Over time‚ the social norms and expectations in the United States have drastically changed. In the 1700’s‚ the American colonies were battling for independence from Britain. The only people who had a say in this country were rich white men. Poor white men‚ women‚ or African Americans did not have any rights. In the Declaration of Independence‚ it says “all men are created equal”‚ but they didn’t mean all men. There was a time in history where education was for the rich. As educators‚ we should
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role in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America. In some areas‚ the geography influenced the living and farming conditions for the better‚ and for some areas‚ for the worse. The Southern colonies’ geography was well-suited to farming. It was warm year round and provided a great place to produce cotton‚ indigo‚ rice‚ and many other crops. However they had few natural harbors. Opposite the North had thin rocky soil‚ a cooler climate which limited its growing season‚ and an
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with the settling of British North America than did religious concerns" is valid. These economic concerns‚ as a cause for the colonization of British North America‚ outweighed the notable religious concerns that arose‚ and dominated colonial life during and up until the very end of the British colonial era in North America. The vast economic concerns that caused British settlement of North America included the opportunity to discover gold and silver‚ to find a North American waterway that would lead
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The statement‚ “Belief in religious freedom was central the development of some colonies‚ while other colonies such freedom was denied‚” is very much true. Looking back to the Northern Colonies‚ it’s evident that the Puritans were completely set on the Christian faith.Different from the New England Colonies: the Middle Colonies were very diverse with their religion and just everything having to do with things among that nature. Moving onto the Southern Colonies‚ the major religion was‚ like in New
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Europeans were drawn to North America for economic and political reasons. Closely followed by Columbus’ “discovery” of the New World in 1492 were the establishments of European colonies as well as the French. The responses European settlers had to Native American tribes reflected their own cultural and economic viewpoints. The British tended to oppress Native Americans economically and culturally and denied their potential contributions to helping growing settlements in the New World. The Spanish
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have some kind of decision making power. The most important change that the colonies in America had to make was to become a society quite different from that in England. By 1763 although some colonies still maintained established churches‚ other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution for religious toleration and separation of church and state. During the mid-1600’s England was a Christian dominated nation; the colonies‚ however‚ were mainly Puritans. When Sir Edmond Andros took over a Puritan
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The city of Boerne v. Flores case was ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court in the basis that the religious freedom restoration act (RFRA) surpass the powers of the congress on June 25‚ 1997. The religious freedom restoration act (RFRA) had been enacted in 1993. The claims appraised in the case could not be applied in the states although they were constitutional in regard to the federal actions. The case started in 1993 after archbishop of San Antonio was denied the permit to expand the local Catholic
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The reason the British tightened its control over the colonies is because after years of governing themselves they became used to it and were ignoring parliament’s laws because they have started governing themselves. The parliament saw an opportunity to help pay of national debts using the colonies and created 6 main Acts from 1763-1773 they were called Proclamation of 1763 which banned settlement into western lands‚ next there was the Sugar Act of 1764 which put tried to put a stop on smuggling
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American English and British English Communication may seem easy‚ but sometimes it is hard to understand between people even though they share the same language. American and British English have the same origin‚ which is the Elizabethan English. This means that Americans and the British speakers share the same language; but nowadays‚ these two varieties somewhat differ from each other. We can find both similarities and differences in both varieties. Even though American and British people can
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Summary I American Slavery‚ American Freedom written by Edmund S. Morgan captures the history of Virginia while keeping focusing on the social and political elements that uplifted the way of slavery. With the focus on Virginia‚ the book also probes the central paradox of American history: "how a people could have developed the dedication to human liberty and dignity exhibited by the leaders of the American Revolution and at the same time have developed and maintained a system of labor that denied
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