Native Americans In Early America

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Through all of this time, in early America many things have changed we started out with Native Americans, slowly had immigrants move to America to live a better, free life. We have had the City On a Hill, the first and second Great Awakening, Salem Witch Trials, the Continental Congresses. We have come a long way with religion and schooling, we started out with Quakers and Puritans, and a few Catholics. Now we have Quakers, Puritans, Methodists, Congregationalists and much more. We have now become very diverse and slowly becoming accepting of all people, you know except for blacks, Native American, and all women. Women of all races and color are still not accepted in society. Blacks are still slaves, women still have no voice, and Native American

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