The American Colonies VS the British Parliament In the Seven Years’ War or the French and Indian War, Britain took over the eastern part of what is now the United States of America. The British forced out the French from many territories in Canada and received Florida from Spain by giving the Spanish west of the Mississippi River. With Britain's victory in the war, they had complete power of the seas and now the American Colonies did not have to fret about attacks coming from the French, Spanish
The British colonies in America were all settled for the reason of bringing power to the mother country, but as the years progressed the new states were formed and molded by economical and cultural differences. Every area settled by the colonists had something completely different in it, as an example some would have mountain or large areas where fish would conglomerate. Each region having its own specialties allowed for different economies to arise, economies that would rely on each other in order
all of the British colonies in the new world were all the same. This is not the case though. The colonies, although they were all British they had some similarities but mainly they had differences. The Southern, New England and Middle colonies clearly show theses similarities and differences, particularly in terms of land, labor, religion, and native relations. The colonies of the south and the New England had one similarity; there relationship with the natives. Both of the colonies had very bad
Dissatisfaction, especially in the American colonies led to the rejection of mercantilism. Soon enough, capitalism replaced mercantilism in the late 18th century. Capitalism’s main principles challenged government economic control and advocated free trade, competition, and choice as routes to economic prosperity. The factors that allowed small numbers of Europeans to dominate vast areas throughout the world were naval power and a large central government. Naval power, guns, and cannons gave a large
Although these colonies were all British, they had a vast amount of differences. The middle and southern colonies have numerous similarities and differences including land and labor, religion, and native relations. The middle colonies were extremely diverse in their demographics. Pennsylvania, founded by William Penn, is an excellent example of a proprietary colony. It was established by William Penn as a haven for Quakers in the New World. Penn stated “I shall not at this time make it my Business
Colonization is the act of setting up a colony away from one 's place of origin” (Colonization, 2015) .The history of the colonization of Massachusetts and Georgia is very interesting both of these two colonies were founded under basically the same premises which were seeking a better life. However, there are some similarities and differences that are evident. The founders of the New World’s mission were freedom. However, their number reasoning was spiritual freedom. They were tired of the Church
After Jamestown, the first colony, thousands of people migrated to the New World to find religious and political freedom. The New World was a huge mystery; people were hungry for adventure. Slowly the New World turned into its own mini-country created by a collection of 13 colonies; although, they were still be governed by the British. These 13 colonies can be categorized into three: Northeast (New England), Middle and Southern colonies. The New England Colonies consisted of Massachusetts, Rhode
The Massachusetts colony, otherwise known as the ‘Massachusetts Bay colony’ was originally settled by Puritans in 1630. They were plagued by the religious persecutions of King Charles I and the Church of England. Weary from this dogged torment, they left England under the leadership of John Winthrop. These original colonists quickly established many small towns in the name of high religious ideals and strict societal rules. They also planted churches, spread Puritanism and religiously educated
Possible intro in part- There no questioning the diversity of language both in the number of languages and within each language its self. These varieties, brought on by differences in culture, class, region and ethnics play a vital role to humanity. It is important for language to change and adapt because of the Identity it provides culturally, regionally, and ethnically, the efficiency it provides in translations and usage, and the new concepts it must cover. One of the main benefits of changes
began as the “New World”, where European settlers arrived to the foreign land carrying their beliefs, religion and philosophy. They called it the new beginning, despite Natives already occupying the land. People from Europe hoped to move into the colonies in the Americas for religious freedom and to better their lives through promises of more land, property, and profitability. However, the settlers’ ignorance of the land and its environment led them to be faced with many trials and tribulations upon