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    some similarities between colonies. During the colonial time period from about the 1600’s through the 1700’s‚ the thirteen original colonies were founded and divided among three major sections known as the New England colonies‚ the Middle colonies‚ and the Southern colonies. The New England colonies consisted of Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ and New Hampshire. The Middle colonies contained New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Delaware. The Southern colonies included Virginia‚ Maryland

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    there were several colonies but the ones that stood out the most were the New England Colonies and the Virginia colony. There were many differences‚ for example‚ New England colonies were full of families while the Virginia colony was mostly dominated by males. They mostly had differences and had few things in common. The foundations of the colonies were different. The New England colonies were founded because the founders wanted freedom of religion. The founders of these colonies were the Puritans

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    The Virginia Colony vs. The Massachusetts Bay Colony The Virginia Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony were both similar and different on three main topics: religion‚ economics‚ and demographics. Religious views and importance differentiated greatly between the two colonies. New Englanders‚ the area in which the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled‚ came to America to exercise religious beliefs that were not allowed before the English Civil War and after the Restoration. They were made up of

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    deserved. The English believed that the best way to go about this was to colonize the New World. Subsequently‚ many colonies began to develop‚ and of these colonies‚ Massachusetts and Virginia were the most well-known. The early settlements of the Massachusetts and Virginia were both established by similar groups of people at the same time; however‚ their contrasting beginnings as a colony‚ views on religion‚ and means of economic stability created two different politics and economic systems. The settlements

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    1700’s‚ the British Colonies were in a state of salutary neglect. Thereafter‚ the British executed the Navigation Acts‚ though loosely enforced‚ they were created in order to regulate trade between the Colonies and the mother country. The relationship between Britain and it’s colonies was a civil one up until it was greatly reformed with the events of the French and Indian War. The war significantly affected the economic‚ political‚ and economic relationship between the colonies and the mother country

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    APUSH September 26‚ 2013 The New England and the Chesapeake Colonies were two very distinct colonies. The colonist came to the Americas in order to escape religious toleration and economic prosperity. As time passed the colonist were changed by their different surroundings. Although the New England and Chesapeake colonies both had English immigrants‚ they differentiated due to economic‚ social‚ and religious causes. In contrast the colonies were very different societies. There is many differences

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    Colonies in the North and South were adversely affected by differences in climate and geography which shaped the political‚ economic‚ religious‚ and social developments in these regions and the future nation they would become. Tobacco cultivation was a large factor of society in the south around which many aspects of civilization developed. It was the primary crop grown in the south because of its ability to grow in the Chesapeake soil. The intense physical labor required of southern famers led

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    The Causes for Colony Collapse Disorder Bees play an integral part in daily human life. Bees pollinate $14 billion in US crops per year‚ which includes apples‚ coffee‚ and almonds (Danforth‚ 2007). Unfortunately‚ they have gone through a rapid decline in population in recent years; managed honey bee population has decreased by one-fourth in Europe between 1985 and 2005‚ and by more than one-half in North America between 1947 and 2005 (Christen‚ Fent‚ & Mittner‚ 2016). The economic value behind bees

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    Colony Collapse Disorder Bees are weird animals. They know how to count to four based on a experiment done at the University of Queensland; they communicate with one another through dancing and pheromones; their fat bodies make them one of the least aerodynamic creatures that have ever left the ground; they can carry one hundred and twenty two times their body weight; and have personalities that have been characterized as anything from “thrill-seekers” to “pessimistic”1‚2. The oddest thing about

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    THE AMERICANS pg 64-84 notes: Chapter 3: The Colonies Come of Age Section ONE: England and Its Colonies‚ One Americans Story - 17 yr Eliza Lucas= left to manage S.C plantations‚ mom= ill dad= at war - plantations= indigo dye‚ got english goods ENGLAND and ITS COLONIES PROSPER * Many colonies benefit‚ main reason is to enrich Britain MERCANTILISM -mercantilism= countrys goal= self sufficiency‚ all countries in comp. to get most gold/silver - nations concentrate of balance of trade‚ sold

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