... -Dixon Line received its name. XI. Carolina - Carolina was a proprietary colony set up by 8 nobles, who were granted the right to settle the area. John Locke developed a government similar to feudalism for the colony. This did not go well, because people were not attracted to the region, so the ... king took the colony back. - In the northern area of the colony, the terrain was mountainous and the people were very isolated. They grew small plots of tobacco (mainly) and other crops. They only ... set up a school in Philadelphia who set up a school for other freed blacks. Indian Relations ...

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... areas. 4. A charter was secured from Parliament in 1644. H. New England Spreads Out 1. May 1636, group of Boston Puritans led by Rev. Thomas Hooker moved west into the Connecticut River valley area and into Hartford which was founded in 1635. 2. 1639- Fundamental Orders was drawn up by new Connecticut River colony. It was a modern constitution, which established a democracy controlled by "substantial" citizens ... , angering Massachusetts as it was the most populous. 2. The Confederation was Puritan only. It consisted of the Bay Colony and Plymouth along with New Haven and the Connecticu...

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... like the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and the Tea Act were directly enforced in "the British colonies and plantations in America" which would naturally include the Quebec area since 1763, whilst notable political demonstrations were virtually unheard-of in Quebec.ix Although with minor conflicts, the Francophone residents adapted to their new governor quickly. The temporary power vacuum ... conflicts within the Thirteen Colonies were the decisive motive of the American Revolutionary War. Steadily growing over the entire colonial era, the prosperous economy and population of the New England...

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