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    Journal Entry During the early years of the 1600’s many Europeans and Africans moved over from England and became indentured servants. Indentured servants were employed by wealthy people and were used mainly for cheap labor. Some types of labor consisted of working in the fields and helping farmers. Around the 1680’s is when the employment of indentured servants slowly dropped. The reason for the drop was due to the rise of slavery. This was masterminded by European and euro-American colonist

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    Chesapeake vs. Mass Bay

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    Brianna Boyle Chesapeake vs. Massachusetts Bay Colony Massachusetts Bay (New England) and Chesapeake colonies were both the foundation for the economic and social influences in America. However‚ their differences are far more numerous then the commonalities. Where the Massachusetts Bay Colony was formed primarily for religious purposes‚ the Chesapeake Colony was formed for profit. This one difference had an extensive effect when related to the life of each colony in the new world. The Massachusetts

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    New England and Chesapeake Colonies – DBQ By the 1700s‚ Colonial America was a diverse society; the northern colonies of New England and the southern colonies of the Chesapeake region‚ although mainly made up of British settlers‚ were already becoming distinct areas unlike any seen before this time. However‚ they shared little in common‚ as both regions were drastically different from one another. The differences started with the initial reasons for the founding of each colony and the colony’s

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    Christianity In The 1600's

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    As early as the 1600’s‚ people would be burned and drowned for heresy for committed acts like healing with herbs or potions. If you were identified as a heretic by others‚ you would burn at the steak because people thought that you “worshiped the devil”. Also‚ Pagans were massacred because they practiced polytheism even though it is considered part of Christianity today. Based on the information below‚ we should absolutely be able to choose our religion and whether we even want to practice one. The

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    English settlers came to develop colonies such as New England and The Chesapeake. Although the settlers in New England and the Chesapeake came from the same place‚ they started to separate into two distinct societies based on the reasons founded‚ political views and religious standpoints. Body 1: Reasons Founded The different reasons people settled in New England and the Chesapeake area caused the colonies to evolve into two separate societies. * Chesapeake: For money. Settlers came to

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    The Colony of Maryland

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    The colony of Maryland is a very unique colony in many different ways. The colony was formed in 1634 by two hundred emigrants‚ mostly Roman Catholics. With the founding of Maryland came the first permanent proprietary government of America‚ that is‚ a government by a lord proprietor‚ who‚ holding his authority by virtue of a royal charter‚ nevertheless exercised that authority almost as an independent sovereign. Maryland is surrounded by the three colonies Virginia‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Delaware and

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    While each person chosen to live on the colony has to be smart‚ loyal‚ brave‚ compassionate‚ etcetera‚ I believe that each person also has to have unique skill sets that set them apart from the others. For example‚ while they each have the qualities listed above‚ perhaps once could be a leader‚ the other a scientist‚ another an artist‚ and so on. This way‚ the colony has a variety of characters that will lend their talents to the growth of the strongest colony possible. The first of the four people

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    Ne vs Chesapeake Dbq

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    were important to the jumpstart of America. These areas were Chesapeake Bay and New England. These two regions began with the same English origin‚ but by the 1700’s they were divided into two completely different societies; New England‚ being the more successful Colony. The split in the new world was because of the social‚ economic and religious differences between New England and Chesapeake Bay. In 1607 the first colony of the Chesapeake region was colonized. Under the rule of King James I‚ the English

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    By 1700‚ the New England and Chesapeake region evolved into two distinct colonies although both were settled by people of the English origin. One of the major distinctions between the two colonies is the populations of the two regions were settled by different people. New England and Chesapeake also had different reasons for settlement in these areas. Another cause for the development in the two societies was the difference of the way of life. New England and Chesapeake formed into two distinct societies

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    Chesapeake Salinity Lab

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    The purpose of this lab is to analyze the conductivity and salinity of water simple from the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Oysters can live with a salinity level range from 10ptt-to 27ppt‚ but there is a parasite called protozoan that causes a disease known as MSX in oysters‚ that arise when salinity level of the water reach 15ppt. Therefore‚ aquaculture facility usually plants oysters in areas where salinity level are between 10ppt-to12ppt to avoid any risk of the protozoan. Oysters deliver nutrients

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