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    behind the founding of English colonies? It wasn’t just the desire of religious freedom or just the desperation of economic betterment that motivated the founding of the New World; it was both. The development of the colonies in America helped the colonies to decide their own thoughts and ideas. In which Puritans were mostly the founders of the main colonies. Puritans were English people seeking religious freedom in this new life they created. However other English explorers came to America

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    NUMBER 2‚ PAGE 18 In what ways did the English colonies develop differently from the Spanish and French colonies? When thinking of different colonies from United States history‚ the first one that comes to mind is the English colony‚ in which it was a colony that had an already established abundance of riches‚ knowledge‚ and experience. Why is this so? What was so different about English colonies that made them develop differently? All in all‚ in what ways did the English colonies develop differently

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    While English colonial women tended to experience more oppression because of societal expectations of women’s subordination and Native American women experienced a much greater equality of genders‚ both groups of women were integral to the evolution of their respective societies. Both Native American women and colonial women’s sexualities confused and provided points of misunderstanding in the colonial era of America that contributed to a change in the societies. In the English colonies‚ the perceptions

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    African slavery was introduced into the English colonies of North America around the middle of the seventeenth century. Although slavery developed in all of the British colonies‚ it did not have the same level of importance in each of the areas of settlement. Slavery mainly spread over those areas where there were large plantations of high-value cash crops‚ such as tobacco‚ indigo‚ sugar‚ rice and coffee. Consequently‚ in the Chesapeake and the Southern colonies‚ this form of labour rapidly became the

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    The French and the English wanted to control the colonies. The American colonist thought of themselves as citizens of Great Britain. They were tied to Britain through trade and by the way that they were governed. The British restricted trade so the colonies had to rely on Britain for imported good and supplies. After the French and Indian War‚ the British wanted to control the expansion of the western territories. The Proclamation Act was created so that their would not settling beyond the Appalachian

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    The Spanish settlements in the American Southwest and the English colonies in New England of the seventeenth century can be contrasted in primarily two ways. First‚ their politics were based on entirely different ruling classes and systems of government. Second‚ they employed different avenues of economic development. The Spanish settlements began with Cortes and others conquering the Native Americans of South‚ Central‚ and parts of Southwestern North America. After eradicating a large portion

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    The Importance of Tobacco to the Early English Colonies There were very few things that kept the economy growing in the early English Colonies. One that seemed to stand out the most was a crop that was often called tobacco. Tobacco was introduced by the Spanish‚ who had learned how to smoke it from the Native Americans (The Growth of the Tobacco Trade). Tobacco soon became very popular‚ many believed that it would open up the pores in their skin and preserve their bodies. Tobacco was also introduced

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    WHY ENGLISH? There are in Asia many different languages as well as many different dialects. This is true also of many parts of Africa where in Ghana alone there are many different languages‚ each one again‚ with many dialects. Therefore since it is only by the spoken word that human beings can communicate with one another‚ the necessity for a common language‚ whatever that common language may be is obvious. Common language that has been state up is the English language. English has been choose

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    the self-appointed leaders of the revolution‚ had more ambitious aims‚ fighting for the unification of Germany and constitutional monarchies. Many of these more ambitious aims were not to be achieved until much later‚ as ultimately the revolution failed‚ but what did they manage to achieve‚ and why did the revolution fail? Across the German states active revolution was fairly minor‚ isolated to Berlin‚ Rhineland‚ Silesia‚ Baden and some small peasant uprisings in the south-west. The Prussian army

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    The English colonies in America were established for a variety of reasons including economic and religious factors. Other reasons for colonization include the desire to expand the British Empire‚ establishing order‚ protecting colonies and to rehabilitate debtors. Religious factors that contributed to the establishment of the English colonies occurred in Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ Pennsylvania and Maryland. In England‚ due to Henry VIII ’s action upon breaking his ties with the Roman

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