Chesapeake and New England Colony DBQ The Crusades of the middle ages introduced much innovative and formerly unheard of merchandise into Western Europe; however the scarcity of these luxury goods instilled Europeans with drive to find easier access to the Far East. Although desired “Northwest Passage” never was found‚ joint-stock companies‚ like the Virginia Company of London‚ settled colonies in the New World for untapped resources such as silver and other tradable goods. Many more corporations
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Colonizing Georgia In 1732‚ Georgia was chartered and became the thirteenth colony in North America. Following the colonization of Georgia‚ Savannah was constructed the following year. James Oglethorpe‚ a hardy solider‚ became the commander of the colony after being appointed by the King. Georgia was unique to the English colonies because of the area it resided in. Georgia was used as a military buffer that would provide protection to South Carolina from the Spanish. This was deemed necessary after
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1492 and 1763 the colonies were growing and improving their conditions from before when they had lived in Britain. Although the colonist all came for a similar reason of escaping religious persecution and had the same idea when it came to organizing their colony‚ they did however have a difference in class organization and how they were to go about in their trading and farming economy. The south and the north may have been comparable but they were also two totally diverse colonies at the same time
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Northern and Southern Colonies Differences The Northern and Southern Colonies of North America were politically‚ economically‚ and culturally very different from one another. The people of northern and southern colonies came to the new world for very different reasons and as time went on their differences would only grow. The differences between them would ultimately culminate in the American Civil War‚ which took place in the mid-nineteenth century and nearly ended destroyed‚ the country we
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5. James town was the first successful English colony and the people part of the colony had to follow certain rules to survive. The colony was first established by the Virginia Company London Group in May 6‚ 1607. The colony was located on the banks of the James River and when it began the people relied on the Indians to teach them how to plant and harvest crops. As the colony continued and slowly became independent from the Indians they built a three sided fort to protect themselves from the Indians
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Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by the people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions evolved into two distinct societies. This difference occurred because the New England colonies was based off of escaping religious persecution while the Chesapeake colonies was based off of profiting of natural resources. Document A was a speech called A Model of Christian Charity by John Winthrop‚ a Puritan traveling to New England for religious freedom. It was written on board
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Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. Changes in religion‚ economics‚ politics‚ and social structures illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans. By 1763‚ although some colonies still maintained established churches‚ other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution for religious toleration and separation of church and state
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From 1754 to 1763‚ the French and Indian War took place. This war altered the political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies. It was the last of four North American wars waged from 1689 to 1763 between the British and the French. In these struggles‚ each country fought for control of the continent with the assistance of Native American and colonial allies. The French and Indian War occurred to end the land dispute between the British and French. Whoever
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The 13 Colonies Economic Troubles By: E’Maurai G‚ Seth G‚ and Jonathan L (students) Since Great Britain needed to pay for their war debts the king and parliament thought that they had the right to tax the American colonies. “The Sugar Act was an extension of the Molasses Act (1733)‚ which was set to expire in 1763”. In 1756-1763 Great Britain had a 7 year war with France and after the war ended Great Britain had high war debts so they started taxing the colonies. The American colonies got upset
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The Birth of a New Nation It took 158 years for the American colonies to become a new nation. When the first royal colony‚ Virginia‚ was established in 1624 the American colonists considered themselves a part of England. Over time‚ the American colonists grew separate and wanted more independence. In 1783 the British recognized the American colonies as a nation at the Treaty of Paris. Before the Treaty of Paris the colonists had to win their independence and fight the British in the Revolutionary
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