Disease and armed conquest had ravaged the native people of the New World. ... Laws of primogeniture stated that only the eldest sons were eligible to inherit landed estates. Younger sons had to seek fortunes elsewhere; helped form joint-stock companies (forerunner of modern day corporations), which enabled a group of investors to pool their capital. 3. ... Virginia company's charter guaranteed overseas settlers the same rights as native Englishmen. ... Other Native Americans were forced out of their ancestral lands. ...

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Most often, farms in the north consisted of "a son or hired hand with the tools and skills of the carpenter's craft [which] was invaluable in the building, maintenance, and repair of house, barn and other outbuildings ."7 This is just an example of the work that was needed or utilized on most farms in the northern region. As the eighteenth century went on, it became more and more difficult, however, "to support a family on farming alone," and many had to resort to working in factories or shops as well as owning a small farm to earn enough to afford the family's basic needs.8 It wa...

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As a political protest opposing to the Townshend Act, which placed new duties on various imports, members of a Patriotic organization named "Sons of Liberty" disguised as American Indians and destroyed a total of 42,009.9 kilograms of tea on December 16, 1773.viii Patriots clearly demonstrated their dissatisfaction toward the British government. ...

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