What were the similarities and differences in the founding of the northern and southern English colonies? The major similarity of the founding of each colony was the reasoning the people were coming over in the first place. They were all looking for better lives economically. The differences were the northern colonies were mainly looking for freedom politically and religiously. The southern colonies were just looking for an all-around better scale of life. The people from the southern colonies came
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Despite Brits armed services and naval victories‚ by 1760‚ the British were staggering unDelaware r a departure as the national debt. The war minister‚ William Pitt‚ was driven out of office in 1761 by the new king‚ George III‚ and peace negotiations began. The first minister of the French administration‚ the Duc de Choiseul‚ was determined to regain the valuable sugar Colony of Martinique and Guadeloupe‚ and to retain a Qaeda for the Grand Banks fisheries. He also wanted Cape Breton but had to settle
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The lasting negative impact of the Spanish Conquests in Central America The dictionary defines genocide as the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national‚ racial‚ political‚ or cultural group. Genocide is a strong word and a word not used lightly‚ it is a word that can only describe some events. It is also something that defines the Spanish Conquest exactly. These conquests started in 1492‚ when Christopher Columbus made landfall in Central America with the new discovery of transatlantic
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Religion had a bigger influence on English colonization in North America than economic and in that way America came closer to a nation. British colonies wanted the Indians to change into Protestant Christianity which was a worry for the Church. When the colonies became stronger‚ more people in Britain began to move to America. The survival factors of American was the Great Awakening Religion was really important to English colonies. That is why different groups‚ the Puritans and colonists in New
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country of Spain lies on the continent of Europe. It is located forty degrees north and four degrees west. The capital of Spain‚ Madrid‚ is located in the central region known as the Centro-Meseta. The country of Spain is made up of four regions: El norte‚ El este‚ El sur‚ and Centro-Meseta. Spain’s large area of 195‚988 square miles covers about five sixths of the Iberian Peninsula. It is one of the largest countries in Western Europe. At its widest point‚ Spain stretches 635 miles from east to west
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The French and Indian War Zina Kelati U.S History Mr. Merral 5 November 2012 The French and Indian war affected the relationship of the British and the American colonies in almost every way; politically and economically. The British attempted to direct the colonist by putting power into the colonies and forcing 10‚000 British soldiers into American colonies. How did the French and Indian war change the relationship between Britain and its colonies in America? The French were the
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The first stage of the French Revolution (1789-1792) * Previously talking about the estates general – 1789 Louis XVI trying to solve economic problems divided into clergy‚ nobility‚ commoners because the French society was legally divided in the same way (all had different obligations and different rights) * Middle class included: bankers‚ merchants‚ doctors‚ entrepreneurs‚ lawyers‚ shopkeepers‚ artisans…comfortable life * Working class: lower class‚ those working for a wage/salary
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Matt Mclellan February 4‚ 2002 6pm class Monday The Pen Is Mightier Than The King The 17th century saw a king’s head roll and an English Caesar sit the throne‚ in the midst of all of this a new class was rising. England in the 17th century was rife with change‚ there was much work to be done before the industrial revolution could fully grip the nation. For hundreds of years the monarch had dominated the political landscape‚ now that was changing radically. Although their remained a Monarch
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FRENCH REVOLUTION-HISTORIOGRAPHY It is this decisive role played by the Bourgeoisie that some of the early writers on the French Revolution declared it to be a “Bourgeoisie Revolution”. Prominent among them was George Lefebvre. He claimed that the origins of the French Revolution can be traced back to the rise of the bourgeoisie and 1789 was the year when this class took power in France. He argued that it was possible for the bourgeoisie to take power only because of the destruction of the ancien
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