... attitude to this concept of equality for all. Although this does mirror some initial acceptance and even encouragement of an almost feudal system, as early as 1630. Aboard the Arbella, en route to the New World, John Winthropp described the inequality of wealth and social/political status (into ... was not a message from God whether or not, for instance, a crop flourished or failed, but could be influenced by man's hand. Early colonisation saw a reluctance to do hard labour which caused serious problems in establishing successful communities. Then with the growth of trade and the ability...

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... consider slavery and the indirect genocide of the Indians to be regrettable, but concluded chapters of American history, the ethnocentrism that spawned those two phenomena is still alive in modern culture. The most pronounced example of this is seen in ... . Contrary to popular belief, most of the American-produced products were of good quality and sometimes approached or equaled the quality coveted in fine English goods. The rise in international trade of both agricultural and manufactured goods also led some early Americans to become merchants and traders "a ... to the various constit...

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The span between the years 1750 and 1776 were tumultuous times in the history of the American colonies, in which the population of the colonies went from being loyal citizens of the British empire, to having the bond so strained that the colonies broke away violently. The ... the colonies served to help form a sense of unity and identity, although strained at times because of local differences and an unwillingness to cooperate at certain critical junctures. In the early 1750's, there was very little sense of unity or a national identity between the colonies as a whole. Even though they were ...

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