Themes Identity Peopling Work‚ exchange‚ and technology Politics and power Environment and geography America in the world Ideas‚ beliefs‚ and culture Units Unit 1 – 1491-1607 Unit 2 – 1607-1754 Unit 3 – 1754 – 1800 Unit 4 – 1800 – 1848 Unit 5 – 1844 – 1877 Unit 6 – 1865 – 1898 Unit 7 – 1890 – Unit 8 – Unit 9 – Is History True? Notes Responses History is a complex process that combines historical facts and a historian’s interpretation to those facts The Uses of
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Freedom in the British American Colonies Although the original thirteen colonies of America had to face the same issue of religious toleration in early settlement‚ three major regions‚ such as the colonies in New England‚ middle region‚ and south responded in different ways. Prior to the year 1700‚ the original thirteen colonies displayed great contrast of religious toleration in the three major regions; the reluctantly tolerant New England colonies‚ the far more lenient middle colonies‚ and the southern
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EUA / Jonny Gallego (EBH Member) COLUMBUS: The context for colonization. Columbus was “The Discoverer” of America. (Obviously‚ there were people living there before his arrival‚ but for Europeans‚ he was the Discoverer) In addition‚ Columbus was not the first one who explored America‚ there were previous explorations before: Explorers from Siberia‚ Indonesia‚ Japan… were in America before Columbus‚ so without the help of these previous explorations‚ Columbus wouldn’t have been in America. ELEMENTS
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Geography was the primary factor and played an important role in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America. In some areas‚ the geography influenced the living and farming conditions for the better‚ and for some areas‚ for the worse. The Southern colonies’ geography was well-suited to farming. It was warm year round and provided a great place to produce cotton‚ indigo‚ rice‚ and many other crops. However they had few natural harbors. Opposite the North had thin rocky soil
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Background and Emergence of Democracy in the British North American Colonies Beginning in the early 1600’s‚ North America experienced a flood of emigrants from England who were searching for religious freedom‚ an escape from political oppression‚ and economic opportunity. Their emigration from England was not forced upon them by the government‚ but offered by private groups whose chief motive was profit. The emergence of Democracy in colonial America can be attributed to the coming about
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those reasons are for religious freedom‚ overpopulation in places like England‚ and for people hopeful to find gold and become wealthy. Religious freedom existed in the New England colonies prior to 1750. The New World was thought to be a religious haven but not all colonies allowed certain religious freedom. Some colonies had complete religious freedom such as Pennsylvania. Others had limited religious freedom such as Massachusetts. In 1682‚ William Penn founded his holy experiment in Pennsylvania
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The Fraser Canyon Gold Rush No history of British Columbia could ever be complete without some mention of the gold rush. One of the men credited with the first gold discoveries in British Columbia was afterwards a farmer just outside the walls of Fort Langley. Another took up a pre-emption across the river from the fort at Albion. One man credited with the gold discovery which resulted in 30‚000 miners swarming into New Caledonia in 1858 was James Huston. The gold‚ the Indians brought to McLean
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Name: Vasco Batista Essay Topic: The New England‚ Middle and Southern colonies Introduction The New England‚ Middle and Southern colonies were the part of the New World which used to belong to the British. Although the colonies all had good things‚ all of the regions had things that didn´t help them grow as a region. Some colonies had rocky soil for example. Having a good climate and a good topography is part of agriculture‚ having materials to work is part of manufacturing. Industry
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network that connected them to the English homeland as well as the West African slave coast‚ the Caribbean’s plantation islands‚ and the Iberian Peninsula. Colonists relied upon British and European imports for glass‚ linens‚ hardware‚ machinery‚ navigational instruments‚ paint‚ and other household items. New England’s colonies could not offer much to England beyond fish‚ furs‚ and naval stores. The New Englanders built a lucrative shipbuilding system; after all‚ they needed fishing boats‚ and the regional
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were two colonies with England settlers‚ these colonies were very different. New England economy was base on growing crops and livestock‚ unlike the Chesapeake who depended greatly on the king of England for economic support. The New England colony who came to the new world for religious freedom practiced Christianity. On the other hand Chesapeake colony was mostly from the Anglelican church who at the time were actually a ruling government and religion was not important. Although both colonies would
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