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    The Thirteen Colonies

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    tolerance they themselves obtained from different beliefs. Due to this lack of tolerance people began forming new colonies. England had three colonial groups identified as the New England‚ Middle and Southern colonies. Three admirable colonies that may be pointed out from each group are Massachusetts from the New England colonies‚ Pennsylvania from the Middle and Maryland the Southern colonies. Massachusetts has played a significant role in American history‚ most importantly in the lives of Puritans

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    the American colonies. Many issues arose from both taxing the colonist and how the colonies were represented in the Parliament. This in turn caused difference of opinion between both the British government and the American colonies. On one hand‚ the Parliament wanted ultimate control over issues and decisions made. While on the other hand‚ the Colonist wanted someone speaking up for them on these issues because to them this was inadequately justifiable. Taxation without representation is what the

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    Slavery in the Colonies

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    Slavery in the British North American colonies differed depending what colony they are in. In places where slaves were the majority‚ they were treated differently as opposed to places with few slaves. In South Carolina‚ there were more African slaves than there were European settlers. In New England and the Middle Colonies‚ there were fewer slaves and fewer plantations for the slaves to work on. Virginia and Maryland had lots of slaves‚ in addition to lots of tobacco plantations to work on; but

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    Ethics virtual

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    HU4640 ETHICS WEEK 1 DATE: 12/31/2013 TOPIC: Define and compare the concepts of morality‚ law‚ and religion by explaining the source of each and whether one or all rely upon each other. Definitions: Morality: Refers to a code of conduct that applies to all who can understand it and are able to govern their behavior by it. LAW: Body of rules of conduct bind by legal force and effect‚ prescribe‚ recognized and enforced by controlled authority. Religion: Is an organized collection of beliefs

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    Colony Description

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    Our Colony is located in the Southern part of the Colonies. Our location is near South Carolina because of the land is extremely fertile and the weather conditions that are not too detrimental to our way of life. The weather in our region is the warmest of all the regions. The Winters are very mild and are not hard to survive. The Summer is hot and humid. The Spring and Fall are crisp and mild with average temperatures. We need fish‚ forest (timber)‚ and fertile agricultural land.We get food by

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    Southern Colonies

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    east coast of North America. These colonists settled on Roanoke Island and names Virginia. In 1586 the colonists had to return to England due to hardships. John White returned to Roanoke in 1587 to establish a second colony there. John Smith founder of Jamestown In 1607 the colony of Virginia was founded by John Smith and other colonists including John Rolfe backed by the London Company at Jamestown. Virginia became Great Britain’s first settlement in North America. From 1607 to 1624 Virginia

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    New Colony

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    property after his father‚ Admiral Sir Penn. In the making of this new colony‚ there were many steps they had to achieve before they were successful. How did this new colony start out? But‚ how did this colony use other ideas to help start out? What were the advancements that they were able to make that contributed to the industrialization we have today? Then‚ who were the people that lead in Pennsylvania’s rise as a colony? They used a very specific government that helped make Pennsylvania into

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    Representation on Poor

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    to be the lower or “working” class‚ more commonly known as the poor. The different medias that society are exposed to usually show poor people as being lazy‚ dirty‚ and often uneducated. According to Bell Hooks essay‚ Outlaw culture: Resisting Representation‚ “value was connected to integrity‚ to being honest and hardworking.” (pg 433) Although she points out that the media portrays the poor as lazy‚ and non hardworking‚ she fails to speak on the fact that the most hardworking people are actually

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    PENGUIN BOOKS AMERICAN COLONIES Alan Taylor’s previous books include William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic‚ which won the 1996 Bancroft and Pulitzer prizes for history. He is a professor of history at the University of California at Davis. American Colonies is the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States‚ edited by Eric Foner‚ award-winning author o f Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution and the DeWitt Clinton

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    Using material from item A and elsewhere‚ assess sociological explanations of the ways in which the mass media represent any two of the following: gender; sexuality; disability. (33 Marks) In recent years gender equality has been looked upon heavily by the government and other institutions‚ they wanted to create greater equality between men and women thus the Equal Pay Act and the Equal Opportunities Act were put in place; this leads sociologists to look at how gender is represented in the media

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