Although there were many reasons that American Colonies began to resent Britain‚ the new ideas presented by the Enlightenment and the Acts that the British government continued to implement played their own parts individually and combined. When British Philosopher‚ John Locke‚ stated that all men have the right to “life‚ liberty and property”‚ he proposed that there was such a thing as an illegitimate government. Because an illegitimate government claims entitlement to take‚ not provide protection
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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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DBQ During the early 1700’s‚ both New England and Chesapeake regions were settled largely by the people of the English origin. The settlers of the two colonies were foreigners to the land who established two exceptional‚ but contrary societies due to the diversity of English citizens. Although both colonies were from the same English background they developed different distinctions from their political standards
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Spanish establish colonies on the borderlands? While France and England were building colonies in North America‚ Spain’s colonies in the Americas were already hundreds of years old. The Spanish established colonies on the borderlands by building missions‚ presidios‚ and pueblos. Early in the 1500s‚ Spanish explorers reached Florida‚ but at first they did not build permanent settlements. Fearing that France might take over the area‚ Spain built a fort called St. Augustine in northern Florida. St. Augustine
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Reasoning Behind Settling in the American Colonies During the time period after the founding of the new world‚ many people is distant lands were looking for a way out. The American colonies seemed to be a fresh start for most people living in different regions. The biggest reason why most decided to settle in the American colonies was due to better economic opportunity that were available there. Many factors encouraged the English to establish colonies in North America. Three main reasons being
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So Jamestown and Plymouth are two colonies that were established by Europeans around the 1600‚ but when established‚ they both had different reasons for creating their colonies. When reading these two stories‚ you can already tell that these two colonies have a tremendous difference‚ but also you can identify the similarities of these two colonies. Jamestown a colony in Virginia‚ which was a humongous disaster in my opinion. Around 300 settlers migrated to Jamestown and arrived on May 14‚ 1607 and
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Colonizing Georgia In 1732‚ Georgia was chartered and became the thirteenth colony in North America. Following the colonization of Georgia‚ Savannah was constructed the following year. James Oglethorpe‚ a hardy solider‚ became the commander of the colony after being appointed by the King. Georgia was unique to the English colonies because of the area it resided in. Georgia was used as a military buffer that would provide protection to South Carolina from the Spanish. This was deemed necessary after
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colonists Significance: Colonies are obligated to help mother country because England brought them peace and defense. Legislature require colonies to support them but never intended to impose debt Colonists won’t lose money by helping repay debt because it supports Britain Colonies will later be given resources; credit goes to Britain for establishment Taxing colonies is not forbidden-regulation of trade Colonists have money to pay for taxes; colonies are flourishing but Britain is
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Europe there were many different religions some of them that they brought then went to found colonies ; Maryland was Catholic‚ Pennsylvania was founded by Quakers‚ The Calvinist Puritans established themselves in Massachusetts. Some of the colonies that were founded were more diverse like for example‚ Georgia which provided freedom of worship‚ except for Catholics. Catholics weren’t really welcome in the 13 colonies other than outside of Maryland.
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From 1754 to 1763‚ the French and Indian War took place. This war altered the political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies. It was the last of four North American wars waged from 1689 to 1763 between the British and the French. In these struggles‚ each country fought for control of the continent with the assistance of Native American and colonial allies. The French and Indian War occurred to end the land dispute between the British and French. Whoever
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