Geography played a very important role in the making of the British colonies in North America. During early settlement‚ colonies were formed along the coast or rivers. Because colonies were completely linked and dependent on Europe at this point in time‚ the coast made it easier for two countries to transport to one another. To the west‚ the Appalachian Mountains provided a barrier between the inland Native America tribes and the settlers who were often at war with one another. The locations where
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Bacons Rebellion was the first stirring of the revolutionary sentiment in America. It began in Jamestown Virginia in 1676. It was a short rebellion between two stubborn men wanting all the power in the world‚ or just Jamestown. Due to economics‚ environmental‚ and social struggles the rebellion got further out of hand than it should have and did not really solve much‚ other than a few issues. Bacons rebellion was not truly a fight against tyranny but a dispute between two stubborn selfish leaders
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The puritans wished to reform England by: Purifying it of Catholic Rituals How did Columbus react to the natives when he reached the Western Hemisphere? He thought they would become christianized and become good servants. The West African Empires prior to 1600 Engaged in vigorous trade and were Islamic Which of the following nations was first in the new explorations that began in the 15th century? Portugal In England‚ Puritan’s primary appeal lay among? Shopkeepers‚ yeomen farmers‚ and university
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not for a single factor‚ making America so vital. Ideas and technology helped with relations between them and the Indians’ but these products did them no good if the Indians did not allow them to have the most important key they needed for their settlements to survive. The development of the British colonies throughout America was determined by a number of factors such as religion‚ trade‚ and Indians‚ but all of these ultimately share one underlying theme‚ which is the influence of geographical location
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across all tribes and settlements‚ and the second Anglo-Powhatan war broke out in Jamestown from 1622-1646. The events that went on during the war in Jamestown is the perfect example of just how hostile‚ aggressive‚ and brutal the settlers could be to the Native Americans‚ especially when considering the fact that most Indian tribes welcomed the travelers at first. Some battles were extremely bloody. For instance‚ the Native Americans killed one third of the settlers at Jamestown in one‚ single attack
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History V07A. Week 1: 6/18/2013 1. American civil war is first modern war‚ where technology dominated(#15 from list of reasons to study US hist.) 2. Reasons the Europeans expanded into the known and unknown worlds 15th and 16th centuries 3.1. Collapse of environment in middle ages and lack of natural resources stopped progression and expansion. 3.2. Econ. Depression 1350-1450AD caused by defeat in crusades (1096-1298AD) and internal conflict pushes states into econ tailspin
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them. "If God make thee a good Christian and a good scholar‚ thou hast all that thy mother ever asked for thee‚" said a Puritan matron to her son. The colonists who within the next fifty years dotted the New England coast-line with their thrifty settlements were idealists. As Professor Tyler puts it‚ they established "not an agricultural community‚ nor a manufacturing community‚ nor a trading community; it was a thinking community." Moral earnestness characterized every action. In 1636‚ the General
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the native Americans [book & our documents] Early settlements in North America - prior to Columbus [generalization of what they were like] Influence of horses on Native Americans Chesapeake & the Lower South: Early settlement conditions – disease ridden small settlements originally established for the discovery of gold and profit. Not intended to become long term and inhabited by mainly young single men with few women or families. Jamestown relationship with Native Americans before De La Warr
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in 1550 and 4 million in 1600. * When economic depression hit the woolen trade in the late 1500‚ thousands of farmers took to the roads. * Peace with chastened Spain provided the opportunity for English colonization. ENGLAND PLANTS THE JAMESTOWN SEEDLING * A join-stock
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Although there is a shared number of similarities‚ the Europeans of the early 16th century had many differences with the Native Americans of the same era. When the Europeans first discovered the Americas in the late 1400s to the early 1500s‚ they expected to find a land filled with savages that had little or no intelligence or technological advancements. However‚ these European explorers came to realize that the Native Americans were far more civilized than they had imagined. Upon reaching
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