The southern English colonies displayed many similar characteristics. The colonies of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia are known as the plantation colonies. ... Slavery was also permitted and accepted in all the southern colonies. ... Many similarities are evident in the five southern colonies. ... Religious toleration throughout the plantation colonies provided oppressed religions with freedom of worship. ...

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Several nations contributed to the early American colonies. ... Despite their biggest cultural difference, religion, the time came for them to come together and they did it without any major distress. ... The Virginians came to America in hopes of finding religious tolerance and still keep their English identity. Despite their wish to keep their English identity they made the biggest steps toward forming an independent nation. ... Although there were some glitches in the formation of the United States it all eventually came together because most of the early American...

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"Economic issues, not religion, determined the development of the English colonies in North America." ... Massachusetts's political ideas were all based around the Puritan religion.   ... These set of "laws" demonstrated the importance of religion within the colony.   ... Both economic and religious issues directly influenced the development of the colonies.  "Economic issues, not religion, determined the development of the English colonies in North America." ...

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-By the spring of 1621 half the colony was dead -Two natives Squanto and Samoset helped the colony survive by introducing native strains of corn and setting up a treaty between the Indians and the colony -The Pilgrims set up a government based on their Mayflower Compact -A governor and several assistants were elected annually by all the adult males in the colony -The colony had no royal approval but there were bigger problems to deal with -in 1625 Charles I inherited the crown and when parliament tried tot limit his power he dissolved parliament -England granted a charter for th...

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While the Spanish were getting their western piece of land, and the French their northern and central, the English began to settle their colonies. ... After the Church of England split apart from the religion of Catholicism, the protestant religion began to flourish, gaining more members. ... Unlike the Chesapeake, the New England colonies were modeled over religion. ... The Chesapeake was less severe when it came to Religion. This caused them to be religiously conflicting with the New England colonies. ...

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Several nations contributed to the early American colonies. ... Despite their biggest cultural difference, religion, the time came for them to come together and they did it without any major distress. ... The Virginians came to America in hopes of finding religious tolerance and still keep their English identity. Despite their wish to keep their English identity they made the biggest steps toward forming an independent nation. ... Although there were some glitches in the formation of the United States it all eventually came together because most of the early American...

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• Grade Level: High School

Most went to the West Indies or Latin American colonies. About five percent went to the colonies in America. ... The Africans remaining on board were sold to the colonies. ... The slave now needed a religion in which he could participate vigorously. ... Gullah blended English with African languages such as Yoruba and Ibo. ...

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Though he was in England at the time of writing, his preoccupation with the colonies image poses more of an issue. ... As an ambitious planter, Beverley deplored the "heavy impositions "2 put upon colonists by the English crown and used outspoken Americanism to celebrate Virginia's quality of governance in rebuke. ... This source however is in relation to Jews and them using those of different religions as their slaves as their non-adherence to Judaism evidenced their inferiority, rather than a racial motivation so has questionable direct application. ...

• Word Count: 1094
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate