During the seventeenth century, the attractions of cheap land encouraged children to move away from the homesite to try their fortunes elsewhere. ... Scattered settlements in the Chesapeake colonies during the seventeenth century created conditions that made it impossible for the skilled workman to practice his trade. ... In the seventeenth century, the transplanted Englishmen in America lived in a society whose social framework resembled what he had known at home. ...

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During the seventeenth century there where many attempts to create the model society. The Puritans where one group that wanted to make a society based on their beliefs. The Puritans wanted to purify the church of England. They also wanted to build a purified society. One aspiration that really took...

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The Puritan work ethic is the concept that hard work yields success which ultimately yields wealth. If one has wealth, then another might easily conclude that he who has wealth is a hard working, successful individual. Unfortunately, wealth played too important a status criterion in the society of ...

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Joseph McCarthy was a U.S. senator in the mid twentieth century, whose great fear of the rising communist party in both the Soviet Union and in America was reflected by a great deal of the country. ... "The Crucible," a play about the Salem witch trials of the seventeenth century, was an allegory for the communist trials led by McCarthy. ... This fear has been a part of every society around the world for centuries and until we can take the time to understand, it will no doubt continue to happen....

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The events of American history are very much connected to the influence of American literature and what it has become today. The inspiration that a writer needs is mostly gathered by the effects of the world around him/her, and this is how the geography and history of America have made an impact...

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In a society where the main virtues of the townspeople include honesty, religious dedication, a structurally sound family life, and respect for others, it seems nothing can go wrong. Thus, when something or someone goes awry, the source of the fault must not be searched for in the town, rather to ...

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Some of the first settlers in seventeenth century America were British revolutionaries escaping religious prejudices back home. ... During the first half of the 19th century, the country migrated west. ... America in the eighteenth and nineteenth century was so dynamic and corrupt that money replaced everything and people thrived on its economic vitality. ...

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