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Q: What group of colonists came to the colonies from England under contract to work a certain number of years?
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Which group of colonist came the colonies from England under contract to work a certain number of years?

Indentured servants.


How the colonists experiences caused them to build certain types of colonies?

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Where did the king of England hire soldiers from to fight the colonists?

I'm not certain but I am thinking France.....


Why were the colonists asked to pay new taxes after 1763?

The colonies actually paid a great deal less in taxes that did the people in England. This caused problems back home where the people there complained about paying taxes to supply soldiers and administration in the Colonies, not only in America but everywhere Great Britain had Colonies. For these reasons, certain taxes were levied on items such as public papers, tea and other imported items, and colonists were made to house soldiers. This infuriated some Colonists, and as time passed others were stirred up as well against England's administration, even though most Colonists still considered themselves British.


Why did some religious people want to reform the church?

the colonists left England for religious freedom for Christianity.


What important right did James the duke of York finally agree to give colonists?

ANSWER:James, the Duke of York, allowed a social contract with the colonies, and him. It was based on:"In this condition everyone enjoyed certain basic rights, particularly the rights to life, liberty, and ownership of property."So, James, and the colonies worked out a social agreement, for his power to rule, and the people to be allowed to keep the basic rights they had earlier possessed.


Why during the seventeen hundreds colonists become more tolerant of different religion?

They actually didn't become more tolerant of different religions. The original colonies are known for there religious persecution. When the colonies were first being founded if you were a different religon you would be kicked out of the colony and forced to find another. This cause certain colonies to be certain beliefs and only that belief.


How do you put nonimportation into a sentence?

Non-importation is a law against importing certain goods from another country, similar to a trade embargo. An example of it used in a sentence would be: The colonists enacted a non-importation law against England in the hopes that England would suffer economically and be more inclined to negotiate with the colonists.


How was farming in new England and the southern colonies the same?

I'd say that independent small farmers outnumbered the large plantation owners in both colonies. Hope I could help, even if this is a bit late...


What does a future contract do?

It requires you to do a certain thing, for a certain price, on a certain date.


A future contract does what?

It requires you to do a certain thing, for a certain price, on a certain date.


In which colonies were people most forced to conform to a certain religion?

The colony that was the most strict about asking people to conform to a certain religion was Massachusetts. Some people were even hung for refusing to conform.