... South Carolina, and Georgia all exported agricultural goods. They all had slavery. 2. Plantations dominated these colonies, however, they were spread out, making it difficult to establish churches and schools. 3. All colonies had some sort of religious toleration. Church of England was dominant. 4. Because tobacco farming stripped the soil, and because settlers settled along rivers, there were constantly ... . 2. Charles I dismissed the Puritan-supporting Parliament in 1629 and allowed Archbishop William Laud to persecute the Puritans. 3. 1629- non-Separatist Puritans formed the Massachus...

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... spoke against church leaders. She was also exiled because of her beliefs. She and 6 of her children joined Roger Williams and his followers to Providence. In 1634, they were granted a charter to begin a new colony, called Rhode Island. V. Connecticut - Connecticut was also started by Puritans who were searching for superior farmland. - Thomas Hooker was a Puritan preacher. He and his ... purchased it from two Quakers who had originally purchased it from Berkeley. X. Maryland - Named after the Queen of England. - Maryland was begun as a refuge for Catholics. George Calvert obtained a ch...

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... piers or drawbridge. There must be only one great arch all the way across. Surely this must be a wonderful bridge." A charter authorized a private company to build and operate an East River bridge in April 1867. The odd thing about this charter is that it did not say specifically that was to be done. The cities were not required to approve the plans ... or the location. The charter said only that it be a toll bridge. A month after the charter became a law, John Roebling had been named engineer of the work. As an experienced bridge-builder, Roebling knew that only a suspension bridge wou...

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... shooting. (Sugarmann) Church thought that this association should be modeled after the National Rifle Association in Great Britain. On November 17, 1871, New York state allowed the NRA to have a charter "to promote rifle practice, and for this purpose to provide a suitable range or ranges in the vicinity of New York...and to promote the introduction of a system of aiming drill ... handguns. The case lead to a small decline in the membership of the NRA. Currently there are many issues the NRA has to deal with. A very important issue is gun in schools and school violence. Many anti-gun pe...

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... helped farmers and created jobs in one of America s least modernized areas. l. Works Progress Administration (WPA) 1935-1943 This agency provided work for 8 million Americans. The WPA constructed or repaired schools, hospitals, airfields, etc. m. Farm Security Administration (FSA) The FSA loaned more than $1 billion to farmers and set up camps for migrant workers. n. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 This ... attack on the USSR. Because he had sent a large portion of his army to do this, he no longer had the strength in his forces to keep fighting Britain. D. M. Atlantic Charter (1941). ...

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... privately tutored at home and abroad for about ten years. Then in 1896 I attended the very prestigious Groton preparatory school in Massachusetts. Being from a very high social class, going to schools like Groton wasn't uncommon. After attending Groton, I attended Harvard and received my B.A. degree in history in three years. After I attended Harvard I decided to attend Columbia University and study law. In ... away in September. I appointed the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) banning discrimination in government and defense industries. I additionally had secret meetings with...

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... a secure economic base. 7. The Glorious Revolution was a fore shadow of the American Revolution. It was caused when King James II, wanting to have more control over the colonies, abolished the charter governments of New England, New York and New Jersey. This action also alienated the king in the English parliament, which eventually deposed the king and replaced him with his sister ... the individuals, who were endowed inalienable rights to life, liberty and property. The ideas of enlightenment were very appealing to the settlers in the colonies. They sent their children to schools and c...

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