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    emigrated from Europe to America for several reasons, such as the hope to find relief from the war and rebellion occupying Europe, the chance to find bigger farms to make money, and most of all the chance to have religious freedom (“The Thirteen American Colonies” n.d.). Religious freedom was a very important part of the colonists’ lives and culture. According to “Religion and the Founding of the American Republic”, between 1700 and 1740, an estimated 75 to 80 percent of the population attended churches,

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    Everyday life in colonial America was made up of large cities, rural settlements, and frontier regions. Life in colonial America was nothing short of difficult. The large cities were made up of many classes of people ranging from wealthy to slaves. There were some that had very specific skills as well as communication skills and others who had nothing. The wealthy people dreamed of what they were going to do in the future, however the middle class people dreamed but did not plan. They were better

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    John Winthrop Speech

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    General Court of Massachusetts explained the Puritan concept of freedom which consisted of natural liberty (doing whatever you want) and moral liberty (doing what is good). In the Massachusetts Bay colony, the Puritans wanted to have the right to worship and govern themselves but had to exercise good moral conduct by obeying religious and government authority. Winthrop explains the idea of freedom

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    The colony was made up of many structures connected by tunnels in order to keep our lives separate from the empty vacuum of space. There were multiple 62-AB robots stationed around the colony in case we needed assistance with anything. This just seemed odd. Of course robots that are developed to look and act just like humans are a bit strange, but

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    The population was largely made up of bachelors for the first years. Women in the 17th Century were considered completely inferior to men in almost all ways possible. The social customs and legal codes ensured that the majority of women in these colonies were unable to vote, preach, hold political office, attend public schools or colleges, start lawsuits, make contracts or own property (Shi &Tindall, 2013, Pg. 111). Women of the 17th Century had extremely restricted roles within their religion. Typical

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    political hierarchies. From enforced morality to Indian conflicts, religion tended to destabilize numerous colonies and even led to unjustifiable atrocities like the Salem Witch Trials. Nevertheless, without a religious influence, the timeline of New World progression and territory would have been suspended indefinitely. Because religion primarily influenced the establishment of the colonies and numerous aspects of politics, it played an integral role in colonial New England society. Even with distinct

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    1. Why is it important to begin the "historic" (as opposed to prehistoric) period of Maine history in Europe? It is important to being the “historic period of Maine history in Europe for a number of reasons. One very important reason was because during that time period European events dominated Maine. Those events proved that historic change in regional cultures usually came from an outside group. The European explorers saw Maine as a place with so many possibilities, but along with these explorers

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    Boston Massacre Analysis

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    The British Side of the Boston Massacre Mykenzie Cotiaux “Between the hours of nine and ten o’clock, being in my master’s house, was alarmed by the cry of fire, I ran down as far as the town-house, and then heard that the soldiers and the inhabitants were fighting in the alley… I then left them and went to King street. I then saw a party of soldiers loading their muskets about the Custom house door, after which they all shouldered. I heard some of the inhabitants cry out, “heave no snow

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    Virginia, there were the wealthy farmers and the poor slaves. There were very few middle class citizens. The main source of income for the Chesapeake region was trade and distribution of tobacco. Still lacking a substantial amount of females, the colony did not expand as fast as it potentially could have. New England lacked a significant social gap. Mostly everyone was middle class with the exception of a very few. While New England was able to have some type of agriculture, they relied mostly on

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    John Winthrop Model

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    In 1630, the Arbella carried Puritans from England toward the colonies. Once they had arrived, John Winthrop took responsibility to teach the passengers the principles of a model society so the future generations could live well. By following these principles, the community was going to be able to survive by working together in order to ensure that the community would last. Although America started with John Winthrop’s idea of a model society, this nation is no longer the community that was envisioned

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