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    set the ground work for the religious views we have today in our country. Three sources, given to me, telling of the effects that the revival of religion had on early America was quite interesting to me. I found them to be a great insight to the basis of how the revival effected

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    Christopher Columbus was one of the greatest seaman and explorers. He made the first connection between the Americas and Europeans. On his first voyage he traveled west and found a island on the Bahamas where he landed in the new world, October 12th, 1492. Columbus also started the Columbian Exchange, Columbus’ voyages made the exchange of plants,animals,cultures, and ideas between the western and eastern hemispheres. The Europeans were able to reach almost all the parts world creating a new modern

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    In the late 16th century through the early 17th, England as well as other European nations rapidly captured and colonized the newly discovered continent known as America. The British Empire sent multiple groups over to land upon the east coast of North America, yet two are the most famous, for they would bond to become one nation: the Chesapeake and New England colonies. Though introvert to one another, these two would unite to form one, regardless of the unique identities that they have. These differences

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    Prior to the 1700s, the Spanish and the English were trying to establish colonies in the Americas for multiple reasons. The Spanish and the English can be considered very different, but their motives for creating colonies could be traced back to including quite a lot of similarities. For instance, both the Spanish and the English were trying to acquire power and wealth. More specifically, both groups were trying to gain raw materials or resources from the New World such as gold and soil. Although

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    Comparisons and Contrasts of the Colonies Throughout the passage of human life, the desire to expand and live beyond the boundary of a civilization’s borders is an incredibly potent factor of the migration of human kind. The drive of experiencing the unknown has served as a catalyst for the human races movement and evolution since the dawn of mankind. However, with every extension or relocation of civilization comes the establishment of differing settlement structures and beliefs. A prime example

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    has been developing since long before the first European colonisation of the Americas. Although the character was somewhat influenced by the environment in which the colonies were founded, as well as the challenges these colonies faced individually, the ideas at its core were developed as a direct result of the colonists’ European backgrounds. It would not have been the same if it were not for the experiences of the colonial leaders who had previously lived in Europe, but, if the environment had been

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    Colombian Culture

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    the indigenous cultures in the country can be traced back to the time when the Spanish arrived, bringing with them the European culture (from Spain); and during the Colonial times when the African cultures were imported. These are the basis of Colombian culture. The culture also shares basic features with other cultures of Latin America in incarnations such as religion, dance, music, festivals, dialects and traditions, among others (Santander,

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    Englishmen were not the first people to establish colonies in North America. By the time they arrived, Spanish and French colonizers have already been there. However, the story of those Englishmen is the one that matters because it was them, who founded those thirteen colonies, which would later become the first ones to declare independence from their mother country. More than 170 years have passed between the first arrival of Englishmen to America and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. During

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    When England finally decided to give colonizing the new world a chance it did it with haest. It gave England a chance to get out of Spain’s shadow and overtake it with potential gold and other goods that could be found in the western hemisphere. Not only did England see a chance at opportunity so did it’s people. Over next hundred years this movement would be know as the great migration. Giving both sides having much to gain from the opportunity. England's biggest motives were to increase its wealth

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    Cultures, English Settlers and from The Colonies to States. They affected American continental and colonial development in many ways like how the early colonies former, who was in the Americas first, and how did they arrive? It all started in the 12;000 BCE when so many diverse societies in the Americas like Paleo-Indians, Aztecs, Mayan people, and Incas. In the 1500’s the population of North America lived “Iroquoians, they came from upstate NewYork through Pennsylvania into Carolina and Georgia”

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