantic. In addition‚ the nation’s first major religious revival in the middle of the 18th century injected new vigor into American religion. Wave after
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The 13 colonies were split into three sections‚ the new england‚ middle and southern colonies. In this paper i will be comparing and contrasting all three. The new england colonies included Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ Founded by John Winthrop and William Bradford‚ New Hampshire colony founded by John Wheelright‚ Rhode Island colony founded by Roger Williams‚ Connecticut colony founded by Thomas Hooker.The new england colonies were founded as havens for various religious groups‚ including Puritans
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Devout Puritans The Puritans were a group of people who left their homes on a journey to escape the depraved Church of England. God played a role in their lives and their unquestionable religious faith in Him helped them overcome tragedies‚ and make it to land safely. The Puritans were devout Christians whose lives were greatly influenced by God. In the early 17th century‚ the Puritans‚ led by William Bradford‚ lost hope in purifying the Church of England. In the eyes of the Puritans‚ the church
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Georgia became a colony in a very different manner than its predecessors. It is shown that Georgia had many influences from not only the British West Indies‚ but also from its neighboring colonies of the Carolina’s‚ but Pressly wants to convey that Georgia had many other influences and became a prosperous new colony on its own. This does make him somewhat bias against other ideas of how Georgia came to be. However‚ Georgia was influenced by many and became a very unique and different colony than those
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Eighteenth Century British Colonies In the eighteenth century‚ the British Colonies in North America experienced many changes that helped form the identity of America. The demographic‚ ethnic‚ and social characters of Britain’s colonies were some of the major characteristics to be altered in the 1700s. The demographic character of Colonial America resulted in a swing in the balance of power between the colonies and England. In the beginning of the 1700s‚ a population that was initially less than
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effected more than just the 13 colonies. Islands in the Caribbean were also places where slaves were kept. However‚ the institution of slavery in the English colonies differs from slavery in the caribbean because of their origins‚ the plantations they worked on‚ and how and why they were treated they way they were. "Approximately 10 million Africans were ripped from their homes‚ in Africa‚ and taken to the "New World" between the 1500-1800s" ("Slavery in the Colonies"). "In the 1600s‚ England’s Atlantic
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Life for Puritans in America was very Religious. Most Puritans came to America for a better life and to escape prosecutions in England. Puritans believed that over every man’s law‚ God’s laws and message were more important. Back then puritans believed in predestination‚ where people was born to spend life in Hell or to be saved. Puritans always worked hard‚were self-disciplined‚ and did religious duties. Others who partied and committed adultery was bound to public humiliation or punishment for
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2nd Period America was a new start for many people. It was way to get away from past mistakes‚ to get new jobs‚ or many other reasons. The only problem was where to settle. There are many primary motivations for moving to different colonies‚ and in this essay I will focus on the Middle Colonies. The Middle Colonies include New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ New York‚ and Delaware. Each of these colonies has their own special attractions about them‚ but one of the
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the Thirteen Colonies‚ it was a long way back from where we are today in the matter of culture. The New England Colonies were mostly Christians‚ but some of them were Puritans. Puritans wished to purify‚ hence the name‚ and reform the Church of England. The Puritans did not last very long‚ but their original religion‚ Christianity‚ remained because of the Great Awakening. The Puritans were the most dynamic Christian force in the American colonies. In England‚ the Puritans had been people
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