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    Though the Northern & Southern colonies were close to each other‚ they held many similarities and differences. America was a place of dreams until immigrants began sailing to its’ shores. An influx of immigrants came to America in the 17th century were English‚ but there were also Dutch‚ Swedes and Germans in the middle region‚ a few French Huguenots in South Carolina and elsewhere‚ slaves from Africa‚ mainly in the South‚ and a scattering of Spaniards‚ Italians and Portuguese all through the colonies

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    The 17th century was the colonial era when the British settled in North America. These colonies are categorized into three groups- New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern. Although economy and religion had importance‚ geography was the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies. Although the separatists came to North America for religious reasons‚ it was not the reason for New England’s development and prosperity. Geography is the primary factor because economic activities and

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    immigration on local law enforcement is relevant to contemporary law enforcement because until the federal government takes actions to correct the issue and provide appropriate assistance‚ the state and local agencies will be forced to provide local solutions to a national problem. This approach will create a piecemeal system of enforcement by local jurisdictions within the state‚ with no hope of uniformity. All state and local law enforcement agencies and their officials stand to benefit from the results

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    different from Spain and France. Colonies in the north and south developed their own characteristics making them important centers for the mother country‚ and later the new nation itself. The first settlers arrived in the northern portion of the American continent‚ and established the first cities along rivers and natural harbors. The British were all about shipping raw materials from the New World back to England‚ where they were processed into finished goods and then sold back to the colonies for a

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    Why did the British Establish a Settlement in NSW in 1788? Shaveen Kariyawasam 9V Britain’s growing crime rate was a great cause of concern for British authorities in the late 18th Century. As there was nowhere else to export convicts‚ a new penal settlement had to be established‚ and in 1787‚ after learning about the potential trade value and natural resources of the ‘great southern land’‚ the government sent the First Fleet over to New South Wales with over 1400 people. First of all‚ as Britain

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    The French and the English wanted to control the colonies. The American colonist thought of themselves as citizens of Great Britain. They were tied to Britain through trade and by the way that they were governed. The British restricted trade so the colonies had to rely on Britain for imported good and supplies. After the French and Indian War‚ the British wanted to control the expansion of the western territories. The Proclamation Act was created so that their would not settling beyond the Appalachian

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    what ways did the English colonies develop differently from the Spanish and French colonies? When thinking of different colonies from United States history‚ the first one that comes to mind is the English colony‚ in which it was a colony that had an already established abundance of riches‚ knowledge‚ and experience. Why is this so? What was so different about English colonies that made them develop differently? All in all‚ in what ways did the English colonies develop differently from the Spanish

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    I would have agreed with Thomas Paine’s arguments. His first argument is how the colonies have no advantage of being connected with Britain. He then begins to say that reconciliation between the colonies and Britain would just make the problems occur once again. I agree with him because the American colonies would most likely end up being taxed by the crown repeatedly. It was not logical for England to be in controlled of Americans when they could easily mange by themselves. The only option was to

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    health care attention that served many blacks in the inner-city communities. The health clinics depended on volunteer services from local doctors‚ residents‚ medical students‚ nurses‚ interns‚ along with people in the community‚ as well as low-rent and or donated spaces. Not only were the Panthers helping black but they were helping non-blacks as well (Bloom 188). The focus was to address the limited resources of the pressing health care concerns of poor blacks and the lack of adequate medical facilities

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    The Troubles in Northern Ireland: Why Did it All Happen? The Troubles refer to the thirty-year time span between the civil rights march in Londonderry on the 5th of October 1968 and the Good Friday Agreement of the 10th of April 1998. These thirty years were the most violent in the history of Ireland causing over 3‚700 dead and many more injured. One even described the period as‚ “…the transition‚ chaotic and rapid‚ from a civil rights movement (1966-68) to a bloody inter-communal strife (1969)

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