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    States government for land. The U.S. citizens and government pushed the Native Americans out west onto The Plains. On page 80 in the American History: Reconstruction to the Present textbook, it says, “White settlers believed the Plains region was too dry for farming. But by the 1850s, some settlers…

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    Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and West Virginia. This region is also known as “ the typically American “. Some of the settlers that came to the Mid-Atlantic were the dutch, swedes, English Catholics, and her quakers. This quote I found showed the types of people that first settled into this particular region “ While early settlers were mostly farmers, traders, and fishermen, the Mid-Atlantic states provided the young United States with heavy industry and served as…

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    with John Smith and John Rolfe. However, what motivated them to take the paths they’ve chosen in their lives? Could there be comparisons between these two; a European and a Native American when they have been on different sides of a feud between settlers and Native Americans? Their lives tell the story. Pocahontas met John Smith in the Virginia colony, which was known for growing tobacco. It was also known for its religious pursuits for a better life outside of England.…

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    to sit in the Council of Chiefs. The Cherokee also had trouble with near settlers from England. The Cherokee and the English had many times of peace and war. There was a particular time that the Cherokee were about to attack these settlers. Nancy took action and released two prisoners to warn the English. Historians still debate her motives for doing so. Some say it was her way of showing patriotism towards the English settlers. Others believe that she just wanted to keep their friendship.…

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    banishments likely served as a warning to live their life strictly in the Puritan way. In attempts to reject feudal society, New England Puritans attempted to maintain political equality with the use of land by granting land to incoming groups of settlers, who then would distribute it evenly to the men of the families. Though most of the population owned land, proprietors would typically give nobility larger plots and high-class jobs. In addition, most adult men would have an equal vote town…

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    the British colonial in rule of India. In 1637, The English settlers broke out with the Pequot Indians. The war between the Pequot and the English was called the Pequot war. During this war all of the Indians were almost all wiped out. After the Pequot war there was the King’s Philip’s war. The English settlers knew King Philip as King Philip but the Indians knew him as metacomet. Metacomet rose up to resist the English. The white settlers got help from a group of the Mohawk allies who ambush…

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    Early European motives for expansion and colonization of the New World sprouted from explorations into the West in search of a better, safer trade route to the Orient. After finding the New World by accident, several different explorers set up settlements in various states such as Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. Monarchs saw value in the exotic spices and other things, such as fabric and dyes, coming from Asia. But the Muslim occupation of the Eastern trade routes made…

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    of the Black Hills, gold was discovered by white settlers. This event took place in the 1870’s in Dakota Territory. The chance to get rich was now for the American settlers, but the only problem was a Native American tribe called the Sioux occupied this land. The United States Government saw this as a problem. On January 31, 1876, the government urged the Sioux leader named Sitting Bull, and his people to give their land away to white settlers and move to a reservation. The Sioux decided…

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    At first, Parliament passed the Stamp Act of 1765; however, this act was later repealed due to the heavy protest and hostile acts of the colonial settlers. The repeal of the Stamp Act was a slap in the face toward Parliament. England was viewed as a major military power, and now was being told what to do by a small group of defiant settlers. Parliaments…

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    That it is nothing but a formality, a thing that exists but can be ignored. Just like the settlers Americans and any group/person in power they are train take and not take into consideration the people they are stealing from or the or the significance that it may have to the ones it belonged too. They want what they want and do not expect any…

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