(1754-1763), the Northwest Territory and Canada. The original Thirteen Colonies declared their independence from Great Britain in 1776 and formed a government under the Articles of Confederation in 1781, adopting (1787) a new constitution that went into effect after 1789. The nation soon began ...
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Penn splits the lower three colonies of Pennsylvania into their own assembly with the same governor as Pennsylvania, close to the Chesapeake colonies Georgia south of South Carolina is Spanish Florida, England creates a buffer between the valuable colony and the Spanish, a lot of people in Englan...
Scholars in postcolonial and/or decolonial traditions such as Wynter and Anibal Quijano suggest the 16th-Century marks the emergence of European administrative systems that divided people in the colonies into hierarchically organized legal categories, which were inherited through lines of descent. By the...
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Who brought African slaves to the British colonies in North America during the 17th century? Who colonized Austria? What European country established trade with the Blackfoot Indian tribe? Who benefited from the British Empire? Who did the Vikings invade in the U.K.?
Historical Context: Colonists primarily refer to the early European settlers who came to the New World during the 17th century to establish newcolonies, such as Jamestown and Plymouth. Immigrants, on the other hand, encompasses a broader range of people who have moved to America for various reaso...
Was the Glorious Revolution in England? Did Timothy Pickering like the Alien and Sedition Acts? After the American Revolution, did all the 13 colonies have different constitutions? Did all of the New England Colonies have witch trials? Did the Sugar Act cause the Boston Tea Party? Did coloni...
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