Beginning From the first settlement founded in the 1600’s‚ the British colonies were a varied mix of communities that grew to distinct civilizations in the 17th and 18th centuries. Queen Elizabeth helped drive the colonization of Jamestown in 1607 and ultimately the creation of other Southern colonies to help Britain’s economy flourish. In contrast‚ James I‚ Elizabeth’s successor‚ spurred the settlement of the Northern colonies for religious reasons when he “vowed to purge England of all radical Protestant
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The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening The Enlightenment‚ also known as the Age of Reason introduced a new spirit of thought and inventive analysis in 17th and 18th century Europe. Theories and ideas that had previously been accepted were now being challenged to be looked upon with an eye of reason rather than tradition. Key leaders in this movement of new thinking included Copernicus‚ Galileo‚ Locke‚ Franklin and Newton. Englishman‚ John Locke‚ was one of whose political works had the greatest
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settle. There are many primary motivations for moving to different colonies‚ and in this essay I will focus on the Middle Colonies. The Middle Colonies include New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ New York‚ and Delaware. Each of these colonies has their own special attractions about them‚ but one of the main reasons colonists came there was because they offered religious tolerance. Now I will break up each individual colony and the reason it was created and how it has affected it in modern times
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Education and Enlightenment Much can be understood about a society by how it values and by how it distributes education. Athens of ancient Greece‚ for example‚ regarded the study of philosophy‚ drama‚ poetry‚ and art as a matter of great importance and therefore became a metropolis overflowing with culture. The city-state of Sparta‚ on the other hand‚ valued highly the study of war while deemphasizing the arts‚ leading it to become the great military power of Greece with few notable poets.
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The thirteen colonies that joined together to become the United States of America were but a part of the first British Empire. They were the product of a broad and dramatic expansion of England that began with the establishment of “plantations” in Ireland during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and reached a peak with the conquest of Canada and the extension of British influence over India during the 1760s. In the New World alone at the time of the American Revolution Britain had close to two dozen
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The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment were two historical events that shaped the thoughts of people and religion in America. The most important factor in both of these events is the common theme of reason behind the movements. The Great Awakening began about the 1930’s and reached its climax ten years later in 1740. What exactly was the Great Awakening? It was a wave of religion revivals sweeping through New England that increased conversions and church membership. The beginnings of the Great
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Thirteen Colonies The thirteen colonies were divided into three regions: the Southern colonies‚ the Middle colonies‚ and the New England colonies. Each region can be characterized based on its geography‚ climate‚ economy and culture. These qualities may also be used to compare and contrast regions. One quality used to characterize the colony regions is its geography and climate. Both the Southern and Middle colonies have fertile soil and long growing seasons‚ while the New England colonies have very
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English colonies were one of three types of colonies. The first being a joint-stock colony. In this type of colony the king of England would grant a charter to a joint-stock company that would ensure settlers the same rights as Englishmen. Joint-stock colonies were only meant to last a few years. After which‚ stockholders hoped to earn a profit. Many people were attracted with the promise of gold. The second type was a royal colony. This type of colony was directly controlled by the king. The
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of the British colonies of Virginia‚ Massachusetts‚ all the way until the final colony Georgia. And although many may think that the colonies operated as one similar unit‚ the truth is all the colonial regions were very similar and different in social‚ political and economical structure. Throughout history‚ education was always important; this was the same for the colonies. Therefore‚ in all three colonial regions‚ education was offered to white boys. In the New England colonies‚ education was
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The Lynchburg Colony Emily Moreland Longwood University The Lynchburg Colony The video that we watched about the Lynchburg Colony in a word was horrifying. I had a few other observations other than that however. The main thing that shocked me was that I had never heard of this before. I don’t understand how people could just treat people like they were not even human. I guess that I have heard of things happening like this‚ but never in the United States and to this extreme. To treat people
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