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    and their entire life. For some colonies‚ the geography was perfect to live in‚ while others had to endure harsh conditions. When the Quakers first arrived to Pennsylvania‚ they were able to establish a successful colony through hard work‚ but their geography was what determined the success. The warm climate and fertile soil made it an excellent place to grow wheat‚ bread‚ and other profitable crops to supply more than enough for everyone. The Middle Colonies (New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania

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    In the early North Americas‚ many new settlers decided to use the land for their own benefit. Europeans took advantage of the resources that Native Americans had to offer in these early colonies. Many Europeans migrated to theses unknown including the English‚ Spanish‚ French‚ Portuguese‚ and more. During this period‚ the new settlers were pulled towards these land by many factors‚ but unquestionably there were also push factors. Since the beginning of time in the early North Americas it has never

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    The Founding Fathers were justified in their actions of starting the American Revolutionary War against Britain. The Founding Fathers started the American Revolutionary War because of the excessive taxation‚ lack of parliamentary representation‚ and forced participation in the French and Indian War by Britain. The colonists attempted to work with Britain by boycotting and lobbying for representation but their attempts were dismissed by Britain. Britain simply continued to treat the colonies as a

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    4 Reasons Chinese Companies IPO in America Why do so many good Chinese companies go public in foreign markets rather than let domestic investors share in the profits of growth? Chinese investors often complain about why would “good companies”‚ like Tencent (0700.HK)‚ Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) and Sina (NASDAQ: SINA)‚ choose to list in the US and Hong Kong instead of on the Chinese A-shares market. There are four main reasons: 1. If a ‘Chinese’ company takes foreign investment using a VIE structure

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    around you. Prior to 1700‚ the British North American colonies had conflicting outlooks on the extent of religious freedom in the new world based on the different acts of the British Empire and by the English origin of most of the settlers. New England was mostly comprised of Puritans‚ the Middle Colonies consisted of Quakers‚ and the South was more concerned about using the land to make money and didn’t emphasize on religion. The Southern Mainland colonies considered the Church of England as their

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    region had developed very distinct societies. This dichotomy can be traced from the very foundation of the colonies. The New England colonies were founded as examples of pure religion‚ each was to "be as a city upon a hill."1 In contrast to this worthy cause‚ the Chesapeake colonies were originally founded during the great search for gold‚ and later continued as slave-supported plantation colonies. The New Englanders would come to prosper through their hard work‚ thrift‚ and the quality of their commitment

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    republic as “a nation with the soul of a church”1 meaning that America was founded on religious principles. Many of those who came to the colonies did so for religious refuge from the Church of England. Although there were many independent religious groups in the new colonies‚ the commonality they shared was the desire to practice their separate beliefs. This religious foundation influenced the political and social structure of the colonies as they became an independent and separate nation from Great

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    finally arrived in the New World. Your name is John Winthrop‚ and you don’t know it yet‚ but you will play a key role in the founding of Massachusetts‚ the first of the New England colonies. This is what it may have been like during these times. Massachusetts Bay was founded in 1630‚ followed by Rhode Island and Connecticut in 1636‚ and New Hampshire in 1638. These four colonies became what is now considered the region of New England. They were founded because of the environment‚ natural resources‚

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    by Wikipedia‚ "Utilitarianism is the idea that the moral worth of an action is solely determined by its contribution to overall utility." Utilitarianism has many benefits‚ but those benefits are harmonized with some major flaws. I will discuss the founding fathers of utilitarianism‚ the strengths and weaknesses of act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism‚ other forms of utilitarianism‚ and recent philosophers of this school of thought. This idea of the greatest good for the greatest number

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    thirteen colonies that became the USA were originally colonies of Great Britain. By the time the American Revolution took place‚ the citizens of these colonies were beginning to get tired of the British rule. Rebellion and discontent were rampant. For those people who see the change in the American government and society a real Revolution‚ the Revolution is essentially an economic one. The main reason the colonies started rebelling against ’mother England’ was the taxation issue. The colonies debated

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