... aspect of New England and the Chesapeake, they grew to be very different. In the Chesapeake, due to the numerous plantations, slavery developed into a very common occurrence, and the people thought of slavery in a positive attitude. Unlike the Chesapeake, New England and little to no plantations, so they had smaller need for slaves, and they developed ideas towards slavery that were ... rural, the assembly of religious schools and Churches demonstrated difficulty. In addition, instead of the Puritan religion, with those who worshipped the Church of England mostly filled the Chesapeake, ...

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... wealthy landowners who did not care for the greater good of the colony. As shown in the list of emigrants heading to Virginia, the majority of settlers were men who thought they would find gold in America. They were not looking to work together to create a stable colony for families to live and economically prosper like the people in the New ... ...

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... European visitors were struck by what seemed to them the poverty of Indians who lived in the midst of a landscape endowed so astonishingly with abundance" (Cronon 33). The Europeans thought that the Native Americans were not taking advantage of the land they had. "Here was a riddle: how could a land be so rich and its people be so poor?" ... ...

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... biggest countries, extending twelve hundred miles from north to south, from Maine to Georgia. The new nation took on many new ideas in both politics and economics due to Enlightenment thought. However, their social lives remained much the same as before for many decades to come. Although the decades following the American Revolution is often times associated as an era of ... ...

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... religious views. New Englanders came to escape religious persecution; one would think that it would become a land of complete tolerance. However the New Englanders had a very strong religious base, and thought of themselves to be "God's providence" (Doc. D). John Winthrop was the leader of the Puritans who envisioned a Puritan based utopic society (Doc A). However New England did run into complications, for ... ...

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... detrimental of strains leading towards the American War of Independence. Britain, believing that the victory in the Seven Years" War was of benefit to all people of the Empire only thought it fair to reimburse said Empire by collecting from the colonies. The American colonies however, basking in their semi-independence an entire ocean away from the Motherland, felt that they ... ...

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... law, and that it provided a plan for living, he was to motivate all of their actions Politically, they sought to create their own governmental system, puritans wanted government power. They thought that property ownership was important and this provided the foundation of their self-governing system. This system consisted of property owner's, which for the most part were farmers. All the ... ...

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... New England counterparts, religion did not play that important of a role other than in the colony of Maryland, which was a haven for all colonists of Christian dissent. In actuality, the thought of riches and gold was most outstanding on their minds, and this was clearly evident in John Smith's History of Virginia, which proclaimed that "There was no talk but dig ... ...

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... "floating hell" by many of its sailors - whenever they had enough. Many sailors deserted the Navy at every chance they got; many joined the American mercantilist fleet to escape. Britain thought that it would only be just if they stopped and boarded American ships so it could re-impress its sailors, but they often were indiscriminate about who they took: Natural ... ...

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... made the correct ruling, but he never actually attended a trial. Despite the fact that Cotton Mather was usually defended the courts, he felt that they were giving excessive punishment. He thought that witches that have been convicted should have been healed through prayer and fasting, instead of condemning them to death. Three of the five judges appointed to the court that ... ...

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... detrimental of strains leading towards the American War of Independence. Britain, believing that the victory in the Seven Years" War was of benefit to all people of the Empire only thought it fair to reimburse said Empire by collecting from the colonies. The American colonies however, basking in their semi-independence an entire ocean away from the Motherland, felt that they ... ...

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