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    different society from England emerged in the colonies. Changes in religion‚ economics‚ politics‚ and social structure illustrate this to the Europeans. By 1763‚ although some colonies still maintained established churches‚ other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution for religious toleration and separation of church and state. Popular dissenter‚ Roger Williams‚ having been banished from Massachusetts‚ bought land from Indians and founded a colony where other dissenters or “trouble-makers”

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    An Analysis of 4.7 “African Americans Petition for Freedom” On January 13‚ 1777 African Americans petitioned for their freedom. This petition was presented to the Honorable Council and the House of Representatives of Massachusetts. The slaves petitioned that they deserved natural rights‚ on the basis of being human. This petition approached the Honorable Council and the House of Representatives by attempting to achieve freedom through a sympathetic style of persuasion. This petition was part

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    THE NORTH AMERICAN GUINEA PIG presents as a very original and creative psychological drama‚ which also contains some dark humor. The idea of a distraught and desperate man working as a “guinea pig” to test new experimental drugs has merit. The goal for the protagonist is clear and the stakes are personal. The plot is driven more by the emotional goal of the protagonist‚ Tristan‚ to win his family back and to get “control” of his life. The script conveys solid themes about control‚ healing‚ and

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    Northern and Southern colonies had many similarities between the years of 1607 to 1763‚ but the idea that they were more similar than different is vastly incorrect. The economy in the Southern colonies was based off of planting and slave labor‚ which was very common‚ while land in the Northern colonies‚ for the most part‚ was not fertile enough to support planting. Another difference between the North and South was that government and the church had very close ties in the North‚ compared to a representative

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    By the 1700s‚ New England and the Chesapeake 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

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    As new people came to America and began to settle‚ Native Americans were pushed farther and farther away from their homeland. Their land was taken from them and their freedoms were long gone. White settlers had created restrictions on their land‚ trade‚ and freedom which are still in effect today. The real crisis began soon after Andrew Jackson was elected president. Native Americans had already lost freedom of trade in 1787‚ when the Constitution granted power to the government to regulate

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    Keller knight Americans freedom to my generation What is freedom?”Freedom is the oxygen of the soul”.not all people get to excess freedom. Freedom is a privilege of free speech‚voting‚purchasing.Freedom is a driving safely. Also where u work and surviving for the jury. It is a choice is what u want to be and where u want to work‚ and how you’ll act. Freedom is also a privilege of speech.Like “Where there is a great speech‚ there is always a certain amount of foolish speech”. It comes at a

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    In analyzing the religious experience of African Americans‚ one must first understand the trials and tribulations faced by the African American before the religious experience encountered can be fully realized. In 1619‚ the first ship caring African American slaves arrived in Virginia. Until 1808‚ 10 million African Americans were enslaved throughout the Americas. During this time‚ many African rituals and traditions‚ relating to African Heritage‚ also became transplanted to the new surroundings

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    Age of Exploration in addition‚ the freedom from religious oppression. For the Separatists later known as the Pilgrims‚ America was a place for dreams and new beginnings given that they were persecuted for their religious beliefs in England. Some fled to the Netherlands finding religious freedom and no work. The Pilgrims however‚ settled in America. Moreover‚ the Puritans came to America to practice their religion freely. They strictly enforced their religious regulations in result of the little

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    it took England to establish successful colonies in the New World. What were the reasons behind it why did things end up the way they are now? How the English go from being delayed to establishing the best colony ever How the English were able to establish long lasting colonies Today everyone knows about the colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth and how they were the first two permanent English settlements in North America. The establishment of those two colonies are one of the main reasons why England

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