Even though the colonists were breaking British law‚ the colonists had a right to rebel for they were unfairly taxed without representation and subjected to a king over 3000 miles away. Some people still on both the colonials and the British crown were attempting to avoid a full scale war even after they had begun fighting‚ like in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Most of the colonists did not want war because these were the people that they had been living with‚ and protected by the British for over 150
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New England vs. Chesapeake: The New England and Chesapeake regions varied in many ways. They varied economically‚ socially‚ and religiously. At first there were many small colonies but then they grew into two distinct regions‚ the New England and Chesapeake areas. The New England region was a more superior place to live in than the Chesapeake region because the people in New England developed swifter and better. The Chesapeake region suffered because it had social‚ climatic‚ and religious problems
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Although the colonists’ lives changed significantly in many ways after the American Revolution‚ the economic‚ political‚ and social conversions are viewed to be the most dramatic. The American Revolution was the war between the American colonies and Great Britain from 1775-1783 . Most consider this war not to be a nationalist revolution‚ in which the aim of the revolutionaries was to overturn the existing system‚ but rather to set up the North American colonies as an independent nation. There were extensive
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The Puritans of the New England colonies influenced the development of political‚ economical‚ and social areas throughout the 1630’s-1670 with their ideas and values. They had emigrated from Britain in order to express their beliefs and practices freely. Religion was the foundation of the political‚ economical‚ and social developments of the Puritans. From government to living conditions to religious acts‚ the Puritans were trying to purify the Church of England in their own ways. Some things worked
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centuries were a time of religious upheaval and the different European countries dealt with the disturbances in various ways. The Spainish approach was to crush any dissenting views through the Spanish Inquistion and enforce conformity to the Catholic faith. England embraced the Protestant Revolution with its split with the Catholic Church and fostered many Protestant sects. The uniformity of religion in Spain led to a zealous Catholic population who were driven to convert the natives of the New World
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Although the New England and Chesapeake regions originated from England‚ they developed into two different societies. Religious toleration‚ economic opportunity‚ and government positions attributed to their development. The New England colony was made up entirely of Puritans and Separatists. The goal of these two religions was either purify the Church of England religion‚ or completely separate from it. Their main reason for immigrating to the New World was for religious purposes. Their whole
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SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES NO. 1(2000) Ethnic Relations in Peninsular Malaysia: The Cultural and Economic Dimensions Lee Hock Guan SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES NO. 1(2000) August 2000 Ethnic Relations in Peninsular Malaysia: The Cultural and Economic Dimensions Lee Hock Guan ISEAS Fellow © 2000 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ISSN 0218-8961 ETHNIC RELATIONS IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA: THE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS Abstract This paper looks at the changing ethnic relations
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Puritans settling in New England lead to the social‚ economic‚ and political shaping of Massachusetts. Puritans originally came to New England in order to create a more godly world away from corrupt England. Many Puritans originally didn’t want to settle in America‚ but after being attacked in England‚ and seeing how corrupt the Angelicin church was they sought refuge in the new colony. There were many economic opportunities in establishing the colony as well as political and social opportunities. The
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The settler societies of New England‚ the middle colonies‚ the Chesapeake‚ and the South had similarities as well as many differences‚ some being religious beliefs‚ labor‚ and their societies economic standpoint. In the article‚ “Advice to a Young Tradesman” by Benjamin Franklin‚ it’s stated‚ “…the way to wealth‚ if you desire it‚ is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words‚ industry and frugality; that is‚ waste neither time nor money‚ but make the best use of both.” Even though
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the South The North and South had similarities and differences in the 1800’s‚ but can the differences drive them to a civil war? Women were mad about having so little rights‚ slavery was being questioned‚ and the political parties couldn’t seem to agree. Women in the United States had little rights‚ but women in the North had more‚ but not where it really counted. In the North‚ women had ownership of their wages and property (Holt‚ pg. 427). New York demonstrated giving women more rights‚ than other
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