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    Anyone who breathes has experienced moments that leave an undeniable stain on their being. Whether good or bad‚ such moments can stick to people like gum underneath a shoe. In Moments of Being‚ Woolf experiences one such moment. Having the time of her life on a fishing trip with her father and brother‚ the fun leads to tragedy as her father reveals he no longer wishes to indulge in fishing. Woolf too loses her passion for fishing. Woolf uses description‚ tone‚ and metaphoric language to show

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    How the 13 Colonies Were Named The first thirteen colonies were either named after people‚ Indian names or‚ places in England. The original states/colonies are‚ Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ New York‚ Georgia‚ North Carolina‚ Maryland‚ South Carolina‚ Delaware‚ Pennsylvania‚ Virginia‚ New Hampshire and New Jersey. The three states that are named specifically after Indian names are Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island and Connecticut. The Puritans named Massachusetts‚ after a local Indian

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    Vu Tran HIST 312 Continuities and changes in American Colonies c.1600-1750 When America was discovered people migrated to that country to lead a better and peaceful life. They settled there to practice their religion freely‚ to become land owners and to establish their trading business. In 1600s many Europeans immigrated to America a newly discovered country. Many immigrants came from England to the American colonies. The reason was that Europeans thought it as their dreamland where they could have

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    were the colonies established? Colonies were established cause of various reasons.The most important reasons of colonization were religion‚ economics‚ and government. The 13 colonies were based on land grant lines given to various nobles and wealthy people or groups by the English royalty.The original thirteen colonies were Connecticut‚ Delaware‚ Georgia‚ Maryland‚ Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ New Jersey‚ New York‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ Pennsylvania‚ Rhode Island and Virginia. The

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    greatly differed between Massachusetts and Virginia between 1607 and 1750. The differences in the percentage of classes were unbelievably large and their entire economic structure differed from each other. Virginia had more risky culture and economics where-as Massachusetts had a more stable economy. The economy of Virginia was based solely on the production of tobacco. The plantation owners had to buy slaves to work the fields so the slave trade industry in Virginia was also a huge factor. The plantation

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    In short‚ the American colonies sole purpose was to supply England with the resources they were able to obtain from the North America. The colonies were viewed as second citizens under the British rule‚ but the lifestyle and custom between the two were obvious different. As you stated in your discussion‚ while the colonists and those living in England shared history and a frame of reference regarding aristocratic versus monarchic rule‚ over the course of two centuries‚ their daily life experiences

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    the public’s money. In Bacon’s "Manifesto" he stated that he public’s finances had been "contrived away by unworthy favorites and juggling parasites" (Doc. H); Bacon uses this to justify his rebellion against Virginia Governor Berkeley in 1676. Even on John Smith’s ship set for Virginia‚ there were sailors who’s main reason was to seek gold. Among them "there was no talk…but [to] dig gold‚ wash gold‚ refine gold‚ [and] load gold" (Doc. F). This shows the avariciousness of some New Englanders.

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    Early British North American colonies Jamestown‚ Virginia was founded in 1609 by the Plymouth group. Their goals were to create a town that had livestock‚ crops‚ homes & land for the settlers. At first there was death from the diseases‚ then when their immune systems built up there become order‚ governed by Sir Thomas Gates and Sir Thomas Dale. They organized workers‚ disciplined and sentenced offenders‚ and gave incentives to workers like ownership of land in trade for work for the company

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    and writer. Raleigh’s most famous thing that he has done is the establishment of a colony called “Roanoke Island”. The colony is also known as the “Lost Colony”. Raleigh was one of the main people who was involved in the exploration of North America‚ He also established the colonyVirginia” he named this colony after the Virgin Queen Elizabeth. Raleigh and his crew faced many challenges‚ while exploring these colonies they were ran off the land by the indians settling in North America. The indians

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    5. James town was the first successful English colony and the people part of the colony had to follow certain rules to survive. The colony was first established by the Virginia Company London Group in May 6‚ 1607. The colony was located on the banks of the James River and when it began the people relied on the Indians to teach them how to plant and harvest crops. As the colony continued and slowly became independent from the Indians they built a three sided fort to protect themselves from the Indians

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