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    Tobacco was a main crop in colonial America that helped stabilize the economy (Cotton 1). Despite the fact that tobacco took the place of the other crops in Virginia‚ as well as replacing the hunt for gold with tobacco cultivation. It proved to be a major cash crop‚ especially in Virginia and Maryland (Weeks 3). Tobacco left many people financially troubled because other occupations were disregarded or not as profitable as tobacco farmers (Randel 128). The unemployment that tobacco brought about

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    Colonial America

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    The colonial period of America was a time of great change to the New World. People of the colonial period had very traditional thoughts and traditions. These different ideas influenced the unique society that America is today. The people of this time period had very different political‚ economic‚ and social values than we have today. Political life during colonial America was much different than it is now. They were broken up into three types of colonies‚ proprietary‚ royal charter‚ and self-governing

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    Colonial America

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    receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced‚ the new government he obeys‚ and the new rank he holds." Crèvecoeur presumed that America was a melting pot‚ that the environment created a homogeneous American culture‚ with similar values‚ beliefs‚ and social practices. Such cultural uniformity is inherently plausible. After all‚ most white colonial Americans worked the soil‚ enjoying the fruits of their labor‚ and practiced similar Protestant faiths. Moreover‚ they believed in private ownership

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    know.”(Truman) America derives from relationships‚ events‚ and ideas that shaped all that it is today. The topics that most shaped America include the environment‚ government‚ and employment. The environment is a crucial key to any society‚ especially America. When the first colonies were formed‚ each had a very distant environment because of their separation. Each environment influenced their economies and social structures. According to Olsen’s lecture on Life in Colonial Times‚ the southern

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    What characterized these early encounters between Europeans and Indigenous Americans? This essay answers this question‚ compares and contrasts the similarities and differences between these encounters in New Spain and British America‚ and provides commentary on how the colonial era continues to affect

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    Colonial America to 1750

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    COLONIAL PERIOD - 1750 Did mercantilism and economic exchange do more to bind or divide GB and Colonies? Mercantilism and economic exchange between Great Britain and the American colonies gradually created a wedge between them. This wedge was not built by just one act‚ but several over many years. These acts would confine and restrict the colonists in many ways and eventually these restrictions‚ paired with the Enlightenment would lead the colonists closer to emancipation from Britain.

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    Shaping Colonial America

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    Many different things affected the shaping of colonial America in the new world. Factors such as colonialism‚ geography‚ and religion affected the way North America was formed and dictated how other people look at colonial America. Colonialism affected America’s demographic and also the ease of forming colonies in the new world. Geography also played a roll in shaping the identity of America. Geography affected where people settled based on the layout of rivers‚ ocean‚ and waterways. People also

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    a means of competitive exchange. However‚ in Colonial America‚ there were several different types of money used in numerous ways. One means of currency was not dominant over any other until well after the American Revolutionary War. The question arises‚ how did colonists handle fiscal transactions without a bank system in place? They did so in 3 different forms: Native American wampum‚ trading goods‚ and early forms of paper money such as “tobacco notes”. A fully functioning society is dependent

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    DEMOCRACY IN COLONIAL AMERICA Colonial America was democratic. Documents‚ agreements and other representative actions are a proof of the establishment of a democracy in the colonies. England was not democratic‚ and the colonies purpose was to separate themselves as much as possible from the Crown and their undemocratic flu. They had freedom of press and religion and were getting accustomed to doing things their way. Documents such as the Maryland’s Act of Toleration‚ the Fundamental Orders

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    had no inclination to move thousands of miles to a new place‚ away from home‚ chasing some folly like wealth or adventure. Even though‚ the new colonies offered many things: affluence‚ freedom‚ land; there was a singular guarantee: STRUGGLE. Colonial America‚ for all of its beauty‚ was nothing but a mere graveyard for English settlers. Death was constant early on; whether you starved attempting in vain to farm the harsh Virginian land‚ or froze to the death in the middle of a blistering Massachusetts

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