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    Compare and contrast the New England‚ the Chesapeake/Southern and Middle colonies. The New England region consists of Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ and Rhode Island. The Southern region consists of Virginia‚ North and South Carolina‚ Georgia‚ and Maryland. The Middle colonies consist of New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsyvlania‚ and Delaware. In the New England Family‚ the Puritans came in large family units‚ about 8-20 in each family. They had a long life span‚ the women aged up to 68

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    Both the New England colonies and the Southern colonies seemed as though they might be the same. They both started out with the majority of people being from England‚ they were both in the New World‚ and they were both ruled by England but‚ as time went on this theory was proven wrong. The New England colonies and the Southern colonies had many common characteristics but these two regions were very different geographically‚ politically‚ and socially. Geographically the New England colonies were

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    When Jamestown was originally settled‚ and when the Mayflower landed‚ the colonists who emerged from the ships had huge plans and tremendous goals for what would come of their own colony. However‚ although both settled regions were the new homes to a majority of the English‚ two separate societies formed. In New England‚ the colonists were religious extremists hoping to form a perfect society‚ while gold hunters with little or no desire to create a permanent home flocked to the Chesapeake region

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    America can be known as the New England colonies‚ the Chesapeake colonies‚ the Middle colonies and The Carolinas. All four of these colonies have various similarities and differences that characterized and influenced the settlement‚ including religious beliefs‚ laws‚ government corruption‚ economics‚ disease‚ and population. The New England colonies consisted of New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Chesapeake colonies consisted of Maryland and Virginia. The Middle colonies consisted

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    A HISTORY OF 16TH CENTURY ENGLAND In the late 15th century England was torn by a series of civil wars between two dynasties‚ the Yorkists and the Lancastrians. The wars ended in 1485 when Henry Tudor won the battle of Bosworth and gained the throne of England. Henry Tudor (1457-1509) was crowned Henry VII on 30 October 1485 beginning a new dynasty. In January 1486 he married Elizabeth of York‚ daughter of Edward IV‚ uniting the dynasties of York and Lancaster. However the Yorkists were unwilling

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    Although New England and the Chesapeake regions were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur? Since Columbus discovered America‚ people from Europe were avid to lunch there to explore the New World. Most people went there for religion purposes and money‚ but as they set up their own regions‚ they governed their lands in different ways. Specifically‚ New England and Chesapeake

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    The excerpt from Silent Spring began by describing a scene we all could recognize: a prosperous farmland‚ with a successful and healthy people inhabiting it. Every detail and description was clear and tangible‚ almost as if the readers could see the scene. This did draw them in‚ but the lack of information found at the end of the piece was able to captivate the readers even more so. At the very end of Carson’s tale‚ we see that the dreary and forlorn town was sprinkled with “a white granular powder

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    in summer when thunderstorms develop. The biggest single ‘natural’ cause Natural cause Volcanic eruptions : lava‚ ash‚ pyroclastic flows can spark a fire Human (intentional) causes Spontaneous combustion of decomposing vegetation haystacks Human (Accidenta l) Campfires and Barbecues left unattended in forested areas Careless littering : dropped cigarette ends and broken glass bottles which magnify the sun’s rays Fireworks : many villages in the Mediterranean have festivals in the summer. Fireworks

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    «The Unvexed Isles». Analysis. The story under analysis is entitled «The Unvexed Isles». It is taken from the book <The unvexed isles> - it’s a collection of the stories of American and English writers. The author of this story is Robert Penn Warren - an American poet‚ novelist‚ and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. The story is rather heavy-going‚ but thought-provoking. The plot is rather static and is of no great importance here‚ the tone of the narration is

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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 colonies‚ north 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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