In Alan Taylor’s book American Colonies‚ he describes how boundaries are important on various levels to explain the past. Taylor refutes the idea of teleology‚ which is the belief that certain events lead to a predetermined outcome‚ and uses contingency with no conclusion and unorganized past. In the introduction of the book we see the environmental‚ ethnohistory‚ and Atlantic perspective being used to interpret every angle of history. I have decided to use chapter 2 “colonizers” to describe how
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1700’s‚ Britain’s settlers divided into three distinct cultures within America. The New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern colonies were formed because of their differences in religious beliefs‚ geographic aspects‚ and occupation types. The variety of religious view in the New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern colonies helped evolve the differences between them. The New England colonies heavily practiced puritanism. Puritanism was a strict religion that’s main ideal was “everything you do affects all of
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The French Empire was a strong entity that lasted for well over a century. This empire began to disintegrate after World War II. Although the people of the colonies were hopeful that the war would lead to the end of imperialism‚ but the Fourth Republic‚ which came to power during the end of World War II‚ voted to continue the Empire. There were several reasons for this vote to continue the empire. The French wanted to dull the humiliation of the German occupation‚ use the colonial resources to help
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To what extent did the Spanish‚ French‚ and English interact with the Native Americans differently from 1492 to 1760? Native Americans came to a great deal of harm because of interactions with the French‚ Spanish and English. Columbus started a Spanish conquest that was able to last for decades before the next European country would get a foothold and begin their unique interactions with the natives including the British displacement and the French alliances. To varying degrees each European power
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The American Indian Movement existed for 500 years without a name‚ It was founded in Minneapolis‚ Minnesota and it has been 30 years since its formal history. It has been seen that it has caused many great many changes to their community and that’s why they say "formal history" because it has existed for 500 years. The american indian movements leaders are Dennis Banks‚ Clyde H‚ Eddie Benton Banai and George Mitchell. The movement has changed policy making organizations that have served and helped
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Why did the Americans win the War of Independence? Before the first shots were fired in the American War of Independence‚ very few people gave the Americans (also known as the ’colonists ’ or ’patriots ’) a chance. Britain had a population of 11 million compared to the patriots 2.5 million of whom 20% were slaves. Furthermore Britain had the most powerful navy in the world‚ an experienced and well-armed standing army of 48‚000 men and the support of tens of thousands of loyalists and Indian tribes
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the colonies to detach from their opinion of a convoluted Church of England. They set up towns and started new lives that were all based on their idea of a pure religion. The Puritan’s definition of a pure religion did not include many of the ideas of the Church of England. They built the colonies and made a system based upon the idea that God was the most important aspect of life. Puritan ideas and values influenced the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New England colonies from
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neglect is a time period when the American colonies where neglected by Britain. During this time they flourished and developed a British origin‚ yet with a distinctly American flavor. They were allowed to become commonwealths. Great Britain’s policy of salutary neglect influenced the colonies to great extent. It influenced the American colonies in religion‚ commerce‚ and legislative assemblies. Religion was greatly influenced by salutary neglect. When some of the colonies were founded‚ the offered religious
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The French and Indian War took place over 9 years. It was fought between the French and British with the help of Indians on both sides. The dispute was over the land in the Ohio Valley which was land crucial for fur trading with Indians. Both countries claimed the land‚ thus resulting in the French and Indian War which was a major turning point because it ended salutary neglect‚ therefore resulting in the Sugar Act and soon the Townshend Act which was crucial because this all then lead to the Revolution
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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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