The extent of religious freedom in the British American colonies was at a moderate amount. Although colonies such as Virginia and Massachusetts had little to no religious freedom‚ there were colonies such as Pennsylvania and Rhode Island that had a certain degree of tolerance for other religions. With Virginia being Anglican with its laws‚ Massachusetts having puritans and separatists‚ Rhode Island having Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson‚ and Pennsylvania having William Penn along with Quakers
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AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH Lexical and grammatical differences LEXICAL DIFFERENCES • Vocab – most noticeable differences • Differ in: – total meaning OR – in one particular sense of usage OR – totally unknown in some varieties REASONS FOR VOCABULARY DIFFERENCES i) New objects & experiences encountered in N. America - new names – adapt or neulogism (i.e. create new word‚ expression or usage) e.g. corn (US); maize (UK) robin small red-breasted (Eng.) large red-breasted (US)
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A variety of races and nationalities of emigrants came from Europe. The English were the first‚ next were the ScotchIrish and the Germans. Also came the Swedes‚ Dutch‚ Welsh‚ Jews‚ French‚ and Irish. Lots of Africans were brought to do slave work too. All of these people came for many reasons. Some left their countries because of their government that would not let them practice their certain religion. Thousands came in order to get away from poverty and bondage. Thousands‚ came against their will
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Short Essay Assignment History 224 Critical Analyses of: “Canada before 1760” The account of “Canada before 1760‚”1 illustrates how life in Canada is often misinterpreted before this time. Misinterpretation often occurs due to the biased portrayal‚ as well as debates‚ on such topics as frontierism vs. metropolitanism‚ decapitation theory vs. changing masters theory‚ the significance of the roles played by the natives vs. the European colonists‚ and also the power religion had or did not
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The American Colonies‚ in the eighteenth century‚ were just beginning to become a more democratic society. With immigrants coming from all over Europe seeking religious refuge and economic profits‚ the Great Awakening‚ and the Zenger case‚ the colonies were becoming more and more democratic with each passing year. The population in the American Colonies had a tenfold increase between 1701 and 1775. More than one million people had come across the ocean to join the other colonists. Newcomers did
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****** Professor ****** Eng 104-13 3/2/2013 “From Violence to Victory” In the “Letter from Birmingham Jail‚” Martin Luther King effectively presented his arguments by using Pathos. King pathos is effective throughout his letter because he makes strong emotional connection with the reader. In the words of St. Thomas‚ Martin Luther King quotes‚ from a jail cell in Birmingham‚ “An unjust law is no law at all” (King). After an affiliate from Birmingham invited MLK into a non-violent action program
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Those living in the American colonies in the seventeenth century faced many challenges. These tensions of political‚ social‚ religious and economic natures came from abroad and within. Influences of the political and economic nature from abroad onto the established American colonies shifted the shape and nature of the colonies; whereas‚ the social and religious tensions from abroad tended to create new colonies. The Quakers‚ for instance‚ were a group of English Protestants who left England in
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Impact of British rule in India had been widespread throughout the country and affected the cultural‚ technological‚ religious‚ social‚ political and economic state of India. India had persistently tolerated the British rule for 190 prolonged years‚ with their everlasting impression been forever etched upon the succeeding Indian citizens. Impact of British rule in India‚ in this context‚ is one that had perhaps emerged forth right from the 16th century‚ when British missionaries had sailed to
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History Russell McGillivray Kenya The British colonization of Kenya destroyed the culture and economy of the native people‚ but it established a democratic government and left Kenya a more modernized country.[1] During the 1880’s through 1914‚ the start of WWI‚ was an age of imperialism. One place that felt victim to this imperialism was Africa. At this time Africa was a wholly unmodernized continent. The reason the Europeans went after Africa was the introduction of the idea of
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158 years for the American colonies to become a new nation. When the first royal colony‚ Virginia‚ was established in 1624 the American colonists considered themselves a part of England. Over time‚ the American colonists grew separate and wanted more independence. In 1783 the British recognized the American colonies as a nation at the Treaty of Paris. Before the Treaty of Paris the colonists had to win their independence and fight the British in the Revolutionary War. The Americans were victorious
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