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    significant factors that drove colonials to oppose British rule and rebelled against the British rule because the colonials didn’t support or like the idea of British imposing a huge amount of taxation on everything It all started‚ after the French and Indian War or the seven War that take place between 1756-1763. They were in a lot of debts‚ they taxed the colonies and because the government needed money to cover the costs of the French and Indian War. First‚ British increased their regulation of

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    religion‚ and science in the colonial America all started with colonial demographics such as cheap land‚ gender equality‚ early marriage‚ high birth rate‚ and rapid population growth. During those times the women were viewed inferior to men‚ and remained behind the scenes as it was a part of the English tradition but over time changes were made to those thoughts (p 110‚111). When it came to economy‚ trade was flourishing among England and another thriving colonial trading company. They

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    This essay written by Jon Butler explains the evolution of slavery‚ including the Africans’ experiences in America‚ and the developing of a sense of community among these people. The author mentions that in 1680 slavery was not very common in English colonies‚ later around 1700 this would change. One of the possible causes of it was the decrease of indentured servants in the colonies of Chesapeake and the Carolinas‚ in which the labor force was in high demand at that time. Captive Africans became

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    political‚ social‚ and economic aspects of Britain and Spain’s colonial enterprise” The colonial enterprises of Spain and Britain differ. Spain and Britain’s economic aspects differ greatly. Their social aspects differ as well. Even their political aspects differ greatly. The social‚ political‚ and economic aspects of Britain and Spain’s colonial enterprises differ immensely. Spain and Britain’s economic aspects differ. When people from Britain first settled in the Americas they were part of a privately

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    How and why did America become a slaveholding nation? Although it was not a planned system‚ it was‚ unfortunately what we ended up with. Colonial America became a slaveholding society by gradual changes in the laws to gain a stable supply of labor. When the word slavery is brought up‚ most people today would think of African Americans working and struggling under the control of a white man. However‚ this was not always entirely true. Slave labor was an American institution. It wasn’t only

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    Colonial Education • Schoolroom was located at the edge of town and teacher would live in it • Every child from the town would go to the same school. • Classroom was heated with a fireplace • Students used a quill pen and ink. • Students normally had slate boards which were little boards that the students could hold and wipe off • Students also had hornbooks which were wooden paddles with a paper with numbers‚ the alphabet‚ a sentence‚ or a Bible verse or prayer attached

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    the typical army and navy. The military’s main goal was to gain control‚ because rebellions and revolts were very common in both of these regions during the mid-1600s. From the mid-1600s to the late 1600’s the viceroys of these regions had to expand the colonial navy‚ in order to protect their Pacific coast. The expansion of the navy created a stronger defense force against the invading English and Dutch pirate attacks‚ as well as from the French contraband. Fernando Torres‚ Borja y Aragon and

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    Question: Why did so many people move to colonial America? In the 1600s‚ immigration began. Throughout the 1600 and 1700s‚ the population in colonial America increased rapidly. This was caused by a variety of reasons: enslavement‚ economy‚ exportation‚ religious purification‚ and freedom from the English government. One of the main reasons Africans immigrated to America was because they were either coerced or forced to come to the colonies from Africa as slaves. In Olaudah Equiano’s The Interesting

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    created by the Tydings-McDuffie Act‚ which was approved by the U.S. Congress in 1934. When Manuel L. Quezon became president in 1935‚ he was the first Filipino to head an elected government in the Philippines. The President of Philippine Commonwealth had strong control of the islands and was guided by a Supreme Court. The National Assembly or law-making part of the government‚ members mostly come from the Nacionalista Party‚ was at first only one‚ but later became two‚ a lower part and a higher part

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    Colonial America DBQ An interesting characteristic of the colonies that the English founded during the 17th and 18th centuries on the eastern coast of modern day America is that while all were indeed settled by people from England they each developed their own very distinct cultures and ways of life. While the varying environments from each colony to the next certainly isn’t a negligible factor in the diversification of the colonists’ cultures in the New World‚ there are more striking

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