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    Massachusetts Bay Colony was simultaneously theocratic‚ democratic‚ oligarchic‚ and authoritarian in different ways. The Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628 and wanted a well-established government‚ but they ended up mixing all of these together. This colony was important because it was one of the first provincial and true governments to be introduced into the colonies. It also provided an example to other colonies to base their governments on. The Massachusetts Bay Colony can be said

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    The New England colonies include New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. The Chesapeake colonies include Virginia and Maryland. These colonies were primarily settled by the english‚ but in about one hundred years later the New England‚ and Chesapeake colonies have became very different. These two sets of colonies have very different social‚ economic‚ and political structures. First of all they were very distinct economically. The Chesapeake colonies wealth mainly came

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    The 17th century was the colonial era when the British settled in North America. These colonies are categorized into three groups- New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern. Although economy and religion had importance‚ geography was the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies. Although the separatists came to North America for religious reasons‚ it was not the reason for New England’s development and prosperity. Geography is the primary factor because economic activities and

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    The Importance of Tobacco to the Early English Colonies There were very few things that kept the economy growing in the early English Colonies. One that seemed to stand out the most was a crop that was often called tobacco. Tobacco was introduced by the Spanish‚ who had learned how to smoke it from the Native Americans (The Growth of the Tobacco Trade). Tobacco soon became very popular‚ many believed that it would open up the pores in their skin and preserve their bodies. Tobacco was also introduced

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    Literature Between Wars Critical Commentary of Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs Dalloway’ The very first sentence in this extract gives an insight into how Woolf has set to present her main character‚ Clarissa as someone who is lighthearted and somewhat pretentious‚ as she concerns herself with such a trivial matter as buying flowers for her upcoming party. Claiming that she will buy the flowers herself and alleviate the burden of her servant Lucy who has enough to do‚ it is also ironic

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    The Thirteen Colonies‚ that joined together to become the United States of America were part of the first British Empire. Each colony was founded by different people and for different reasons. The main reason was the opportunity to make money to bring together valuable natural resources and selling them to England in exchange for goods that were difficult to get in the New World. Other colonies were set up by the Protestants who wanted to avoid the religious they experienced in Britain‚ and also

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    experienced this. They had to think of ways to bring people into their new colony and ways to make their colony strive. Through sponsors giving out land and hard work‚ the people were able to make a go of New Netherlands. Eventually‚ King Charles II granted all of the land that included New Netherlands to his brother‚ the Duke of York. Duke of York eventually renamed New Netherlands‚ New York. If I would have to pick a colony to live in during the colonial period‚ it would definitely have been New

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    The thirteen colonies were ruled by what country? 2. Which of the following states were one if the original 13 colonies? Mississippi‚ Alaska‚ Kentucky‚ New Jersey‚ or Ohio? 3. If many people came to New England for freedom of religion‚ what can you infer about life in the 17th century Europe? 4. What was a major difference between Middle and New England colonies? 5. What did the settlers of the 13 colonies have in common? 6. If you wanted to go to a bustling plantation‚ which colony would you visit

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    The Colonies The early settlers to this great country fled from Europe to escape religious oppression. Most left their country because they were getting persecuted or even killed because of their religion. Although these people where many different denominations like‚ Catholic‚ Quakers‚ and Puritans‚ they all came to escape from religious persecution‚ each group varied on how their religion influenced their government. One of the first denominations to settle in the New World was the Puritans

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    Developments of New England colonies are rapid in the early 1600s. Colonies developments are influenced by the Puritans‚ who immigrate to America after protesting against the Church of England fearing religious persecution. The Puritans idea of representative democracy‚ strict values of frugality‚ and society based solely around the church shaped the development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s. The Puritans idea of a representative democracy greatly influenced the development

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