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    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 13 English Colonies (1630-1750) As the colonies grew in the 1600’s and 1700’s‚ they became the home to people of many lands. These people brought their own customs and traditions. In time‚ they shaped these old ways into a new American Culture. 1 13 colonies 2 1.The New England Colonies More than 1‚000 men‚ women and children left England in 1630 to settle in the Americas. They set up their colony in Massachusetts Bay‚ North of Plymouth. Over the next 100 years‚ English

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    Mercantilism: Colonies provide primary material and mother countries transform them. France imports more than it exports‚ so it makes a lot of profit. Goal: Expand colonies and enrich the mother country. The army is there to prevent other countries to trade with some mother countries’ colony. - In the 18th century‚ it doesn’t work anymore because of contraband. - Because of that Spain will try to fix its economy. Colonies enrich mother countries through: - Trade - Commerce - Great-Britain

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    Mr. Trzepinska AP US History 17 September 2012 DBQ on the Colonies Although both the New England and Chesapeake regions were settled primarily by people of English origin‚ they eventually developed into two distinctly different societies. This occurred because of the stark difference in the environment of the two regions‚ the economies of the two regions‚ and the mentalities of the people in the two regions. The Chesapeake and New England regions had many flagrant differences that led to

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    Global Studies Slavery Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold‚ and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture‚ purchase or birth‚ and deprived of the right to leave‚ to refuse to work‚ or to demand compensation. Slavery began in prehistoric times and has been practiced ever since. The slavery of ancient times reached its peak in Greece and the Roman Empire. During the middle Ages‚ slavery declined. Then

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    Slavery has been in the United States early as 1619. Slaves were brought to America for one thing and one thing only‚ money. Tobacco took a great amount of work to harvest‚ but with the slaves help it all got completed. Slaves cost at least three more times than a regular servant for the reason that slavery was their life‚ it was their job. Regular servants finished their ‘slavery’ time in about 4 years. Slavery really got across the whole country as time passed‚ and in 1670 the crop‚ tobacco‚ took

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    various reasons why the American Colonies were established. The three most important themes of English colonization of America were religion‚ economics‚ and government. The most important reasons for colonization were to seek refuge‚ religious freedom‚ and economic opportunity. To a lesser degree‚ the colonists sought to establish a stable and progressive government. Many colonies were founded for religious purposes. While religion was involved with all of the colonies‚ Massachusetts‚ New Haven‚ Maryland

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    Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold‚ and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture‚ purchase or birth‚ and deprived of the right to leave‚ to refuse to work‚ or to demand compensation. Historically‚ slavery was institutionally recognized by most societies; in more recent times‚ slavery has been outlawed in all countries‚ but it continues through the practices of debt bondage‚ indentured servitude‚ serfdom

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    Throughout the Seventeenth and Eighteenth century‚ the development of the New World colonies in British North America and Barbados by Britain and its colonists made use of the option of slavery to benefit the new colonies economy. The reason that slavery was appealing towards the settlers was due to the strenuous labour and long hours necessary to grow cash crops on plantations. It takes time and effort to grow these crops‚ and the main crops we will be focusing on are sugar‚ tobacco‚ and rice. Since

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    The Semantics of Slavery and the 13th Amendment In today’s society‚ the idea of slavery is something that happened long ago‚ and it is an idea that today‚ we would consider taboo and most certainly illegal. This is because the very root of slavery is twisted and muddled. Slavery was caused by economic factors of the English settlers in the late 17th century. Colonists continually tried to allure laborers to the colony. The head right system was to give the indentured servant‚ a method of becoming

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