Life in the 1700s wasn’t easy; the struggle was real back then but an opportunity comes up for the people in Europe. A new world was found and people set out west for many reasons. Some were trying to make money and start businesses. Others try to escape religion oppression to have their own freedoms of religion. Once they got to the west‚ there was also a great need for protection from invaders like other European countries. Going west might have involved plenty of risks but the rewards and freedom
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News of the first execution to occur in New Holland has come back‚ apparently having taken place on the 27th of February last year. The convict Thomas Barrett of the ship Charlotte was hung for his crimes having stolen butter‚ peas and pork from the government stores. While it seems to be a severe punishment‚ reports from the colonies say that many convicts are malnourished‚ as they are having difficulties planting crops‚ meaning the food supplies are some of their most valuable possessions. As well
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Tris Prior Imagine a society in which one choice controlled the remainder of your life. No one is allowed to be different. Divergence is too dangerous. Tris Prior‚ the little Abnegation girl‚ posed a threat to the Dauntless and Erudite leaders. Her difference confused them. Her divergence did not stop her‚ though; she did not let it make her weak. I admire Tris for standing up for herself in a place that no one in our time could even dream about thriving in. Tris was impressively one of the
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The 1700s were a definitive historical period for the Irish‚ culturally‚ economically‚ and inter-relationally with the English. Just as noble English landowners ascended to prominence‚ the Irish were beset with insolvency and poverty. Yet this massive disparity in Irish and English power stemmed from a troubling set of circumstances. This dualistic era was predated by social havoc‚ excessive penal oppression‚ and military suppression of the Irish. Thus‚ the English who resided in Ireland were allocated
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development between the New England and the Chesapeake region settlements occurred because of political‚ social‚ and economic reasons. The New England region includes Connecticut‚ Massachusetts and the Chesapeake region includes Virginia and Maryland. These regions were largely settled by the English‚ though others such as the French and the Spanish settled in the Americas. Politically‚ there are many differences between the New England and Chesapeake regions. The New England region is based upon
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Dorian Zimmerman Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by the people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. These two colonies divided based on their values and goals for their future‚ New England believed in unity‚ religion‚ and family‚ while the Chesapeake region believed in success‚ working alone‚ and entrepreneurship. Their lives really centered around what they believed in and was the determining factor on why these
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The Birth of a New Nation It took 158 years for the American colonies to become a new nation. When the first royal colony‚ Virginia‚ was established in 1624 the American colonists considered themselves a part of England. Over time‚ the American colonists grew separate and wanted more independence. In 1783 the British recognized the American colonies as a nation at the Treaty of Paris. Before the Treaty of Paris the colonists had to win their independence and fight the British in the Revolutionary
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Establishing the Colonies Name _____ Motives for settling in the New World: Spread Christianity Find a short cut to Asia Better job opportunities Roanoke Island With the permission of Queen Elizabeth‚ Sir Walter Raleigh raised money to establish a colony‚ and in 1585 a small group of men sailed for the Americas. What did Raleigh find when he returned to the Lost Colony of Roanoke in 1589? The people had vanished and they found the word‚ “Croatian” carved in a tree. Jamestown What
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during this time were different in several ways‚ such as the English colonies in New England and the Spanish settlements in the southwest. Economic development and religion proved to be a key difference between the Spanish settlements in the southwest and the English colonies in New England during the seventeenth century. The two main religious groups in New England were the Puritans and the Pilgrims. The Puritans‚ a strictly religious group of the Anglican church‚ were bound together by a covenant
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English colonies were one of three types of colonies. The first being a joint-stock colony. In this type of colony the king of England would grant a charter to a joint-stock company that would ensure settlers the same rights as Englishmen. Joint-stock colonies were only meant to last a few years. After which‚ stockholders hoped to earn a profit. Many people were attracted with the promise of gold. The second type was a royal colony. This type of colony was directly controlled by the king. The
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