Life was very hard in colonial America in the 17th & 18th centuries. There were 13 colonies all with different purposes. Many colonists came to America to flee religious persecution in England or to find work in the colonies. By 1750 more than one million people were living in the thirteen colonies. It seems that the colonies were finally progressing from disease and feudal warfare with the Native Americans. The colonies also were beginning to show diverse groups of people. Many came to America due to
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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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established‚ the thirteen British colonies could be divided into three geographic areas: New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern. Each of the colonies had specific developments that made up what the regions were. Though there were many similarities in the development of the New England‚ Middle and Southern Colonies‚ they also had their differences allowing the colonists to choose a colony that fitted their needs. To begin with‚ one similarity was that all of the colonies were in some sort of industry where
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Indentured Servants‚ and Bacon’s Rebellion encouraged slavery to grow in the southern colonies. By 1775‚ indentured servants were becoming inconvenient and Bacon’s Rebellion worried the plantation owners. The triangular trade brought slaves to America and the owners with no workers quickly bought on to slavery. Economic‚ geographic‚ and social factors all played in to the increase of slavery between 1607 and 1775. The geography of America helped slavery grow through the triangular trade. The triangle
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Jake Wild Period 7 DBQ Essay Southern Secession of 1860 and 1861 “If slavery must not expand in your mind‚ it’s settled‚ we as a state secede from the governing of the Union and join a greater power‚ the Confederacy. We will no longer be hampered in your hatred towards our way of living. ”…“Then be on your way‚ I shall not dabble in your cruel pro-slavery reasoning. Just bear the knowledge in mind‚ we are stronger as a whole.” The Missouri Compromise kept inevitable split of the Nation at bay
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differ from European societies at the time the two came into contact? In What ways did Indians retain a “world view” different from that of the Europeans? 2. What role did disease and forced labor (including slavery) play in the early settlement of America? Is the view of Spanish and Portuguese as especially harsh conquerors and exploiters valid-or is this image just another version of the English “black legend” concerning the Spanish role in the Americas?
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The 13 English Colonies (1630-1750) As the colonies grew in the 1600’s and 1700’s‚ they became the home to people of many lands. These people brought their own customs and traditions. In time‚ they shaped these old ways into a new American Culture. 1 13 colonies 2 1.The New England Colonies More than 1‚000 men‚ women and children left England in 1630 to settle in the Americas. They set up their colony in Massachusetts Bay‚ North of Plymouth. Over the next 100 years‚ English
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The southern colonies were probably some of the most deceiving colonies of the original thirteen. They got people to do hard labor for them. The colonists I guess you can say were like “supervisors.” They would sit under some shade sipping on ice cold water while they watched their slaves and servants sweat and maybe even bleed by doing things the owners were capable of doing but were just to lazy to. Deceiving because they say they will give you land and freedom which is true‚ but in the end they
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Economic‚ geographic‚ and social factors all contributed to the rise of importance for slaves in the southern colonies as their position in American society changed from 1607 and 1775. Slaves not only influenced Jamestown in 1607‚ but they influenced America‚ all the way into the American Revolution in 1775. Slavery ultimately flourished and aided economic triumph in the southern colonies. Slavery was not only a cheap source of labor in the Americas‚ but it was effective too‚ as slaves greatly boosted
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When mentioning southern expansion in the years prior to the American Civil War‚ what places come to mind? While most people think of the west as the closest and quickest place the southern states could have expanded the institution of slavery‚ one does not typically consider Cuba as a likely location. The island of Cuba served as a valid choice for many southern expansionists in the name of slavery‚ not only because its land was well suited and had been exposed to slavery‚ but also it was believed
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