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    Evaluate the extent to which geography was the primary factor in shaping the  development of the British colonies in North America during the 1600s.    Although the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies was  geography‚ religion also influenced the British colonies during the 1600s.The New England  colonies were initially founded to be a safe haven for the Puritan religion‚ while the middle  colonies and southern colonies were founded for trade and profit. Once founded‚ the British  colonies began producing different goods based on their geography

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    settlement of the New England and Chesapeake colonies before 1700 which caused the development of dissimilar societies. The people of New England and the Chesapeake colonies formed different governments upon arrival to North America. They had different motives and incentives for immigrating to America. The composition of the colonists of New England and the Chesapeake area were nothing like one another during the settlement of the colonies. The people of the northern New England colonies and the southern

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    This essay serves to outline the factors that contributed to the rise of sociology and the latter`s development. In simply terms‚ sociology is the scientific study of the society and human behavior. The emergence of sociology traces back to the eighteenth century up to present day. Johnson (1998) suggests that in summary‚ the rise and development of sociology is based on political‚ economic‚ demographic‚ social and scientific changes. Ritzer (2008) asserts that the immediate cause for the beginning

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    In the colonial United States up to seventeen hundred‚ most of the settlers inhabiting the land happened to be of English origin. Although‚ they came from the same whereabouts‚ the two poles of the coloniesnorth and south‚ developed two distinct societies. For example‚ in the New England area the settlers developed an egalitarian‚ unified‚ and organized atmosphere‚ while in the Chesapeake region residents created an aristocratic‚ unloyal‚ and scattered environment. But‚ if they are of the same

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    During the late 1600’s and early 1700’s things like migration of many immigrants to the colonies in search of economic‚ religious and political burgeoning and freedom. When they arrived some came to the south‚ some in the middle and some in the north. When the people landed in the north near MA colony they were out of the charters jurisdiction so they created a temporary gov. like agreement called the Mayflower Compact which in a way was like an attempt to break from the mother country and sort of

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    Cassie Creer p. 3 10/9/2014 AP American History Essay The British North American colonies grew considerably between 1600 and 1763. Imports and exports across the Atlantic caused a constant demand for labor in the colonies. The British colonies supplied raw goods as well as some manufactured goods for countries around the world especially in Europe. As the demand for cash crops and raw materials from the Americas grew‚ the demand for labor also increased. Trans-Atlantic interactions fostered

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    Introduction In many forms of settlements the status of the cities have been determined by factors and various other influences; these are known as urban form determinants. There are three different sources of determinants. Firstly‚ are the geographical ’natural world’ determinants. These include the climate‚ topography and the availability of construction materials. The second are known as ’man made’ determinants which are comprised of many things such as economic‚ political‚ religious‚ defence

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    colonists. Generally‚ the colonies may be best understood as being divided in the following way: New England (Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island)‚ Middle (New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ Delaware)‚ and Southern (The Carolinas‚ Georgia‚ Maryland‚ Virginia). While these colony groups had many things in common‚ they also had their own distinctive features. Colonists brought traditions from their home countries and developed new ways of life in North America as they responded

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    to 1700 that occurred in the New England colonies and the Chesapeake colonies made both of these establishments vastly different. While both the New England and Chesapeake colonies can be separated by their culture‚ and government and religion‚ their motivations for colonizing was the most significant factor in differentiating the two. The New England and Chesapeake colonies were both settled for different purposes‚ and this played a major role in why the colonies were both so distinct. John Winthrop

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    Chesapeake and New England Colony DBQ The Crusades of the middle ages introduced much innovative and formerly unheard of merchandise into Western Europe; however the scarcity of these luxury goods instilled Europeans with drive to find easier access to the Far East. Although desired “Northwest Passage” never was found‚ joint-stock companies‚ like the Virginia Company of London‚ settled colonies in the New World for untapped resources such as silver and other tradable goods. Many more corporations

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