The Middle and Northern colonies differed considerably in their geographical aspects‚ leading to dissimilar social and political features. The Middle colonies‚ including New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Delaware all shared the benefit of flat land and rich soil‚ while the New England Colonies were left with a rocky landscape that made farming difficult. Thus‚ the New England colonies‚ including Rhode Island‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ and New Hampshire thrived on lumber and fish‚ rather than
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the North and South colonies the populations grew phenomenally. Colonists of all different backgrounds lived in varied environments under thirteen different colonial governments. “[In the south] slaves made the most striking racial composition of the population. Slavery became the defining characteristic of the southern colonies during the eighteenth century‚ shaping the region’s economy‚ society and politics.” The economic‚ political‚ and cultural differences between the colonies of the North and
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In the Southern Colonies‚ slaves were widely used as a source of cheap labor for plantation owners that wanted cheap labor. Slaves were subjected to harsh conditions‚ working long work days in extreme heat in horrible working conditions. They were used to grow and harvest tobacco‚ sugar‚ and rice on plantations. Slaves were widely used in the South‚ in contrast to the North‚ who had slaves‚ but not nearly as many. Slaves were used in the South because there was an economic need‚ it was cheaper for
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Quero‚ Mariane Coleen G. June 27‚ 2013 BSAc 1 2:30-3:30 TTHS Levels of Organization in Organism In unicellular (single-celled) organisms‚ the single cell performs all life functions. It functions independently. However‚ multicellular (many celled) organisms have various levels of organization within them. Individual cells may perform specific functions and also work together for the good of the entire organism. The cells become dependent on one another. Multicellular organisms
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Between 1492 and 1763 the colonies were growing and improving their conditions from before when they had lived in Britain. Although the colonist all came for a similar reason of escaping religious persecution and had the same idea when it came to organizing their colony‚ they did however have a difference in class organization and how they were to go about in their trading and farming economy. The south and the north may have been comparable but they were also two totally diverse colonies at the
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Civil War The American Civil War is one of the most significant events that occurred in the United States of America. The Civil War‚ also appropriately known as the War between the States‚ was fought from 1861-1865. This war involved the rivalry between the states of the Northern and Southern territories. The War was declared when the Southern states declared their secession and formed the Confederacy‚ a new government‚ of the south. There has been many disputes over which societal events led
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Land Ownership in America During the 1700’s Native Americans in the early 1700’s saw land as a communal matter‚ while European people viewed land as an entity to be possessed and sold. To Native Americans‚ the concept of exchanging currency for land was undiscovered; property was to be used by all peoples of a tribe without tariff. However‚ Europeans had been doing this for a protracted period of time and the idea of boasting a plot of land was commonplace. When the British landed in Maryland
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interest in colonizing America. These ideas soon as a consequence of the religious reformation that took place under king Henry VII’s reign. As England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church‚ changes in religious affirmation soon ensued with Protestantism as the main religion. In the coming years‚ England led a war against the neighboring Catholics of Ireland which then led to a war‚ and victory‚ against its Catholic ally: Spain. Thanks to the Black Legend‚ the political strife between Spain and England
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collapse of the Union was a result of the schism separating northern and southern states‚ originating from differing opinions on slavery which ultimately incited the South’s secession. As the election of 1860 drew near‚ hopeful democratic and republican candidates emerged despite the already turbulent condition of the nation over the issue of slavery. The Democratic ballot was split between the northern representative Stephen Douglas and southern representative John Breckinridge‚ while alone on the Republican
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The existence of slavery lasted during the time of the colonies and continued when the colonies became the United States of America as a whole. Given that slavery was spread out across multiple colonies and states in the United States‚ it is safe to assume there was a great similarity and difference in slavery between the northern and southern regions. Slaves were treated as property‚ though their owners may have been more abusive in the South due to their needs for a higher quantity of workers to
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