By this time, the English colonies numbered 13. ... The founders of the Southern Colonies were, for the most part, out to make money. ... The Southern Colonies were almost entirely agricultural. ... Southern plantations grew tobacco, rice, and indigo, which they sold to buyers in England and elsewhere in America. ... The North American colonies were also not the huge financial success the southern colonies were to be. ...

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The south is still very laid back, with fast food restaurants taking over an hour, and people who talk with slow southern drawls. ... The middle colonies were by far the most diverse colonies during the 1700s. ... Immigrants flocked to the middle colonies. ... The second region was the lower South, the coastal region of the southern colonies, where the people profited from indigo and rice. ... Whereas the Southern people relied on the slaves, the middle colonies made due with just their families. ...

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This law gave only the British the power to sell tea in the colonies. ... Not all of the people in the colonies wanted to separate from England. ... Popular sovereignty, basically, allowed the Southern states to decide for themselves whether or not they would allow slavery. ... They knew that Europeans could not "rejuvenate" the harsh Southern soil. ... Most of the Southerners viewed Northerners as enemies who were against slavery and, therefore, against Southern prosperity. ...

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This law gave only the British the power to sell tea in the colonies. ... Not all of the people in the colonies wanted to separate from England. ... Popular sovereignty, basically, allowed the Southern states to decide for themselves whether or not they would allow slavery. ... They knew that Europeans could not "rejuvenate" the harsh Southern soil. ... Most of the Southerners viewed Northerners as enemies who were against slavery and, therefore, against Southern prosperity. ...

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The government in the southern colonies was in no way connected to religion. ... In the New England colonies, the communities were very closely knit. ... Most aspects of life in the New England colonies involved religion. ... Religion contributed very little to southern life. ... Politically, the New England colonies were more peaceful, while the southern Chesapeake Bay colonies were rebellious. ...

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Though the Southern economy boomed because of cotton, it did not modernize, largely because the South became too dependent on cotton. Many Southerners felt that if slavery were to be abolished in the United States, the Southern culture would disappear with it, because Southern culture by 1860 was completely immersed in a slave society. ... "In the year 1765, that portion of the British Empire embracing Great Britain undertook to make laws for the Government of that portion composed of the thirteen American Colonies. ... The colonies at that time feared a strong Feder...

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Although women didn't hold office or vote, they played an active role in the South colonies. ... There were many other strong-minded women living in colonies. ... Women in colonies spent most of their time indoors, with little light, heat and comfort. ... There was a huge difference developed between Northern and Southern states in XVII century. ... Southern colonists didn't form communities unlike their northern counterparts. ...

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As the population constantly increased in the colonies during the 1600's, so did the demand for slavery especially in the southern colonies where the big plantations were. ... On the eve of the Civil War, the ration was one in four; and slave owners probably made up less than a third of southern whites. ... By the American Revolution, 20 percent of the overall population in the thirteen colonies was of African descent. ... The economic realities of the southern colonies, however, perpetuated the institution, which was first legalized in Massachusetts in 1641. ...

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Their push for overseas colonies came as a result of the industrial revolution creating the need for cheap labour, raw materials and new markets. ... Inscribed in his paperweight was "Belgium needs colonies-. ... However the Belgian government or people had no interest in oversees colonies and refused to acquire an empire. Initially Leopold had looked to the east in his efforts to gain colonies, but his attempt to gain the Philippines from Spain did not prove fruitful. ... Britain favoured extension of Portuguese power to southern banks of the river. ...

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But they are also found in the Caribbean and in the Gulf of Mexico as far north as southern Florida. ... These microscopic invertebrates from branching colonies over coral skeletons and reef debris, cementing the reef structure. ... Slight changes in the reef environment may have harmful effects on the health of entire coral colonies. ...

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Accordingly, the Missouri Compromise was created in which the state of Maine was shaped out of the Northern colonies of Massachusetts. ... This crisis emphasized the Southerners commitment to slavery and the North's resentment of the southern political power. ... The issue of Southern nullification and secession that followed this arose from the idea of tariffs. ...

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The Spanish colonies of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, as well as the formerly independent nation of Hawaii, became American possessions. ... The Spanish colonies in mainland North and South America became independent in the early 1800s, but Cuba and Puerto Rico remained Spanish. ... Landing on the southern coast, near the small city of Daiquiri, the Rough Riders were one of the first units to come ashore. ...

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In May 1787, delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation. ... Representation - the southern states with large slave populations wanted all of their slaves counted for representation purposes. ... Southern states lowered their demands and settled on the three-fifths compromise. ...

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Jefferson is also responsible for basic human rights including religious freedom in the colonies granted by his Declaration. As the Declaration's infamous first line states "All men are created equal," and everyone demanded this equality in the colonies. ... Out of the new religious freedoms granted by Jefferson grew the question of egalitarianism in the colonies. ... At this time many other southern American countries had their own revolutions and Spain was forced to take their troops out of this region. ...

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The Virginia Slave Codes of 1705 became the model of slave codes for other colonies. ... The immensity and ingenuity of the plot terrified southern slaveholders who now felt it necessary to increase the oppression of slaves. ...

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Imagine sitting on the rooftop, with the moon beaming above you. You shift your eyes from one side to the other, searching for unsuspecting victims. Your eagerness drives you to sit impatiently, but you know you cannot budge from your spot. Even the slightest footstep could give away your positio...

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Birthplace of the Middle Class- Because of the success of the automobile industry that was a great migration of southern workers who came to the area because of employment opportunities and the wages and benefits that were being paid to workers. ...

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Mexican History Pre-Columbian Ancient Mexico is home to some of the earliest and most advanced civilizations in the western hemisphere. This region is known historically as Mesoamerica. Mesoamerica is used to refer to the geographical and cultural traditions of the pre-Columbian civilizations that...

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Prince Henry the Navigator Prince Henry the Navigator seldom left Portugal, but he helped make it possible for the first Europeans to explore Africa. In Henry's time, the ocean was very dangerous and Africa was a mysterious place that seemed to contain endless miles of sand. Today we know t...

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Columbia is a country wrought with poverty, corruption, and violence. It has gained notoriety for its drug trafficking and the scandalous dealings by the military. Five percent of Columbia (1.9 million people, 1.1 million of them children) have been displaced due to the fighting in a four decade old...

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