Castle Middle School February 24‚ 2014 Michelle Williams 702 The Thirteen Colonies men and women were fighting in the American Revolution war in 1776. During the war women served in a participated in the war. Some even fought on the battlefield. Not just whites fought as well. Enslaved blacks weren’t ones who fought but free blacks along with them. Even some Europeans weren’t all on the British side. Europeans helped us fight this war. Without the French we couldn’t have won this war. During
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the American Revolution began between Britain and the thirteen colonies. The colonies felt they should be treated a certain way and Britain felt differently on the issue. Americans sought the same rights as Englishmen but Britain wanted to use the colonies in a way that best suited them. Starting in 1754 and ending in 1763 the French and Indian War left the British in enormous debt‚ which in turn started demands of more revenue from the colonies. In 1764 the Currency Act was initiated by Parliament
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Instructions: The thirteen English colonies can be divided into four geographic regions or "Sections": the Southern colonies‚ Chesapeake‚ New England and the Mid-Atlantic Colonies. Compare and contrast two of the four sections. Pick two regions and compare and contrast the development of each. Summarize the European history of each region and note the reasons for founding‚ religion‚ patterns of settlement and any unusual or unique characteristics. What characteristics did the regions have in
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known today? One of the main concerns Shurr cites of how the autobiography hides a truth meaning that illustrates why part 2‚ 3‚ and 4 was written thirteen years later. Part 1 was written before American Revolution‚ when Franklin took side by faith of uncertainty for his future with thirteen colonies. Shurr mentions‚ “Part 2 was written thirteen momentous and revolutionary years later when the war was finished and Franklin’s party was the clear winner” (Shurr 437). Clear intentions of Franklin
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“mutually pledge to each other‚ our fortunes‚ our lives and our sacred honor.” The document made it clear that the thirteen American colonies that were at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states‚ and no longer as part of the British Empire. The men knew that by signing this they were committing treason but they did it anyways in the hope to give the American colonies freedom. The four main parts of the Declaration of Independence are the Preamble‚ the Declaration of Natural
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countries were soon to battle for claim of the new land. Only one country could triumph. Despite success‚ even the strongest can become the weakest. This was the search of riches and beneficial goods. These three countries all wanted to develop colonies which they could take the natural resources from and bring them back to their home country. The more wealth and resources your country had‚ the less your competitors and enemies would have (theoretically making the country stronger). The scientific
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John White was an artist and a cartographer who traveled from England to the outer banks of North Carolina in 1585. John White was at the Roanoke Island for about thirteen months before returning home to England for more supplies. He made a series of paintings of indigenous people‚ plants and animals almost over seventy paintings. The purpose of his paintings he thought was to give the people back home an idea of what the new world was like. Despite the significance the watercolor paintings were
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British North America‚ three colonial regions appeared in the different geographical areas; New England‚ the Middle colonies‚ and the Southern colonies. Although these colonies were founded by the English‚ different agricultural and industrial oppurtunities and immigrancy led to a distinctive economy‚ religion‚ and social order between the sectional differences of the American colonies before 1750. Each region had its own type of houses‚ crops‚ churches‚ and values but the things keeping them together
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people." Between 1642 and 1648 England gives the colonies a period of Salutary Neglect in which they are fighting a civil war. During this time‚ the colonies develop an even stronger sense of unity and rebellion against authority. The colonists’ location and demography‚ autonomous institutions‚ and unifying measures against British law helped them to already be an independent nation before the Revolution had begun. The demography of the colonies was significant. There was a large non-English
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The American Revolution The American Revolution was a political turmoil that occurred in the United States between 1765 and 1783 through which rebels in Thirteen American Colonies defeated Britain’s authority and led to the formation of the United States of America. The rebels achieved this goal through their rejection of monarchy and aristocracy that was characterized by initiatives that were geared towards a revolution. This important event in the history of the United States was also brought
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