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Some scholars estimate that more than 10 million enslaved African Americans were transported to the Americas between the 1500s and the 1600s.They shipped them accross the atlantic.
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After slave codes in the south outlawed this, some enslaved people passed along there learning secretly.Some just taught them selves from stolen or borrowed books.
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They signed up for a contract to work from 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who mwould pay for his or her ocean passage to the Americas.In the 1600s, most indentured servants came from england.
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The first colonial poet was Anne Bradstreet.Her first poem was published in 1650 in England.
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A bill of rights is a written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect.KING william and queen mary signed the english bill of rights.
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Enlightenment thinkers looked for "Natural Laws" that governed politics, society , and econimics
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Was a 3 way trade between the colonies, the island of the caribbean, and Africa.Slave traders in the bristish colonies developed this trade.
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France and britain each controlled large areas of north america which borderd on each other for thousands of miles
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By 1700s, rules on religion had become less strict in many of the colonies.
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The family played an important role in colonial America. Lots of people lived with there extended families.Most lived on farms.
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The right of journalists to publish the truth without restriction or penalty.
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George washington and Edward braddock wanted to capture Fort Duquesne.
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Britain wanted more land but native americans wanted to keep there land.
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The stamp act required that all colonists buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities.
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Angry crowd of workers and sailors surrounded soldiers and threw snow balls at the soldiers. The frighten soldiers got scared and fired into the crowd.
