North vs. South: Divided From the Beginning From the first settlement founded in the 1600’s‚ the British colonies were a varied mix of communities that grew to distinct civilizations in the 17th and 18th centuries. Queen Elizabeth helped drive the colonization of Jamestown in 1607 and ultimately the creation of other Southern colonies to help Britain’s economy flourish. In contrast‚ James I‚ Elizabeth’s successor‚ spurred the settlement of the Northern colonies for religious reasons when he “vowed
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Chapter 3 Settling the Northern Colonies 1619-1700 The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism Martin Luther . He declared that the Bible alone was the source of God’s words. He started the "Protestant Reformation." John Calvin He spelled out his doctrine in 1536 called Institutes of the Christian Religion. He formed Calvinism. King Henry VIII formed the Protestant Church. There were a few people who wanted to see the process of taking Catholicism out of England occur more quickly
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Alex Hill Contrary to what many people in this country believe‚ slavery took place in the North and the South. In fact‚ Massachusetts was the first colony to legalize slavery. By the year 1700‚ Rhode Island had surpassed Massachusetts as the chief importer of slaves in the north. Major slave ports included Boston‚ Salem‚ Providence‚ and New London. The tariffs that were enforced upon slave imports were used to pay for community projects‚ such as repairs to roads and bridges. At the beginning
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Why go West? Why did people migrate to the colonies? People migrated to the colonies for a number of reasons; especially oppurtunity. These reasons include push and pull factors; both counter-balanced by intervening obstacles. The push factors that repelled the migrants from Europe to the colonies; and the pull factors that attracted them to America consist of the following. The industrial revolution and economic opportunity were two primary reasons for migrating to America. The industrial revolution
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differences in the founding of the northern and southern English colonies? The major similarity of the founding of each colony was the reasoning the people were coming over in the first place. They were all looking for better lives economically. The differences were the northern colonies were mainly looking for freedom politically and religiously. The southern colonies were just looking for an all-around better scale of life. The people from the southern colonies came over with adventure on their
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Northern Bank History: Northern rock was formed in 1965 by the merger of two financial institutions‚ Northern Counties Permanent Building Society and the Rock Building Society. In the beginning‚ Northern Rock acquired 53 smaller financial institutions. Initially Northern rock was a building society it means it was a mutual organization but then along with many other building societies in 1990s‚ Northern Rock move towards stock exchange side as a bank. All through this period a worry against demutualization
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In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ the Northern and Southern colonies were extremely different. Each “section” of America was socially‚ economically‚ and politically dissimilar from the next. From the beginning‚ it was difficult to picture the colonies as their own separate nation due to a lack of colonial unity. In the Southern plantation colonies‚ social structure was molded mostly by the emphasis on slavery and racism that was perpetuated. A hierarchy of status and wealth similar to
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Although they shared similarities‚ the Northern and Southern colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries also had many differences. The diversity of the United States goes back to its beginning as a collection of northern and southern colonies. Their differences in religion‚ politics‚ economics‚ and social issues‚ and the way they dealt with them‚ are what shaped our country into what we are today. Religion in the southern colonies was not practiced with the enthusiasm that it was in New England
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Voting Rights for African Americans America‚ a country founded on freedom and liberty for all‚ has reached a major milestone in its rich history. This year‚ 1970‚ marks the hundred year anniversary of the ratification of the 15th Amendment. The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and state government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizens race‚ color‚ or previous condition of servitude which was ratified February 3‚
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Northern‚ Middle‚ and Southern Colonies America has always been a land of diversity. This dates back to the first English settlements in North America. In the beginning‚ the colonies were divided up into three distinct areas: northern colonies‚ middle colonies‚ and southern colonies. Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ and Rhode Island comprised the northern colonies; New York‚ Delaware‚ New Jersey‚ and Pennsylvania made up the middle colonies; and Virginia‚ Maryland‚ Carolina‚ North Carolina
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