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    though the Virginia and Massachusetts Bay colonies were the some of the oldest and most heavily populated of the English colonies‚ their differences in their economies‚ politics‚ religions and society set them apart. Some of the differences include the southern Virginia colony having a representative assembly‚ while Massachusetts Bay colony had a democratic assembly‚ and the main crop of Virginia being tobacco‚ while the Massachusetts economy revolved around lumbar‚ fishing and trade. Virginia and Massachusetts

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    Virginia and Massachusetts Bay Colonies Both Virginia and Massachusetts Bay colonies were started in the seventeenth century‚ but both for different reasons. Virginia was chartered to make a profit‚ whereas Massachusetts used their charter to flee religious persecution and live in freedom. Both colonies did however face similar struggles. They had to learn how best to survive the land they now lived on. This involved learning what would grow best and the best way to grow it. They also had to try

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    have two houses or one. There was so many choices and decision that know body knew what to do. The convention compared and contrasted the New Jersey Plan as well as the Virginia Plan and came up with the final solution‚ The Great Compromise On May 29‚ 1787‚ Virginia delegate Edmund Randolph proposed what became known as "The Virginia Plan." Written primarily by fellow Virginian James Madison‚ this plan traced the broad outlines of what would become the U.S. Constitution: a national government consisting

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    its viewpoints ere set. Don’t StealTwo colonies‚ Virginia and Massachusetts‚ were part of England’s expansion into the new world. Virginia‚ located in the Southern colonies‚ was founded mainly for an economic purpose‚ while Massachusetts was founded by colonists seeking religious freedom. These and many other reasons illustrate that it doesn’t matter who rules a colony- there can still be many differences between the two. The society in Virginia compared to Massachusetts are very different. Don’t

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    Virginia Colony versus Massachusetts Colony Throughout the 17th century‚ the New World was being developed and the colonies were being formed. Two of these newly founded colonies were Virginia and Massachusetts. Between the two colonies‚ there were many similarities as a result of similar backgrounds of those who founded and were running the colonies. Although there are many reasons as to why people‚ the majority being from Europe‚ fled to the colonies‚ there are also multiple different aspects of

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    ENGLISH LITERATURE ORAL SAC Cal Stanley Edward Albee first published his famous American play‚ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf‚ in 1962. The play took to the stage with critical praise and can be described as one of the greatest American plays ever written. Four years later‚ Director and Producer Mike Nichols adapted the play to the silver screen with one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed screenwriters Ernest Lehman‚ the film released much like the play before it‚ to a highly positive reception

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    colonies. They founded the Virginia Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Although the two first colonies of America were similar‚ they also had very distinct differences. Virginia was founded by merchants and adventurers looking to profit from the land. Massachusetts was founded by Puritans looking for freedom from the Church of England. These Puritans settled in the north‚ in New England‚ whereas the Virginia Company settled in the south. By the 1660s in Virginia‚ wealthy families owned fifty

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    violation of the state ’s anti-miscegenation statute. Mr. and Mrs. Loving were residents of the small town of Central point‚ Virginia. They were family friends who had dated each other since he was seventeen and she a teenager. When they learned that marriage was illegal for them in Virginia‚ they simply drove over the Washington‚ D.C. for the ceremony. They returned to Virginia and were arrested the following month for violating the anti-miscegenation statute‚ which was declared in the Racial Integrity

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    government increased during the early republic‚ this development often faced serious opposition. Compare the motives and effectiveness of those opposed to the growing power of the national government during TWO of the following: The Whiskey Rebellion‚ the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions‚ or the Hartford Convention. The Federalist dominated government displayed power like that of Great Britain. Once the people of the United States noticed this power through various sectionalized rebellions‚ letters in

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    Reflection #1 – Chesapeake The author states that the four events that shaped the development of the Virginia colony are the first shipment of tobacco in England‚ the establishment of a new governmental organization in 1619‚ the Indian uprising and massacre of 1622‚ and the census of 1624/25. I do agree with the author‚ these four events did in fact help shape the development of the Virginia colony. The distribution of tobacco was adopted by John Rolfe and his associates in 1612 from the Caribbean

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