... to create a small force in the event of an Indian attack. VI. New Hampshire - New Hampshire was a joint-stock company founded by John Mason, one of the largest stockholders in the Council for New England. VII. New Netherland - New Netherland was originally claimed for the Dutch by ... The king divided New Netherland among his family. The largest piece was given to James, the Duke of York. He names his share New York. John Berkeley and George Carteret received New Jersey and sold part of it, which later became Delaware. VIII. Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania was a proprietary colony started .....

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... contact. They organized themselves into a stronger group, able to withstand colonization. Europeans were forced to accommodate, sometimes taking an Indian wife. G. Virginia: Child of Tobacco 1. 1612- John Rolfe, husband of Pocahontas; developed the tobacco industry in Virginia and saved its economy. As European demand for tobacco increased, the colonists thirst for land grew stronger. 2. Tobacco dominated ... persecution, headed north. A. The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism 1. Martin Luther helped trigger the Protestant Reformation after posting his 95 Theses. One of the many...

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... 1776 their efforts had become hopeless and a committee was formed to compose a formal declaration of independence. Headed by Thomas Jefferson, the committee included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Philip Livingston and Roger Sherman. Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write the first draft which was presented to the congress on ... Delaware undecided and New York abstained. To make it official , President of the Continental Congress, signed the Declaration of Independence. It is said that John Hancock signed his name "with a great flourish" so "King George can read that without spectacles!." ...

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... , it is enacted by the court that henceforth not single person be suffered to live of himself ."1 There was a formal law that was sometimes enforced, as in the case of John Littleale in which Littleale was found to be living by himself and was found to "lay in a house by himself contrary to the law of the country, whereby he is ... , tending fields, and harvesting crops. He shared the cooked hominy, vegetable, and meat that made up the usual one-pot meal, although frequently he was allotted the less-nourishing "Hoppin" John," composed only of grits and peas."18 This is an example of what ...

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... tea in the Colonies and subsequently undercut the cheap prices charged from illegal transactions with the Dutch.xxiiiTherefore, the smugglers who gained tremendous commercial benefits from violating laws such as John Hancock were vexed and then fomented the glorious mob causing estimated one million dollar loss of the present-day value to their business competitor by dumping an entire shipment of ... ...

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... 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 which people were born at the time) as "for the glory of (the individual's) Creator and the common good ... ...

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