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    America began? The Revolutionary war was the result of many conflicts between the 13 North American Colonies‚ and Great Britain‚ and ended in the colonies’ independence. In this research paper‚ you will learn about where the war began‚ about the taxing of the colonies‚ the Boston Tea Party‚ and the battle of Lexington and Concord. The 13 Colonies The 13 North American colonies‚ more commonly known as the 13 colonies‚ were 13 settlements made by Great Britain‚ in what was known as “The land of opportunity”

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    APUSH 1st Quarter Paper Research Many religious groups journeyed to America to form one of the original thirteen colonies on the basis of their religious beliefs.  Although the plan was to escape persecution‚ there was some amount of persecution happening in the colonies as they brought the circle of hatred back round – one gets hurt so they hurt another. In this paper I will discuss the religions that came out of the three main sects: Judaism‚ Roman Catholic and Protestants; and how act

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    The original 13 colonies was democratic‚ because of their ability to vote‚ religious freedom‚ and their representative government. Document 2 was created because the colonies believed voters had the right to have a say in the government. Voting qualifications were that you had to be a white‚ Christian male‚ and own a specific amount of land. Voting was democratic in that the colonists had a say in government. Blacks and women not having the right to vote was undemocratic. The colonies believed the

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    In the late 1700s‚ tensions ran high between Britain and the 13 American colonies‚ which led to events such as the Boston "Massacre"‚ and the Boston Tea Party. Britain’s angry response to these events furthered the indignation of the colonials against the British‚ which ultimately led to the Revolutionary War in the colonies. Among the factors for rebellion the resentment of parliamentary taxation‚ restriction of civil liberty‚ British military measures‚ and the legacy of American religious

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    Europe there were many different religions some of them that they brought then went to found colonies ; Maryland was Catholic‚ Pennsylvania was founded by Quakers‚ The Calvinist Puritans established themselves in Massachusetts. Some of the colonies that were founded were more diverse like for example‚ Georgia which provided freedom of worship‚ except for Catholics. Catholics weren’t really welcome in the 13 colonies other than outside of Maryland.

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    The colonial empire grew prior to 1740 due to Mercantilism‚ these colonies economic policies were guided by this one theory. The chief objective of the nations economic poloicies was to serve the state. Mercantilism was developed to facilitate the consoloidation of the new European nation-states. This recquired great amounts of money to support their growing military. Mercantilists considered the economy and politics as zero-sum games; one side’s gain was another’s loss. This essay will reveal to

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    The Original 13 Colonies - The original 13 British colonies settled in America‚ they were founded in the 17th and 18th century. These colonies declared independence from Britain in 1776 and soon later formed the United States of America. The colonies all had similar political‚ constitutional‚ and legal systems‚ all the while being dominated by Protestant English- speakers. In the 18th century Britain held America in tight grasp of mercantilism. This is significant to the expansion of the U.S because

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    Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. Changes in religion‚ economics‚ politics‚ and social structures illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans. By 1763‚ although some colonies still maintained established churches‚ other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution for religious toleration and separation of church and state

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    Mercantilism and the Physiocracy Early economic thought (pre-classical economics) (8th century BC – 1776) 1. early pre-classical economics (Greeks‚ Scholasticism) (800 BC – 1500) 2. late pre-classical economics (1500-1776) Mercantilism‚ 16th - 18th centuries; Physiocracy‚ France‚ 1750 -1789 Late pre-classical economics spans from circa the year of 1500 to 1776. We can distinguish two main currents of economic thought in this period: Mercantilism‚ active in the whole Europe from 13th

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    Samantha Throughout history‚ different economic system have influenced specific nation‚ religion‚ and people. These system include manorialism during the Middle Age in Western Europe‚ mercantilism during the Age of Exploration‚ and communism in the post World War ll China. Manorialism is the system by which the Lord of the Manor exploited the serfs or tenants who worked on his estate. The Manor House was the main dwelling on the Lord’s estate. Manorialism represent the economic

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