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    marked a new path for explorers from all over the world. England was one of those countries to explore the Newfoundland and settled into colonial America. By the 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

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    HISTORY 1301 ~ AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 C H A P T E R 2 NEW WORLD EXPERIMENTS: ENGLAND’S SEVENTEENTHCENTURY COLONIES SUMMARY In the seventeenth century‚ different and sometimes disparate groups of English settlers established several colonies in North America. The English way of colonization differed from that of the Spanish in that English colonization did not emanate from a desire to create a centralized empire in the New World. Breaking Away English migration to the New World was part

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    Roanoke Island: The Lost Colony Alycia Roberts HIST113 VC On July 22‚ 1587‚ long before the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock‚ 117 hopeful colonists from England landed ashore onto a tiny island along the coast of what is today North Carolina. The group unpacked and founded a settlement‚ Roanoke Island. Then they vanished without a trace. The story of the Lost Colony has fascinated people across four centuries and remains one of the enduring mysteries of early America. There are several theories

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    have told their tale. Their life story would have appeared as a plot line in a horror movie. The mystery behind the Lost Colony of Roanoke can be summed up into two theories: The colonists migrated and Revenge-seeking Indians cut their thread of life merciless. Since John White’s

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    Beginning the Audit Report ACC/546 Auditing January 12‚ 2015 Beginning the Audit Report January 12‚ 2015 Mr. Arnold Anderson Anderson‚ Old‚ and Watershed‚ CPAs‚ LLC Shoetown‚ ME 00001 Dear Mr. Anderson: This is letter is to inform you of the plans for the beginning of the audit process that we plan to take to complete the audit of Apollo Shoes. There are many parts to the process and we will discuss each within this letter. The beginning of the audit process is to describe the objectives

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    New England Colonies

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    The people who settled in the New England Colonies were the Separatist Puritans called Pilgrims and the New Englanders would come to prosper through their hard work‚ thrift‚ and the quality of their commitment to God and each other. The settlement pattern in New England Colonies during 1600 to first half of 1700 was designed in clustered housing and small agricultural fields. The king will give out land and the settlement set up will include a meeting house‚ a village commons

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    New England Colonies

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    The Spanish and New England Colonies Over the course of the 15th century‚ European colonization swept the continent of North America. In spite of the fact the Spanish and the English were located within the same vicinity of the globe‚ their approaches towards successfully colonizing North America stood apart. The processes of development for the Spanish and New England colonies differentiated significantly because of key elements such as the role of religion‚ control of the European government

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    13 Original Colonies

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    Thesis: The 13 original colonies in the US is important in the American history because of the culture‚ historical events and the war of independence/ declaration of independence. Introduction: History is the beginning of the present and the future‚ without the 13 original colonies‚ America would not be the same. The 13 original colonies are important part of the American History because of the culture‚ historical events and the declaration of independence. Historical Events: 1619:

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    Virginia Colonies Massachusetts and Virginia were two of the early colonies in the new world. Although these two colonies originated from the same place they are very different. Virginia needed slaves for labor while the citizens of Massachusetts worked in production and had less slaves or indentured servants. Virginia traded cash crops such as tobacco and the colonists in Massachusetts build ships and traded fur among other things. While Massachusetts and Virginia were both British colonies‚ they

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    Japan’s Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere In 1937‚ an engagement between China and Japan led to a bloody conflict between the two nations. This conflict and Japan’s desire to control East Asia dominated Japanese strategies until 1940‚ when Japan declared the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere. This Co-prosperity Sphere promoted a “bloc of Asian nations led by the Japanese and free of Western Powers” (Dower‚ 262). The position of Japan was superior and all other nations in

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