When one refers to the eighteenth century, however, he must realize that there were many major cultural, religious, and moral differences between colonial Americans of different regions of the newly discovered land we now call the United States of America. ... 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 family structure of the North was a major reason for its survival. ... This is v...

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The North America Continent was not the main battlefield of the Seven Years' War, yet the aftermath of the war had significantly altered the situation in the British colonies on the continent. When the war was finally brought to an end, the French Colonial Empire had ceded Quebec, the former New France, to Britain; so the British Empire finally established its hegemony in North America. ... Regardless of the close ties of people and culture with Britain, the colonists started the American Revolutionary War. ... An all-out independent war spreading over the entire North American Continent ...

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Independence Day is the national holiday of the United States of America commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... By the early 1800s the traditions of parades, picnics, and fireworks were established as the way to celebrate America's birthday. ... The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve ...

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The American Pageant pages 25-65 I. The Planting of English America 1. ... Gilbert's brother, Sir Walter Raleigh tried again, landed on North Carolina's Roanoke Island. ... The West Indies: Way Station to Mainland America 1. ... English settlers who had been pushed out of the Indies migrated to North Carolina. ...

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Why the English Came to America? ... Many Puritans fled to America during the conflict to avoid persecution by the King and begin a government in which they could have a voice. 5. Adventurers: - Many of the more wealthy English citizens desired to come to American to explore. ...

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