... established the Puritan characteristic of frugality. Trade became the cornerstone of the colonies and as a result the region became heterogeneous, an exception is Rhode Island. It was founded by Roger Williams, this haven for the religiously persecuted offered complete freedom of religion, even for Jews and Catholics in a region dominated by Protestants. New England represented the least ... ethnic mix over the middle and southern colonies. As immigrants flocked to the tolerant Pennsylvania, New Englanders adapted to the soil and improvised for its lack of fertility; they imported lives...

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... the Stuart Restoration. Puritanism reached North America with the English settlers who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. It remained the dominant religious force in New England throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. This was one of the first forms of expansionism in the US, it was an expansion of religion. Another major impact of expansionism in the US was ... the 18th century. Which was again an expansion of religion in the US, it was a general revival of evangelical religion in the American colonies, which reached its peak in the early 1740s. Local revivals had occurred previously, ins...

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... Latin American countries gained their independence in the nineteenth century. The Iberian countries dominated the colonization of Latin America and the Caribbean with small colonies established by the French, English and Dutch. Regardless of the nationality of the colonizers, almost all of the colonies shared basic characteristics, which have persevered over time in some way or another. It is possible to organize the ... required tremendous labor input to match the demand of continental Europe. Goods such as sugar, cotton, coffee, indigo, tobacco, silver and copper were produced and ex...

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... the Europeans and are lucky enough to live their traditional lives, but traces of European interference exist. Foreign animals, vehicles, pollution, and poaching have disrupted the Aboriginal way of life by destroying their environment and killing their game (food), seriously threatening the sustainability of their traditional lifestyle. With many Natives malnourished, sick, dehydrated, and dying (see appendix 5) during English colonization, ... the Christian or the Islamic religions. The Italians, in the 1930's, conquered parts of eastern Africa, including Ethiopia and Somalia, butcheri...

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