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    Societies of Chesapeake Bay and New England Colonies Many settlers who came to the New World from Britain in the early seventeenth century sought to establish a settlement for motives including economic and religious freedom in areas such as Chesapeake Bay colonies that comprised of Virginia and Maryland colonies and the New England colonies that consisted of Connecticut‚ Maine‚ and Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ and Rhode Island. Settlers who often came to these regions came with varying motivations

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    industry back in New England Pontiac Rebellion Before the Pontiac Rebellion‚ France And Great Britain were involved in different conflicts. One of the largest and well known was the Seven Years War in which England gained the victory. Indians fought on both sides for England and French‚ but mostly on the French side. However Indians main priority was always to gain independence. Iroquois Indians that used to have a significant level of autonomy now were threatened from British colonies. In 1763 Indians

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    WHAT EXTENT THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEPEND ON THE INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. A developing country‚ also called a less-developed country (LDC)‚ is a nation with a low living standard‚ undeveloped industrial base‚ and low Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. Meanwhile‚ an industrial country also known as developed country or "more developed country" (MDC)‚ is a sovereign state that has a highly developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure

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    To what extent and why did religious toleration increase in the American colonies during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? Answer with reference to three individuals‚ events‚ or movements in American religion during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. People went to America to search for religious freedom and to escape religious persecution. They came from all of the world and so with it came religious diversity. As a result‚ religious freedom began to replace religious persecution

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    “To what extent was the American Revolution a revolution?” Every 4th of July‚ Americans are told the story of the American Revolution. We remember the oppressed colonists fighting against the tyrannical King George III and the formidable red coats. Patriotic heroes are remembered‚ evil kings are cursed‚ and the liberties and freedoms won from the war are celebrated. Though America often likes to look back to the revolution‚ the question of just how much a revolution was the American Revolution

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    Europe there were many different religions some of them that they brought then went to found colonies ; Maryland was Catholic‚ Pennsylvania was founded by Quakers‚ The Calvinist Puritans established themselves in Massachusetts. Some of the colonies that were founded were more diverse like for example‚ Georgia which provided freedom of worship‚ except for Catholics. Catholics weren’t really welcome in the 13 colonies other than outside of Maryland.

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    Features of Mercantilism

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    place the mercantilists laid great empha¬sis on a favourable balance of trade. They held that the strength and richness of a country depends on two things-the possession of gold and silver mines and favourable balance of trade. As all the countries did not possess mines of gold and silver‚ they could built up rich stocks of these metals by exporting maximum of their manufactured articles and import¬ing minimum of commodities from other countries. Highlighting the im¬portance of foreign trade Thomas

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    and Mercantilism International political economy is an important subdiscipline of international relation. It has three main ideologies‚ Liberalism‚ Mercantilism and Marxism. In this essay there will be three parts‚ first part is to demonstrate what the Liberalism and Mercantilism are on the perspective of international political economy and then the second part is to compare and contrast these two ideologies of political economy. At last‚ give a conclusion to the Liberalism and Mercantilism.

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    powers‚ the newly established European settlements on American soil varied from region to region. Two such regions were The Chesapeake and The New England regions. Although both were settled vastly by the English people the societies they formed were different. These differences were due to a few factors. The factors include motivation for migration‚ geography‚ social‚ political and economical structures of the settlements. These factors are what contributed to the variations seen in the societies

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    The 1828 election was unlike any other before it; it introduced lots of things that evolved into what elections are like today‚ including economic and social changes‚ who can vote‚ how many people vote‚ how candidates portray themselves‚ and the different backgrounds of the candidates. In the 1800’s‚ not many people could vote compared to today. In the elections before the 1828 election‚ the only ones that could vote were white males who were at least 21 years old‚ educated‚ and owned property.

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