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    The English colonies in America were established for a variety of reasons including economic and religious factors. Other reasons for colonization include the desire to expand the British Empire‚ establishing order‚ protecting colonies and to rehabilitate debtors. Religious factors that contributed to the establishment of the English colonies occurred in Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ Pennsylvania and Maryland. In England‚ due to Henry VIII ’s action upon breaking his ties with the Roman

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    the origins of our own history and its development; and the achievements of People and of Kings.” (Bruni) The Renaissance opened possibilities for thinkers‚ like Niccoló Machiavelli‚ to view the political and moral problems in new ways than in the Middle Ages.The economy in the Renaissance was changed by the transition from feudalism to merchant capitalism. Civic humanists greatly influenced the Northern humanists‚ which caused Italian humanism to spread until the Reformation. Singularity and individualism

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    Those living in the American colonies in the seventeenth century faced many challenges. These tensions of political‚ social‚ religious and economic natures came from abroad and within. Influences of the political and economic nature from abroad onto the established American colonies shifted the shape and nature of the colonies; whereas‚ the social and religious tensions from abroad tended to create new colonies. The Quakers‚ for instance‚ were a group of English Protestants who left England in

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    frequencies) — decreasing kidney function (50% decrease) — decreasing cardiac output (1/2 of that of 20 year-old) COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 1. Responsibility and Executive Thinking — recall Shaie: early adulthood is an achieving stage — middle adulthood involves what is called the responsible stage in cognition — decision making is based upon personal responsibilities towards others — can lead to what is called the executive stage — in this stage‚ the adult will apply post-formal

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    • The original 13 colonies were divided into three geographic areas consisting of the New England‚ Middle and Southern colonies. The Georgia Colony was classified as one of the Southern Colonies. • James Oglethorpe was a British general‚ Member of Parliament‚ philanthropist‚ humanitarian‚ was the founder of the colony of Georgia in America in 1733. • He was a social reformer in England founding Georgia‚ after a grant from King George II‚ to resettle Britain’s poor‚ especially those in debtors’

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    The Colonies by 1763-A New Society? Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. The thirteen colonies throughout time all established themselves and soon developed their own identities. Colonies in different areas were known for different things and no one colony was like the other. These people began to see them selves as Carolinians

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    (1) Define Sir Walter Raleigh and the Lost Colony of Roanoke and the purpose of English colonization. Towards the end of the 16th century‚ the English began to think more seriously about North America as a place to colonize: as a market for English goods and a source of raw materials and commodities such as furs. The English started to realize that colonizing the new world would bring England many advantages and would help Brittan better compete with Spain‚ England’s economic rival at the time

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    religious history 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

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    13 Original Colonies

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    13 Original Colonies Introduction Your expertise is needed immediately! 500 people are scheduled to set sail from England to the colonies next month.  They are still undecided which colony would be the best to settle and build their new homes.  Your colony has hired you to create a newsletter‚ pamphlet or brochure to entice these people to settle in your colony.  The information you provide will be used to help the new colonists pick the best colony that will suit their needs.  You will need

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    What Were The 13 Colonies

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    were thirteen original colonies in the North American region. The first English colonies settled off the coast of the Atlantic and started expanding west. The colonies have been placed into three regions the New England coloniesMiddle 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

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