Massachusetts Bay Colony government was able to be‚ at least partially‚ simultaneously theocratic‚ democratic‚ oligarchic‚ and authoritarian. It was able to be partly theocratic because of the doctrine of the covenant‚ which stated that the whole purpose of government was to enforce God’s laws. God’s laws applied to everyone‚ even nonbelievers. Everyone also had to pay taxes for the government-supported church. This meant that religious leaders held enormous power in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They were
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possible to experience new cultures; for example‚ observing different religions and customs‚ even if it just means visiting an Egyptian temple. While traveling‚ you can learn new languages‚ which may increase your general knowledge. If you learn a few basic phrases‚ you are given the chance to interact with the native people. Also you are more likely to experience the friendliness of the locals because language barriers are broken. This may lead to prejudice ideas being destroyed. A new language gives a
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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 the economy of the south. Slave ships came with new slaves often to American
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The growth of slavery became intertwined in the life of the southern colonies in the 17th century and early and mid 18th century. Slavery slowly evolved from numerous factors. Such factors that lead to the mixing of slavery and the southern colonies’ life were social classes‚ geographical location and economic problems. The paramount example is Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ the first successful English colony. During the development of Jamestown‚ there was the unintentional creation of social classes. The
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Composition 09 December 2012 Adapting to a New Culture As an immigrant we are faced with the fear of forgetting our culture‚ it’s values‚ and the root or our origins. We have to deal with the guilt of leaving our beloved land of birth behind and emerging in a new homestead with all of its uncertainties and cultural changes. Empathy invading us as we fail to comprehend if these adjustments in our life will transform our identities as we strive to adapt and conquer this new journey. Most likely there will be
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During the time when the colonies began to form there were many religious groups present‚ but perhaps one of the most prevalent of these groups were the Puritans. Puritanism had been around since the reign of Queen Elizabeth‚ but in the colonies they had the chance to get away from the different restrictions they had faced prior to this time. What made Puritans unique even in the colonies was the fact that they believed everyone had to make his or her own profession of faith‚ and they held that any
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British any longer. The colonists felt that they themselves‚ were not Englishmen but members of their own society within the American colonies. By winning the French and Indian war the British were entitled to the land east of the Mississippi River to the Appalachian Mountains. As the Americans began to move westward thinking that if they fought the war in the colonies‚ they were entitled to that land. While the American soldiers and their families were moving upon the lands they had won‚ the Indians
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13 Colonies Research Essay The 13 colonies were founded by England during the 1600’s -1700’s. The 13 colonies lived different lives from one another. The people in the 13 colonies had their own religious and moral beliefs. The colonists all came to the 13 colonies for there own reasons. Even though the 13 original American colonies were all formed by England‚ differences existed in the reasons they were formed‚ the bases of their economies‚ the types of people who settled‚ and the role played by
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The Buzz on Colony Collapse Disorder Denise Collins According to the National Geographic News website‚ the domestic honey bee population has decreased 50% in as many years (Roach‚ 2004). Many reasons are blamed for the decrease in honey bee numbers including diseases and pesticides. Scientists have given the decline in honey bee population phenomenon a name‚ Colony Collapse Disorder. While some experts maintain that Colony Collapse Disorder is a nuisance and not a catastrophe‚ it is a serious
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Georgia became a colony in a very different manner than its predecessors. It is shown that Georgia had many influences from not only the British West Indies‚ but also from its neighboring colonies of the Carolina’s‚ but Pressly wants to convey that Georgia had many other influences and became a prosperous new colony on its own. This does make him somewhat bias against other ideas of how Georgia came to be. However‚ Georgia was influenced by many and became a very unique and different colony than those
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