The General History of Virginia and Of Plymouth Plantation are both first-hand accounts of the first two permanent British colonies in North America. ... The first, and most essential is that they are both records of British colonial expansion in North America. The General History of Virginia, is a history of the settling of Jamestown, Virginia, while Of Plymouth Plantation, is a chronicle of the events that occurred in settling Plymouth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Both of these first-hand accounts relate historical events from the perspective of a colonial leader. ... In The...

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The communities of colonial America varied tremendously as well. ... The people of colonial America, and the areas in which they lived have been classified into three major regions of colonial America: the North, the Middle region, and the South. ... The communities of the New England colonies were more industrial when compared to other regions of colonial America. ... This is very different from the government of colonial Americans. In colonial America, women could not vote or participate in any major forms of governing of a colony. ...

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A) Believing they had the right from God to expand their territories, the Puritans oftentimes used force to take over the Native American lands in New England. ... While both colonial societies were located in the same continent, there were important environmental differences that greatly affected each region's economy. ... A) As a result, by 1772, New England was exporting "£152,000" worth of fish as the chart about the value of colonial exports shows. ... This resulted in a steady African population of only 5% in New England from 1650 to 1770 as suggested by the chart...

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The regions of Colonial America all had distinctive cultures and economies that completely differed from the others. ... Throughout the colonization of Colonial America, the intentions of the settlers, the structure of the regions and the forms of governing developed distinctions in the development in the regions. ... The colonists of the Chesapeake region did have a colonial assembly. ... Men were needed to work on the massive plantations. ... Slaves worked in large plantations and performed a variety of tasks. ...

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In depth, each factor exploited slavery differently but also as an entity; all this established slavery as the primary reason of Colonial America's success. ... Agriculture would later become the backbone of colonial America and took the place of gold as the most sought after market. ... Colonial men and women alone could not provide enough work forces needed. ... Slaves were to be located where ever large plantations needed to be served. ... Those who were Fortunate enough to make it through the unforgiving passage would end their lives on the plantations. ...

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Life of a Slave Indentured servants were the first form of slavery in America. ... This proved to be too costly so the colonials ventured to the Dutch trade of slavery. ... African slavery was much more efficient from the colonial's perspective. ... Once the slaves arrived to America they were sold as merchandise. ... They were actual human beings capable of all that the colonials were capable of. ...

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The mining of silver in Colonial Spanish America and gold mining in Colonial Portuguese America dominated the international commerce and economic markets of the world for many centuries. The factors that played key role in extraction, production and transportation of silver in Colonial Spanish America and gold in Colonial Portuguese America gives us an understanding of why and when silver monopolized the European markets and then later declined in value giving gold a boost to become a dominant method of exchange and how it impacted the lives of mine workers. ... Also when the sugar industry...

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Early American literature reflects the religious beliefs and ideals of those settlers. ... "Of Plymouth Plantation" by William Bradford Of Plymouth Plantation, widely recognized as an invaluably accurate account of early colonial history, documents the life and times of the Pilgrims, from their foundation in England, to their immigration to the New World, to their arrival on Plymouth Rock up through the ensuing years. ... This sermon not only embodies the Puritan belief system; it demonstrates the major role religion played in colonial American literature. ... Religious Influence o...

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The first permanent colonial settlement in North America was Jamestown. ... The larger the plantation, the larger your work force was. African slaves were the main source of labor on large plantations. ... Members of the Chesapeake communities did not congregate in churches to worship because the plantation owners lived too far away from each other, but they did have traveling ministers that journeyed from plantation to plantation. ... Throughout the development of the colonial areas of North America, vast differences arose. ...

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Response The Southern and Middle Colonies were two different regions of American Colonization. ... These socioeconomic differences made such a lasting impression on the colonial regions that they can still be felt today. ... This divide is still being felt today because the South lacks in industry compared to the North The Southern Colonies' motives were driven entirely by the prospect for wealthy families to go there, open up plantations, and make a profit. ... Also, the motives of the rich families were to start large plantations, not to form communities. Because of this, the families ...

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We see the different class systems of colonial America and the new farming techniques of growing corn, tobacco, and grazing cattle. ... In chapter three we witness the atrocities of the birth of slavery in order to support first Europeans plantations in the Americans. In Ira Berlin's essay "Human Cargo: From Africa to America " we are introduced to the plantation. ... The Middle Passage was between Africa and the Americas. ... Next we read the story of a hard working Indentured Servant named Daniel Clockers, whose life and family would be the ideal example for a modern colonial family. ...

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Lives of Gentry vs. those of Artisans and Townspeople The Colonial Society in America was not that different than in Europe. ... The gentry were the most important members in colonial society. ... In the Southern Colonies, farmers worked on large plantations and grew cash crops, but in the New England and the Middle Colonies, the poor soil only allowed small subsistence farms. ... Although women and African Americans could legally own land, few did. ...

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There were three colonial regions of the Colonial America. ... The colonies of America material culture consisted of food, clothes and their shelter. ... The Colonial Middle region was almost quite the same. ... The homes consisted of Plantation Manors and Worker Shack's. ... The southern colonial region completely contradicts the other regions. ...

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During this time of the 17th and 18th centuries, the slave trade was very popular and was beginning to be brought to the America's. ... Therefore slavery became a popular and profitable option which many plantation owners turned to. ... This is when slaves became the laborers that the plantation owners set their eyes on. Demand for slaves in the southern colonies flourished and soon after every plantation and farm consisted of numerous slaves. ... With all of these factors adding up, the drive toward the Southern Colonial slavery not only helped the economy, but also added various cult...

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The colonials had methods of checking the governors" authority. ... The local government was different in every colonial region. In the plantation south, county government presided over every-day life. ... Colonial America was not a real democracy yet in any aspect. ... Colonial society experienced more religious toleration, education opportunities, and freedoms than anywhere else. ...

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The years following 1783, welcomed an America free of British rule and taxation - an isolated America with few enemies and vast natural resources. The Treaty of Paris entitled America to large new land masses as well as rivers and fresh water lakes. ... Exploration, fisheries, mining and plantations quickly fueled the success of white entrepreneurial colonists formerly held back by British law. ... Native Americans, many of whom sided with the British in hopes of stopping colonial expansion onto native land, had large tribal territories relinquished to the newly formed United States after the...

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The United States of America was founded as a country where "all men are created equal". ... During the colonial period, two economic systems were created and separated by free and slave labor. ... Slave labor drove the plantations of the South. The differences between the regions were small and insignificant during the colonial era. ... The social structure of the two regions was very different in the colonial period. ...

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Robert Beverley's "The History and Present State of Virginia"," is important to the study of the origins of slavery as the first published history of a British colony by a native of North America. It is unique in its provision of information on early life in colonial Virginia, and could provide useful testimony from his access to official records as an authoritative figure. Beverley had accumulated much influence and wealth as the owner of a prominent plantation, and as a government official representing Virginia in England. ... The ignorance and prejudice he encountered in England motiva...

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Several areas of Colonial America were inhabited by aristocrats, those interested in industry and wealth. ... Counting the numerous Indian tribes during Colonial America is virtually unfeasible, but should be accounted for when observing the ethnic and religious diversity of America. Statistically, if the diversity of the continent were judged on a scale from zero to ten, ten being absolutely diverse, Colonial America would be regarded as a seven. ... The southern colonies were dominated by a plantation economy of tobacco and rice. ... The tolerance of diversity in colonial America has been...

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The institution of slavery in colonial America, mainly informed by labor struggles, implied a socioeconomic divide between societies with slaves and slave societies. ... Due to the fluidity of colonial slavery, the congenial circumstances of the charter generation–equitable social order, compatibly to conventional English practices, bearable race relations and ill-defined slave laws - vanished with the rise of plantation slavery. The first age of slavery in North America, featured societies with slaves characterizing the Charter Generation. ... Thus, the Plantation generation of slave...

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Some historian believe, that even since colonial times, America was working its way to a civil war. ... Without slaves the Plantation owners would not be able to maintain the same amount of profit, and so slavery was a part of southern culture. ... Without the use of slaves, the southern way of life would be destroyed, as white plantation owners had no other way to farm their crops and still remain profitable. ... A fourth issue which contributed to the start of an American Civil War was , ways of viewing the world. ... The separation caused by these issue would eventually cause the beginni...

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In Becoming America, author Jon Butler persuasively argues that the late American colonial period of 1680-1770 was one of monumental change, the end result being an essentially "modern- culture. ... Indeed, Butler paints a picture of a late colonial culture not only radically reshaped by immigration, but essentially the same as modern American culture. ... Butler proves that these characteristics of American culture and the American people have their origins in the late colonial era. ... Likewise, rich plantation owners who leeched off the labor of their slaves came to dominate the southern ...

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This guarantee gave Indians in trials with colonists, a jury composed of half Native Americans. ... It is easy to grasp several similarities between the American Constitution and the government of colonial Pennsylvania. ... In fact, he is said to be one of the only governors of Colonial America to respect the Indians as inhabitants of these territories. ... In fact, America later eventually banned slavery, recognized black people as equal citizens, and established equality for native peoples. ... This led to thriving economic activity and made Pennsylvania the Breadbasket of colonial Americ...

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The first colonies in North America were along the eastern coast. ... The two nations fought for control of North America in what Americans call the French and Indian War (1754-1763). ... They brought their families, as did the New England colonists, and they kept their families together on the plantations. ... Southern plantations grew tobacco, rice, and indigo, which they sold to buyers in England and elsewhere in America. ... This period of self-rule led to more colonial assemblies that were more powerful and resistant to outside rule. ...

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Because of the major growth in plantations, this initiated a dependence on slaves. ... The roles of women and African Americans are quite diverse throughout the colonial regions. ... Women in the southern colonies helped managed plantations. ... Although these colonial regions differed in so many ways, they still managed to unite and defeat England in the American Revolution. ... The three colonial regions the New England, the middle, and the southern colonies suffered from a multitude of differences, such as, religion, economics, the roles of women and African Americans, society and educatio...

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