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Massachusetts Bay Colony Sold Into Slavery
1,069 words
The American colonists came from a variety of
backgrounds. There were the English, who were
running away from religious persecution, the
Dutch, who reputedly bought Manhattan for a string
of beads. The French Huguenots, who were
Protestants fleeing from prosecution in a Catholic
country. The Quakers, fleeing from harrassment's
of the Anglican establishment, the church of
England, and Germans from innumerable
principalities, fleeing military draft and the
various exactions of the petty princes. A...
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Male And Female Based On Gender
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Even though male and female convicts were
transported to Australian colonies from 1788 to
1840, their experiences throughout this period
were remarkably different. This essay will attempt
to compare and contrast the experiences of both
female and male convicts transported to Australian
colonies from 1788 to 1840. L. L Robson states
that, between 1788 and 1840 over 24 960 female
convicts and 122 620 male convicts were
transported to Australia. Even though both male
and female convicts suffered at...
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Library Of Congress East Africa
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... , which meant establishing a colonial
government and a river fleet, so in 1886, the
National African Company was chartered as the
Royal Niger Company, and charged with
administering, in the name of the Queen, an area
one-hundred times larger than Great Britain itself
(Chamberlain 58). In West Africa, Britain had
really been trying to keep France, and later
Germany, out. The simplest explanation for the
rampant European interest in West Africa was
trade. In East Africa, which was considerably...
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Burning Sensation North America
1,990 words
The "Fire Ant" is one of the most feared migratory
arthropods in North America. The first non-native
species was introduced into the Port of Mobile,
Alabama, starting in 1919, through soil ballast,
from South American ships, being dumped ashore.
The black fire ant (Solenopsis richter Forel)
arrived sometime in 1919, and the red fire ant
(Solenopsis invicta Buren) sometime in the late
1930 's; both much more aggressive and harsh than
their two sister species of fire ants, the
Tropical fire ant (S...
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Source Of Energy Solar Cells
970 words
Space is filled with radiant energy and beyond
earth's atmosphere this energy flow more steadily
and more intensely from the sun than that which
penetrates to the surface of the Earth. So an
abundant and essential source of energy that would
be used in space for the space colony would be
solar radiation by developing satellite solar
power stations. To live in space, humans must be
protected from the fierce intensity and
penetrating wavelengths of unattenuated sunlight,
but this same energy is on...
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Back To England Women And Children
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The story of Jamestown was one of America's first
documented mysteries. There are clear facts about
this voyage that have been documented. In 1587,
John White did make a temporary establishment on
or near Roanoke Island, and that after leaving for
three years did return to the island in 1590. On
his return, all traces of the colonist having
lived there for those three years had vanished. No
Jamestown colonist is known to be seen from again.
So what happened to them during those three years?
Jame...
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Native American Main Body
1,327 words
... the first to do it on record, but found no
traces of an English settlement and saw few
Indians. On his way back through the Bay he kept
close to the shore, and eventually found Roanoke
Island. He reported, "on the island shore, on the
inside of the little bay I entered, there were
signs of slipways (shipyards) for small vessels,
and on land a number of wells made with English
casks and other debris indicating that a
considerable number of people had lived there. "
Gonzalez saw no one, but di...
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Captain John Smith John Rolfe
583 words
Rakesh Patel His 151 2 / 2 / 99 Captain John smith
was more important to the success of Virginia by
1630 then John Rolfe... Like many famous heroes,
John Smith was feisty, abrasive, self-promoting,
and ambitious. He was an experienced soldier and
adventurer, the man who boldly went out and got
things done. If not for him, the colony may have
failed at the start. John Rolfe is best successful
for having introduced tobacco as a commercial crop
to Virginia colonists. The production of this
valuable...
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Densely Populated Middle Colonies
815 words
The differences in development between the New
England colonies and the Chesapeake or Middle
colonies occurred for a many number of reasons.
First, they were different people. They come from
different places and had different ways of life.
Not only did the two regions both have different
governing systems, but they were also driven to
the New World by different religions or
incentives. Even their slight economic differences
helped to shape the individuality of the two
areas. Most could probably ...
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Middle Colonies Southern Colonies
646 words
The religious motive is often emphasized as the
predominant one in the migration of the early
English colonizers to the New England, but
economic motives were undoubtedly the most
effective in promoting colonization. Economic
considerations were greatly emphasized in the
early settlements of the Southern Colonies. As for
religious considerations were mainly found in the
colonization of the New England Colonies. The
Middle Colonies on the other hand were considered
to be mainly established for re...
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Church Of England Massachusetts Bay
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In Colonial Jamestown Colonial Jamestown In 1606
King James I set two companies, the London and the
Plymouth, out with three instructions: find gold,
find a route to the South Seas, and find the Lost
Colony of Roanoke. Five months later, and
forty-five men less, the London Company landed on
a semi-island along the banks of a river the
Indians knew as? Powhatan? s River? . On May 13,
1607, the first permanent British colony had been
established in the form of a triangular fort. The
men named thei...
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Captain John Smith Believes That God
860 words
How do Primary Source Documents Mirror the Ideals
of a Society? The attitudes and beliefs of a
particular time period are reflected in first hand
documents, purposely and inadvertently through the
biases and ideals of the authors of the pieces.
The arrogant self-serving attitude of the first
colony is reflected in Captain John Smith? s, ?
The General History of Virginia. ? The Puritans
holier-than-thou ideals are reflected in the essay
by William Bradford, ? Of Plymouth Plantation. ?
Finally the...
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Upper House Lower House
250 words
The Delaware Colony was first settled by the
Dutch, but their settlement didnt last a year. The
Indians massacred the settlers and burned their
forts. In 1638, the first permanent settlement was
founded. Swedish leader Peter Minuit founded the
colony of New Sweden. New Sweden was captured by
Stuyvesant in 1655, and remained under Dutch rule
for nine years. In 1664, the Delaware region was
captured by New Netherland. The Delaware colony
was formed to expand the trade routes in the
Americas. In 16...
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Nomadic Tribes Century Bc
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Early Cross-Culture Settlement On Northern Black
Sea Early Cross-Culture Settlement On Northern
Black Sea Early Cross-Culture Settlement on the
Northern Black Sea Coast Scyles was a Scythian
prince who led a double life. He was a prince of
the Scythian nomads who controlled a large area
surrounding the Greek colonies on the northern
Black Sea coast. But like all great Greek plays,
his story is a tragedy. Scyles was fascinated by
the city of Olbia and the high culture of the
Greeks. So he created...
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People Who Lived Part Of The American
527 words
Raj Desai 3 - 27 - 99 Interdisciplinary project
Jamestown: The basis of the American Dream One
might wonder what the relevance of Jamestown would
be to the American dream. Jamestown was the first
permanent English settlement in America. This in
and of itself is not part of the American dream.
No object or city can be part of the American
dream, because the American dream is not tangible,
and it is different with each person. An object
may represent the ideal of the American dream, but
the Americ...
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Rolfe Died John Rolfe Virginia
503 words
John Rolfe stepped into history in May 1609 when
he boarded the Sea Venture, bound for Virginia.
The Virginia Company, founded by investors, had
financed and sponsored the English colony founded
at Jamestown in May 1607. The Company expected the
colonist to start industrial enterprises in
Virginia that would return profits to the Company.
The colonists in Virginia tried a number of
different enterprises: silk making, glass making,
lumber, sassafras, pitch and tar, and soap ashes,
with no financi...
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Due To The Fact Plymouth Colony
463 words
One of the most notable people of the colonial era
in America was Roger Williams. Born in London,
England; educated at the University of Cambridge,
he became one of the key players in the Religious
controversies of his time. In February of 1631,
Roger Williams immigrated to New England as a
refuge for the persecuted Puritans of England.
Shortly after his arrival in Boston, Williams
obtained an appointment as a teacher in Salem,
Massachusetts. But because Williams had some
strong arguments agains...
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Anne Hutchinson Puritan Religion
931 words
Puritans were separatists from English Church in
XVII century. They left England because of the
repressions from King Charles I who tried to
restore Roman Catholicism in England. Puritans
also immigrated because they wanted to spread the
gospel to other parts of the world and establish
pure church. In 1620, the first pilgrims stepped
ashore at Cape Code and by the 1630 Puritanism
ruled New England almost entirely. Massachusetts,
Connecticut, and New Hampshire were some of the
colonies that relie...
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Plymouth Colony Anglican Church
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Religion in the New World exploded into the land
with the colonization of thousands of immigrants.
It played an important role in the development of
thought in the West. Religion was one of the first
concepts to spark the desires of people from other
countries to emigrate to the new lands. While many
religions blossomed on the American shores of the
Atlantic, a basic structure held for most of them,
being predominantly derived from Puritanism.
Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement,
s...
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Merchant Ships Major Source
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Imperialism 2 Strategy Guide David Kupcho 7 / 25 /
99 All my advice is based on the assumptions of a
Normal level of play. This is a guide on strategy
and I will not attempt to go over the basic
mechanics of play. I am describing the strategy
that I evolved as I was playing at the Normal
level, but my experience is not wide enough to
make it a comprehensive guide. My strategies may
not be best when playing at higher difficulty
levels. The text is a mixture of first person and
second person. I us...
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