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    13 Colonies

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    Virginia Founding Date: 1607 Region: Southern Colony Founders: John Smith‚ John Rolfe & Thomas Dale Reason for founding: Search for gold‚ English outpost against Spain Characteristics/laws: Jamestown was the main town that was establish because of England’s desire for wealth and converting the Natives to Christianity. Majority of the population was English. Environment: Very warm climate‚ which was beneficial to the colonists because they didn’t have to worry about the harsh winters. Contrary

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    England and the Chesapeake region 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? By the 1700s the two regions‚ New England and Chesapeake varied greatly in spite of being from the same mother country‚ England. Physical and cultural differences separated these two regions distinctively. While religion moulded the daily life in New England‚ Money and tobacco farming dominated the Chesapeake

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    region had developed very distinct societies. This dichotomy can be traced from the very foundation of the colonies. The New England colonies were founded as examples of pure religion‚ each was to "be as a city upon a hill."1 In contrast to this worthy cause‚ the Chesapeake colonies were originally founded during the great search for gold‚ and later continued as slave-supported plantation colonies. The New Englanders would come to prosper through their hard work‚ thrift‚ and the quality of their commitment

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    THE CASE OF KATHPUTLI COLONY In 2007‚ the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) began planning for Delhi’s first in-situ slum rehabilitation project. It chose the Kathputli Colony (Kathputli)‚ a jhuggi jhopri (JJ) cluster tucked into West Delhi’s Shadipur region‚ as the site for this project. In 2009‚ Raheja—the private developers chosen to undertake the project—announced the construction

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    The Lost Colony of Roanoke On May 8th‚ 1585‚ Richard Grenville‚ a famous naval commander‚ set sail for the island of Roanoke‚ a small island off the coast of modern-day North Carolina. With the hopes of establishing a colony‚ John White‚ an explorer and artist‚ was appointed the role of Governor. The colonists arrived sometime in July of 1587. There were a few small attacks from local Native Americans within the first few months‚ and the colonists desperately wanted John White to return to England

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    Slavery in the Colonies

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    Slavery in the British North American colonies differed depending what colony they are in. In places where slaves were the majority‚ they were treated differently as opposed to places with few slaves. In South Carolina‚ there were more African slaves than there were European settlers. In New England and the Middle Colonies‚ there were fewer slaves and fewer plantations for the slaves to work on. Virginia and Maryland had lots of slaves‚ in addition to lots of tobacco plantations to work on; but

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    Comparison of colonies

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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 Roanoke Colony The Roanoke colony‚ a settlement now looked at through the eyes of curiosity. What happened to them? Why did it happen? Will we ever find out what really happened? These are the questions that come to mind when anyone who has heard about the Roanoke colony think about this mysterious event. Many people hope to answer these questions and I am one of them. We may never know what really happened‚ so the best we can do is narrow it down to a few possibilities that are much more

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    Slavery in the colonies

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    Slavery from 1607 to 1775 In 1607 Jamestown‚ the first successful English colony‚ was founded. A mere twelve years later the first African slaves would be introduced to the colony‚ and throughout the 17th century and early and mid-18th century their usefulness would increase and they would become the saviors of the Southern colonies. The growth of slavery in these colonies was brought on in large part by geographic‚ economic‚ and social factors of this time. Economically‚ slavery and John Rolfe

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    property after his father‚ Admiral Sir Penn. In the making of this new colony‚ there were many steps they had to achieve before they were successful. How did this new colony start out? But‚ how did this colony use other ideas to help start out? What were the advancements that they were able to make that contributed to the industrialization we have today? Then‚ who were the people that lead in Pennsylvania’s rise as a colony? They used a very specific government that helped make Pennsylvania into

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