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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From the Americas, colonial products such as fur, tobacco, silver, and sugar was sent to Europe to be manufactured. From Africa, slaves were sent to Europe and primarily the Americas and put to work on plantations. ... Sugar was the most prolific crop, and hence sugar plantations were the goal in most areas of the Americas, although the English also cultivated large amounts of tobacco. As the plantations were formed, more and more people were sent to the Americas and the trade system began to take shape. ... The remaining percentage of sugar consumed came from British islands in the Caribbea...

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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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Women's Rights in Colonial America In the Colonies European American women led a relatively free life, while all except a very few African American women were true slaves, and as such, lived in a vastly different manner. ... Original Colonial African American women were all captives from Africa. ... Modern perception of colonial European-American (white) women is that they were prim, proper, and totally downtrodden by men. ... Some even gained grants of land, owned plantations and slaves, and started businesses. ... Although most women usually assisted as unpaid help in the family...

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In pre-colonial Africa kinship and inheritance provided the bases of organization of many African communities. ... Land was not owned in many parts of Africa during the pre-colonial period. ... During this colonial era, more than half of all African Americans lived in Virginia and Maryland. ... The majority of the African slaves worked on tobacco plantations and large farms. Working in a tobacco plantation was one of the hardest things to do. ...

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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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In 1492, Columbus mistakenly landed in America in his search for India. ... But soon, the European countries were pushed into a colonial administration by their drive for profit. ... To work the large plantations which soon formed, the English and other Europeans sent over white indentured servants. ... Slavery became a highly profitable system for white plantation owners in the colonial South. ... With cheap and permanent workers available in the form of slaves, plantation owners realized this strange new crop could make them rich. ...

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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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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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America a Country Made by Africans The development of Colonial America was based on the fundamental of slavery. Without the labor power of the first African/ Americans the existence of America would be incomprehensible. Countryman's statement, " Their story is "no exception" to what was otherwise a tale of success- it is absolutely fundamental to the history of colonial America." ... This I believe is the bases for slavery, the more labors they had the more work could be done on plantation making more money. ... The 'absolute success' of America was in fact due to the hard ...

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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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events resulted in Colonial opposition to Great Britain. ... "Whereas several of the houses of representatives in his Majesty's colonies and plantations in America, have of late, against law, or to the general assemblies of the same, the sole and exclusive right of imposing duties and taxes upon his Majesty's subjects in the said colonies....be it declared ...., that the said colonies and plantations in America, have been, are, and of right ought to be, subordinate unto, and dependent upon the imperial Crown and Parliament of Great Britain;". ... The continental c...

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Assess the extent to which religious freedom and democracy were ideological and actual foundations of colonial America. ... In colonial America, many people expected to gain individual rights, however many people did not receive equal rights. ... Describe the experiences of and opportunities for women throughout colonial America and between the colonies and England. ... In colonial America, women could have been considered indentured servants for all intents and purposes. ... Colonial troops lacked the exquisite training of the redcoats. ...

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In the early 17th century colonization had begun in North America. ... The basis of colonial society in New England was family and religious freedom. ... America as families to begin with. ... Slavery became very popular in the South because there was a need for more workers on the large plantations. ... As it is now known the development of the first North American colonies differed significantly by region. ...

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