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    skyrocketed among British colonies with varied immigration pattern creating quite the contrast between the middle and southern colonies. Thousands of Europeans begin flooding the New World for religious freedom‚ in search of wealth‚ or for their own personal exploit. Many came to the Middle Colonies for liberation from persecution and for business ventures that would not be possible with primogeniture prominent in much of Europe; meanwhile‚ those who resettled in the Southern Colonies were there for more

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    1) Discuss the ways in which government can manage an economy to encourage economic growth There are various and conflicting views about how the government can manage an economy to encourage economic growth. At one extreme there is a non-interventionist view that suggests government should create a stable framework of rules within which a competitive capitalist economy can produce the necessary motivation for it to grow. Monetary policy needs to be focused on creating price stability with a current

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    slave-base economy. Sometimes the South’s economy was considered to be separated from the merchant revolution‚ but this is not entirely true. The north would not have been able to industrialize without the help of Southern cotton‚ or at least not as quickly. Cotton was one of the first industrially produced products and quickly became the most important commodity in the world trade in the nineteenth century. There was a lower number of salves in the North since the Northern States outlawed slavery. In

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    notice that there are many geographic factors that effect regions across the world. A few of the most noticeable are monsoons and deserts. Over time these factors have altered the relationships between certain regions and benefitted our development in society. However‚ they can be extremely demoralizing as well. Not only is nature disrupted but the way in which people live on a daily basis. We are forced to make changes and adapt to the overwhelming geographic factors. Monsoons are one uncontrollable

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    How did slavery come to the colonies? Why did slavery come to the colonies? Slavery was most common in southern colonies. Most plantation heads saw slaves as a necessity to their plantation lifestyle. Slave did all of the manual work on whatever plantation they were on. African slaves tolerated the climates better than white people. African slaves had better resistance to many “white” diseases that basically devastated native populations. Slaves were made available in large and sufficient quantities

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    establishment of the colonies‚ starting with the founding of Jamestown‚ until the beginning of the Revolutionary War‚ different regions of the eastern coast were marked by distinct attributes. Once established‚ the thirteen British colonies could be divided into three geographic areas: New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern. Each of these had specific developments that were unique to the regions. Though there were many similarities in the development of the New England‚ Middle and Southern Colonies‚ they were very

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    live in one place doesn’t mean they lived similarly. In fact New England and the Southern Colonies lived much differently from each other. Some of these differences are economic‚ political‚ and their Social. To start with the New England and Southern Colonies economic differed greatly. New England had a very rocky climate and short growing season‚ which internally made farming nearly impossible; The Colonist that did farm‚ only had enough food for their families and nothing more. On the other hand

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    Slavery on Southern Plantations When we look back on American history there are many things that we are proud of. Americans are worldly known for being proud of their country and are considered to be full of them selves by many. However‚ our hands are not clean. For hundreds of years Americans had made African Americans their personal slaves and forced them to do manual labor and be servants. Even after the emancipation proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln‚ African Americans were persecuted

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    Slavery has been the product of growing civilizations and society since the time of the Egyptians. Started by the need for labor slavery became the preferred method of labor. With a growing economy‚ many were unable to find enough help on the farms and plantations started in the colonies. The plantation owners in the south depended more on the workers‚ and fueled the need for slavery. In the South the main colonial exports consisted of cotton‚ and tobacco. In the beginning the plantation were

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    England‚ especially for its family relations and mortality rates. Being very close to my family‚ I couldn’t imagine living without one of my parents or even my grandparents for that matter. According to The American Pageant‚ families in the southern colonies had problems with spouses‚ especially men‚ dying young and rarely surviving to be in their twenties‚ children not making it to adulthood‚ and girls getting pregnant before they are married; men also had trouble finding a woman to form a family

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