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    ideals‚ economic discrepancies‚ and contrasting social classes of people arriving in the New World. New England and the Chesapeake region were both founded for different things‚ the first of which being religion. New England‚ for the most part‚ was founded for religious reasons. While the Protestant Revolution was going on in their home country of England‚ those looking for religious freedom were fleeing to the New World to escape prosecution. This caused many of the northern colonies to become more

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    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. In contrast‚ the religious diversity of England to persecutions and many Englishmen sought freedom in the New World. Thus‚ the Spanish and English colonies followed a similar pattern

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    New England Maps not only serve as navigational tools‚ but also as indicators of social‚ political‚ and economic issues taking place. John Smith’s‚ map of New England serves as a prime example of this. The map provides a layout of New England and its surroundings. Areas with different geographies are made clear and important rivers are shown. Politically‚ England’s policy of colonization and power is displayed in the map. An example of this is the image of three ships all bearing English flags

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    has many effects on New England food production. As the temperature rises the crops being grown currently can not survive the warmer climate and a valuable source of food and income has been lost. Farmers carefully plan their growing‚ planting‚ and harvesting seasons and if the temperatures are unpredictable a farmer’s crops could be ruined overnight. Many crops are affected by climate change. Different crops need to be grown at different temperatures in order to survive. New England’s major agricultural

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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

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    There were multiple differences between the life of those who populated the early settlements of Jamestown and New England‚ I actually think they were completely opposite; these differences were influenced by the different formation of these settlements. Jamestown was a settlement supposedly built to spread Christianity but the true aim was to make profit. Jamestown was populated with a majority of men‚ amongst them there were gentry‚ gold seekers‚ criminals‚ men with nothing to lose. Once tobacco

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    In this essay I am going to try and find out why King Henry VIII created the Church of England. In 1532 he broke with papal authority and announced himself head of the church in England‚ in 1533 the Church of England was created and in 1535 monasteries were closed. There are many arguments to do with economics‚ power‚ popularity‚ religion and finally succession and his personal life. Henry did not believe that any woman would be fit to rule the land. Henry’s first wife was Catherine of Aragon and

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    The New England Colonists highly valued religion and rules. Some well known colonists are the Pilgrims. The Pilgrims came to the New England Colonies for freedom of religion. They believed that the Church of England had gone to far beyond Christ’s teachings. There way of dealing with serious crimes was execution. The lesser crimes were handled with fines. There was one law on guns‚ if you did not bring a loaded gun to church you were fined 12 shillings. The church building itself had no significance

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    Black bears are the only specie of bear that live in New England. (Whittle) Normally humans and black bears are able to coexist peacefully‚ however‚ the population of black bears in New England is growing–and it’s causing problems for the locals. In fact‚ there are currently around 36‚000 bears in Maine‚ 6‚000 more than there were five years ago. (Whittle) While some states are calling for hunters to increase the number of bears they kill during hunting season‚ some people are saying this method

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    Why was Britain the first country to industrialize? The industrial revolution‚ which occurred during the hundred years after 1780‚ was a true european revolution. It was in England that the industrial revolution first took hold. This change‚ which occurred between 1750 and 1830‚ happened because conditions were perfect in Britain for the Industrial Revolution. Having used wood for heat instead of coal‚ Britain was left with large deposits of coal remaining to fuel the new ideas. Any raw supplies

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