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    Budget and Trend Analysis for Chesapeake VA Police Department PAD 505 13 May 2013 Budget and Trend Analysis for the Chesapeake Virginia Police Department Payroll Forecast | 2% Pay Increase | 4% Pay Increase | 5% Pay Increase | | Salaries and Wages | | | | | 26338733 | 26865507.66 | 27392282.32 | 27655669.65 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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    The Puritans of the New England colonies influenced the development of political‚ economical‚ and social areas throughout the 1630’s-1670 with their ideas and values. They had emigrated from Britain in order to express their beliefs and practices freely. Religion was the foundation of the political‚ economical‚ and social developments of the Puritans. From government to living conditions to religious acts‚ the Puritans were trying to purify the Church of England in their own ways. Some things worked

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    At the end of the French and Indian War‚ the hostilities between Great Britain and the colonies progressed intensely. Britain started taxing the colonies while restricting their economy. Many violent arguments between the colonists and Britain also broke out‚ and fierce battles were fought due to the disagreements. Since Britain was in debt after the French and Indian War‚ they needed money‚ and an easy way to get the money was by taxing the colonists. The first tax was the Sugar Act that was

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    government‚ if those not so pure colonists living in New England were not part of the church‚ they in turn were not a part of the government. These new immigrants now faced a decision. Stay and adapt to the ways of the strict puritans in some of the colonies of New England‚ or move to a place more tolerant of religious freedom. It is extremely ironic that the same people who moved thousands of miles away to find a place more accepting to their religion did not feel empathy towards the newcomers that

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    Mercantilism is an economic theory where a nation’s strength comes from building up gold supplies and expanding its trade. Britain formed the American colonies so that they could increase their gold stores. They wanted raw supplies to make into products to sell and make money. They wanted America to pay taxes so that Britain could make money. America used the theory in that they thought they ought to‚ in order to be strong expand their trade beyond Britain. Countries like Belgium‚ and France wanted

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    two major rivers and had soil rich in phosphorus and potash. They settled there for trade‚ investment of resources‚ and relief from population growth and drought. But during the 700 b.c Greeks established colonies in southern Italy‚ Egypt‚ Sicily‚ and even the Middle East. With having colonies in the Middle East and Egypt‚ it made trade routes to major civilizations a lot easier and quicker.

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    In this way‚ Spain viewed Spanish America as an object useful only for its mercantilist objectives. Since mercantilism was its only objective‚ Spain gave its colonies little self-rule. Instead‚ Spanish rulers dictated all the policies of its New World territories. The Spanish settlements in the American Southwest and the English colonies in New England of the seventeenth century can be contrasted in primarily two ways. First‚ their politics were based on entirely different ruling classes and systems

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    "Quaker Women in the American Colonies" During the colonial period‚ women were considered inferior to men and “nothing more than servants for their husbands.” During the eighteenth century‚ unmarried Quaker women were the first to vote‚ stand up in court‚ and evangelize; although Quaker women enjoyed rights that women today take for granted‚ they were most known for their religious radicalism. According to Rufus Jones‚ a professor at Harvard‚ the Quakers “felt‚ as their own testimony plainly

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    England‚ the Enlightenment played a huge role in the development of other societies‚ especially the colonies of North America. Some of the most important values of the Enlightenment included the emphasis on the physical world instead of the supernatural‚ the pursuit of knowledge‚ and the protection of basic human rights. Perhaps the biggest effect that the Enlightenment had on the American colonies was that it truly stoked the fire that would

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    People were learning self­reliance and self­government. The attempts to strengthen the Church of England in America and to transform the colonies into royal provinces only fanned the spirit of independence which they came to America for. But the Americans did owe much of their prosperity to the help of the British government. It was the protection of the British navy that made sure Spain‚

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