How the 13 Colonies Were Named The first thirteen colonies were either named after people‚ Indian names or‚ places in England. The original states/colonies are‚ Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ New York‚ Georgia‚ North Carolina‚ Maryland‚ South Carolina‚ Delaware‚ Pennsylvania‚ Virginia‚ New Hampshire and New Jersey. The three states that are named specifically after Indian names are Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island and Connecticut. The Puritans named Massachusetts‚ after a local Indian
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were the similarities and differences among the Colonies in North America? The New England‚ southern‚ and middle colonies were all extremely different. For example‚ slavery was extremely more prominent in some places than others. Some colonies’ religion was more diverse‚ nevertheless everyone’s life was centered around religion. How would you feel if your life was practically controlled by your religion? Some of the reasons settlers established colonies in North America were because people wanted a
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The Birth of a New Nation It took 158 years for the American colonies to become a new nation. When the first royal colony‚ Virginia‚ was established in 1624 the American colonists considered themselves a part of England. Over time‚ the American colonists grew separate and wanted more independence. In 1783 the British recognized the American colonies as a nation at the Treaty of Paris. Before the Treaty of Paris the colonists had to win their independence and fight the British in the Revolutionary
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began? The Revolutionary war was the result of many conflicts between the 13 North American Colonies‚ and Great Britain‚ and ended in the colonies’ independence. In this research paper‚ you will learn about where the war began‚ about the taxing of the colonies‚ the Boston Tea Party‚ and the battle of Lexington and Concord. The 13 Colonies The 13 North American colonies‚ more commonly known as the 13 colonies‚ were 13 settlements made by Great Britain‚ in what was known as “The land of opportunity”
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in the Southwest. Because they lived in two separate areas‚ all aspects of life in their colonies were different. The two most obvious differences between the Spanish and English were in the areas of religion and economic development. Even in their homelands‚ Spain and England have very different forms of religion. It is no surprise that their religious differences transferred to their North American colonies. In "New Spain‚" the first place established was St. Augustine. The point of the small outpost
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The original 13 colonies was democratic‚ because of their ability to vote‚ religious freedom‚ and their representative government. Document 2 was created because the colonies believed voters had the right to have a say in the government. Voting qualifications were that you had to be a white‚ Christian male‚ and own a specific amount of land. Voting was democratic in that the colonists had a say in government. Blacks and women not having the right to vote was undemocratic. The colonies believed the
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to the development‚ entrenchment and use of the thirteen colonies. To preface‚ the development of slavery was influenced by a number of factors. Such as the arrival of the first enslaved Africans‚ the growth in crop production‚ as well as the triangular trade system. Preluding to the entrenchment of the replacement of indentured servants‚ legal institution of slavery‚ servitude‚ codified hereditary enslavement‚ and the first and last colonies to legalize slavery. Preceding the use of enslavement as
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What Happened to the Lost Colony? There are many theories on what happened to Roanoke the Lost Colony. That they went underground‚ settled at a different place‚ tried to go back home but there’s only one that could’ve happened to them. When John Smith left to go back to England and returned three years later with no people to come back to except for “CROATOAN” carved into a tree. I believe that the English used the buildings to make boats‚ that there was no war with the Native Americans‚ and that
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time the first slaves arrived in the 1600’s‚ small plantations and farms had sprung up across the thirteen colonies and beyond‚ especially in the southern colonies. The cheapest and easiest option turned out to be slavery‚ but what exactly nudged slavery to its height in the 1700’s? In spite of all the other factors that influenced slavery‚ the social‚ environmental‚ and economical circumstances encouraged slavery the most and brought it to where it was in the 1700’s. In the beginning‚ the majority
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Restoration on the English Colonies From the turmoils of establishing a stable political and religious identity in all of Europe‚ and England in particular‚ gave rise to the English Reformation and subsequently the Restoration era in the 16th and 17th centuries. While the onset of both the English Reformation and the Restoration era had a prominent impact on the colonies in the New World in regards to religious freedom‚ they differed in that the Restoration Colonies were embarked upon and driven
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