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    Northern‚ Middle‚ and Southern Colonies America has always been a land of diversity. This dates back to the first English settlements in North America. In the beginning‚ the colonies were divided up into three distinct areas: northern colonies‚ middle colonies‚ and southern colonies. Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ and Rhode Island comprised the northern colonies; New York‚ Delaware‚ New Jersey‚ and Pennsylvania made up the middle colonies; and Virginia‚ Maryland‚ Carolina‚ North Carolina

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    Jamestown: Why did so many colonists die? It was not an easy beginning. English settlers began arriving on the James River in Chesapeake Bay‚ region of Virginia‚ in the spring of 1607.They hoped to make the first permanent English settlement. But‚ there were many things that almost wiped out the whole settlement. There were three main causes of death; disease‚ starvation/dehydration‚ and attacks. Most of the available water supply was brackish and contaminated by the settlers themselves

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    Societies of Chesapeake Bay and New England Colonies Many settlers who came to the New World from Britain in the early seventeenth century sought to establish a settlement for motives including economic and religious freedom in areas such as Chesapeake Bay colonies that comprised of Virginia and Maryland colonies and the New England colonies that consisted of Connecticut‚ Maine‚ and Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ and Rhode Island. Settlers who often came to these regions came with varying motivations

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    New England and Middle Colonies developed differently because the Anglican Church was persecuting Protestants and Catholics. Therefore these groups settled in New England and not Virginia/Middle Colonies. This impacted political development because the Middle Colonies were for profit‚ and as a result they developed different politically. All of the Middle Colonies came to the new world for religious freedom. The separatists came to the new world to get away from the English Church. They wanted

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    had. By comparing the Middle Colonies and New England‚ and by contrasting the future North to the South‚ it becomes relatively easy to draw patterns. In 1760‚ the population in New England counts 16‚000 Africans‚ 29‚000 for the Middle Colonies whereas the South populates 205‚000 Africans. Slavery is then mainly concentrated in the South‚ involving more agrarian activities and land farmers. Life expectancy in New England and the Middle Colonies were higher while death rates were superior in the South

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    settlers began arriving in America in the 1700’s they mainly settled in two regions - New England and the Chesapeake. Even though both groups of people were English by origin‚ they had developed two very different societies. Each group had it’s own beliefs and expectations of what they will find in this new world‚ and the results of their settlement were very different as well. When the ship headed for Virginia left England in 1635‚ it was filled mostly with men in their twenties and thirties. The ship’s

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    According to the former New York Senator William Seward‚ the American Civil War arose as a consequence of irrepressible conflict between opposing forces. He believed that had there been a compromise between these forces then the nation could have avoided the war. The paper agrees with the senator’s views and takes the perceptive that these opposing forces and not just the failure to compromise by politicians were the origins of the war. Politicians could only have achieved so much‚ but these opposing

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    England was governed by strict laws and regulations created by the King‚ who didn’t allow the citizens much freedom. The Englishmen weren’t allowed to practice religious freedom without being prosecuted nor were they able to give input into their government. They also grew tired of the warfare in England and wanted to seek a new start and thought that America was the perfect suit for them. The King initially rejected the voyage‚ but eventually expected the idea of mercantilism and saw the potential

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    Asses the claim that “ethnic differences in educational achievement are primarily the result of school factors” Most studies found that overall ethnic minorities tend to do less well than other members of the population when it comes to educational achievement. Many factors which occur inside the school are the cause of educational achievement however other factors contribute. The expectations of teachers on ethnic minorities have caused differences in educational achievement. Bernard Coard believes

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    There were many factors that the colonists made when picking a side‚ some of the colonist were force to choose sides‚ changed their minds or switched sides and pick a side that benefits them and their self-interest. The American allied with France since France lost like four wars to British‚ so they contributed and joined an alliance. I believe it was a personal motive which is why they alliance and negotiated deals. The patriots wanted to elect their own government and the loyalists are those who

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