Life was very hard in colonial America in the 17th & 18th centuries. There were 13 colonies all with different purposes. Many colonists came to America to flee religious persecution in England or to find work in the colonies. By 1750 more than one million people were living in the thirteen colonies. It seems that the colonies were finally progressing from disease and feudal warfare with the Native Americans. The colonies also were beginning to show diverse groups of people. Many came to America due to
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Unfortunately religion can have both positive and negative effects on society and the way people think‚ react‚ and support many acts. Many people stand by their religion and what they believe in‚ to the point of not trying to be open minded and understanding to the fact of others having different beliefs‚ and should be allowed to live as such. An example would be how the ban on gay marriages has caused turmoil and controversy across the United States. Until recently gay marriages were banned and
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How did the number and condition of women affect family life and society In New England‚ among Southern whites‚ and among African Americans? The number and condition of women affected the values and lifestyle of the community the women were in. In New England‚ the women were plentiful‚ emphasizing a family life and a town-like‚ sharing community. The opposite is found in the south‚ where women were rare and people typically kept to themselves or their own families only and tended to their expansive
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Economics over Religion Throughout history there have been two leading factors that lead a colony to success. These two factors are religion and economics or money. Which factor is more important? In my opinion‚ economics is more important because the colonists had many issues getting necessities‚ and if they had enough money for all that‚ their problems would all basically be gone. Economic stability and the success of the mercantile system made the establishment of the colonies in North America
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dollar or Reales (a common name for the Spanish peso) and its sub-denominations were commonly used in commercial transactions along American seaboard and the most abundant form of money and was therefore adopted as the unit of account. The new nation needed a stable monetary unit and a banking system that was sound and could supply the needed credit Thomas Jefferson‚ Alexander Hamilton (the first secretary of the treasury)‚ & Robert Morris supported dollar as American Monetary Unit This
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How Religion Affects Its Followers By Jordan X. Davis Religions are found all over the world and most people have one. I will discuss three that are prominent in our world today – Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Judaism. The basic belief of Judaism gives its followers a roadmap to living on this earth to inherit the rewards in the hereafter. Christians believe if they follow the teachings of Jesus and be meek and humble or suffer for the sake of their religion‚ they will be reward by God in this
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How did a relatively small European nation like England rise to a position of world power? Obviously this question has many variables. Two major reasons that I feel attributed early on for the English success in becoming a world Empire. First the English persistence “at any cost” attitude when it came to the new world. The English literally sent ship after ship to the colonies even when survival rates were unimaginably low. This disregard for the individual and drive of high class greed is really
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The Spanish settlements in the American Southwest 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 of government. Second‚ they employed different avenues of economic development. The Spanish settlements began with Cortes and others conquering the Native Americans of South‚ Central‚ and parts of Southwestern North America. After eradicating a large portion of the Native American population
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The people of both the New England and Chesapeake region came from the same English origin‚ however‚ by 1700; their social‚ economical‚ and political differences led them in two different directions. They adapted to their region‚ and evolved in a way where they can benefit from their geography and region. They constructed their society based on circumstances and conditions that needed to be met in order to prosper and survive. The Chesapeake settlers had a difficult time surviving in America’s
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The New England and Chesapeake regions were two of the major areas for colonization in the 17th century. From the early 1600’s into the early 1700’s‚ many English immigrants left their homeland to explore an uncharted territory. The two geographic regions‚ one nestled in the warm muggy weather of the South and the other in the harsh climate of the North‚ lead to various different experiences and obstacles for the settlers to face‚ and to different lifestyles in the colonies. Through economy‚ religious
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