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☆☆☆☆☆The Pilgrims (or Separatists) left Europe because they believed that the reforms of the Anglican church had not gone far enough. In order to be rightful interpreters of the Bible independent of an inherited social and cultural order, the Pilgrims knew they had to leave England and separate themselves from the Anglican church. They first moved to Holland.
After 12 years of a hard life in Holland, the Pilgrims decided to move again. They hoped to find a "better and easier place of living", to propagate and advance the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in remote parts of the world, and to be left alone to live in their own pure and righteous way. They also knew that Holland's truce with Catholic Spain was near its end and the Pilgrims would have been wiped out if Spain took control of Holland.
Results of the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War, included:
- Increased taxes on the American colonists to pay for the war
- England acquired the former French territories in Canada and owned all the land from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi river.
- French from Acadia were expelled and migrated to Louisiana, forming the Cajun culture
- settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains was forbidden by the Crown
- England acquired formerly French territory in the Caribbean and in India.
- King George III taxed American colonists to pay for the war.
- King George III would not let colonists settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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The village was empty because its original inhabitants had died of disease.
He was forced out of the colony.
New England was well suited for commerce because of good coastal harbors.
APEX~ only a small part of the land was good for farming ;)
The economy of new England was based on commerce because only a small part of the land was good for farming. New Englanders started to trade with the West Indies while developing fishing, small manufacturing, and shipbuilding.
In Quebec City, 1608.
People who sinned should be punished by the community
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Colonists were able to support local businesses and communicate easily in New England because they lived close to each other.
start a new religious government & practice their religion.
None; the middle colonies had a very diverse religious population.
End the policies that allowed the church of England to exist in New England.
It offered rich land for farming
They believed in nonviolence and equality.
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Reasons immigrants came to Philadelphia include:-Philadelphia was a port of entry into the United States
-Immigrants came as indentured servants who had to work off the borrowed price of their passage with merchants in Philadelphia
-ship lines ran regularly between Liverpool and Philadelphia
-industrial expansion provided jobs
-an abundance of cheap housing
-became a home for immigrants fleeing political turmoil, persecution, and drastic poverty
-employers spoke their language
corn, beans, and squash (APEX)
An increased interest in books and learning
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local church, for apex
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