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    extent toward the successes of the North American Colonies. Even though European women tended to stay home‚ the work of African and Indian women in the colonies contributed to their successes. Women were servants‚ seamstresses‚ midwives‚ slaves‚ tavern

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    During the colonial period North America was filled with individuals who did not agree with the religious and political ways of life in England. Before the 1700s the British North American colonies consisted mostly of Europeans in search of a place where they could find religious freedom. The first colony formed in Massachusetts in 1608 is an example of this idea of religious freedom. Plymouth‚ Massachusetts was a colony formed by English Separatists‚ who were also known as Puritans‚ in an attempt

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    The British North American colonies or the 13 original colonies‚ had freedom but not like you would think. The extent to which religious freedom existed in the British North American colonies prior to 1700’s‚ was different from region to region. The colonies in New England‚ Middle‚ and south region treated freedoms differently. In the New England colonies extent to religious freedoms was not great‚ Middle Colonies had good toleration to religion‚ and The Southern Colonies had a bit of tolerance to

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    DBQ #1 During the 17th century‚ many colonies were founded on the North American continent. The most significant colonies were created by Englishmen who left Europe for several reasons. Even though most colonies were founded by fellow Englishmen‚ there were two regions that evolved into two distinct societies. There were many factors to why these two regions evolved so differently‚ but the biggest factor were the motives of each colonist. The motives of each Englishmen caused certain people to

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    The experiences of the Native Americans and the Africans in the North American colonies during the colonial period differed greatly‚ but were also similar in many ways. The natives were just that‚ natives; they owned land that was taken from them by European settlers who came from a land faraway. The settlers came to the natives’ land‚ and were at a disadvantage because most of their people had died from diseases or hunger whilst crossing the ocean to find a New World. The natives saw how pathetic

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    Slavery was a very important institution in the British North American Colonies within the years 1607 and 1750. It wormed it way into every aspect of the British North American Colonies‚ into the social structure‚ into the economy‚ it even found its way into the politics of the time. Slavery was like a disease to the colonies‚ infecting every single cell in the body of the culture. The social structure of the thirteen colonies was altered by an addition to the existing divide between the rich landowners

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    The North & South Colonies The North & South Colonies Russell Byron-Kelly® October 6th‚ 2011 In the 1700’s The South and the North colonies were similar but also different. The South colonies were Agricultural because of all the crops they planted. The North was Commercial because they were right next to the ocean and could send ships to England and other countries. The south helped with the Cash Crop and the North help move the cash crop across the ocean. In this essay I’ll be talking about

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    Early British North American colonies Jamestown‚ Virginia was founded in 1609 by the Plymouth group. Their goals were to create a town that had livestock‚ crops‚ homes & land for the settlers. At first there was death from the diseases‚ then when their immune systems built up there become order‚ governed by Sir Thomas Gates and Sir Thomas Dale. They organized workers‚ disciplined and sentenced offenders‚ and gave incentives to workers like ownership of land in trade for work for the company

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    The American Colonies. Erik Martinez U.S. History‚ 2nd semester‚ 3rd block Coach Chatham March 12‚ 2013 Since the discovery of the “New World” many European super powers looked to colonize and expand their riches and trading powers throughout this new found continent. The British took great advantage of this with controlling everything on the east of the Appalachian Mountains and sea routes across the Atlantic. Upon their arrival the British had to encounter with many endeavors from the

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    PENGUIN BOOKS AMERICAN COLONIES Alan Taylor’s previous books include William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic‚ which won the 1996 Bancroft and Pulitzer prizes for history. He is a professor of history at the University of California at Davis. American Colonies is the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States‚ edited by Eric Foner‚ award-winning author o f Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution and the DeWitt Clinton

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