The early English colonies can be broken in to three separate regions. ... Pennsylvania was part of the middle colonies and Virginia was the first of the southern colonies. ... This begins to show the social development in these north eastern colonies. ... Middle colonies did not rely on trade like their north eastern neighbors. ... The southern colonies economical system was based around agriculture of a different type. ...

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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. ...

• Word Count: 1516
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

During the period of 1680-1770, tens of thousands of Scots, Scots-Irish and Welsh came to the colonies. ... Beginning around 1680, the practice of slavery became increasingly widespread in the American colonies. ... The demographic impact cannot be overstated: southern colonies that were almost completely devoid of Africans in 1680 were 30-40% slaves by 1770. Even in northern colonies, where slavery was rare, slaves constituted anywhere from 5-15% of the population by the end of the period. ... Likewise, rich plantation owners who leeched off the labor of their slaves came to dominate the sout...

• Word Count: 2312
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Graduate

The American Revolution was also a mean of change as ended two centuries of British rule from 13 colonies and created the modern republic of United Stated of America. The main reason the colonies started rebelling against "mother England" was the taxation issue. The colonies debated England's legal power to tax them and, furthermore, did not wish to be taxed without representation. ... These two important instances of bloodshed seved to evoke the spirit of American patriotism all over the colonies. ... Slavery had changed Southern society so much that the North and the South no longer ...

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The first African brought to the English colonies in North America came on a Dutch privateer that landed at Jamestown, Virginia, in August 1619. ... Soon may colonies started importing African slaves. ... Supreme Court, directed a carefully constructed legal campaign against Southern segregation laws. ... By the 1960's several Southern states still had no black students enrolled in public schools with white students. ... The Brown decision sparked a host of other actions in the Southern civil rights movement. ...

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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. ...

• Word Count: 1791
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

On August 24th the Southern states fought for a ban on export taxes and the prohibition of legislative interference on the slave trade until 1800. ... He argues that the Great Compromise was not in the best interest of the colonies and therefore the citizens today. ...

• Word Count: 1874
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate