The English colonies in America were established for a variety of reasons including economic and religious factors. Other reasons for colonization include the desire to expand the British Empire‚ establishing order‚ protecting colonies and to rehabilitate debtors. Religious factors that contributed to the establishment of the English colonies occurred in Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ Pennsylvania and Maryland. In England‚ due to Henry VIII ’s action upon breaking his ties with the Roman
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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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the early colonies of America. You might be surprised to read that Africans‚ not Indians‚ were the first American slaves. By 1617‚ one hundred and twenty five years after Columbus and his European men arrived in North America; Virginian had become an established colony and they were in trouble. They had lost hundreds’ as a result of starvation and had become desperate for both food and labor. This‚ you could say was the “historical force” behind slavery in the colonies. Virginia
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One bright‚ sunny morning‚ Petunia the pathogen was visiting the amusement park/water park. But‚ before she could leave her house‚ she had to get dolled up. She put on her earrings‚ made herself purple and then she started off. Petunia started her day off by going onto the doorknob to get a ride through Louis’ body and into the amusement park. Along the way‚ Petunia met Peter the pathogen. He was very nice to her and they were going to spend the day together. Then‚ when she got into the park‚ the
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The reason why the Lost Colony of Roanoke is significant to World History is because it was the first attempt for the English colonists to settle. They were looking for the first permanent place to colonize. The land that the Europeans settled in is now known as Virginia. It’s noteworthy because Jamestown had the same story as Roanoke. They were both attempts for the English to settle but both mysteriously disappeared‚ and both weren’t successful. Before Jamestown and Plymouth rock there was Roanoke
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The Georgia colony was founded the for the poor people in England. Living in the colony helped poor people stay out of prison in England. Georgia does not allow slaves bed cause it is a free colony. It does also allow freedom of religion. The colony was found by James Oglethorpe. Georgia was founded in 1732. People from Georgia came from England. Georgia’s specialty was agriculture. They could grow indigo‚ rice‚ and sugar. In 1732‚ England found the the last of the American colonies. After Oglethorpe
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arrive at the shore of‚ nowadays‚ North Carolina (Drye Willie‚ 2004). On the ship the ship is a pregnant women also known as Eleanor Dare‚ daughter of John White‚ and the mother of Virginia Dare; the first English born American child. The Roanoke colony is one of the first American mysteries that no one has yet solved. There are a lot of theories regarding this tragedy. Some say that they drowned‚ and others say that they merged with the Indians living near by the colonists. Based upon research‚
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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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Developments of New England colonies are rapid in the early 1600s. Colonies developments are influenced by the Puritans‚ who immigrate to America after protesting against the Church of England fearing religious persecution. The Puritans idea of representative democracy‚ strict values of frugality‚ and society based solely around the church shaped the development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s. The Puritans idea of a representative democracy greatly influenced the development
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Vladir Diaz Thirteen Colonies The thirteen colonies in the United States are‚ Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ Delaware‚ Maryland‚ Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina and Georgia. Each one of them has their own story characteristics that I’ll be listing them in the following paragraphs. Massachusetts was founded on 1630 by John Winthrop and others. Their major industry consists of fishing‚ corn‚ livestock‚ lumbering‚ shipbuilding and their
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