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    The colonists would often have married young and had many offspring. This allowed more hands to work on the farms. This also caused a higher population than England, but it aided in decreasing the mortality rate because of the plentiful food from the crops they could produce. The colonies were more spread out, allowing for the transmission of diseases to be limited compared to England. Women as a population were more abundant in the colonies, however, even though they usually held the majority,…

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    slave trade, creating a cycle which ultimately resulted in more tobacco produced and more money made. New England, however, took a more diverse approach. Rather than investing into one growing industry, settlers picked up trades such as fishing, shipbuilding, and farming (on a much smaller scale than the Chesapeake). In doing so, New England developed a diverse economy and opened up many port cities, jump starting international trade. Furthermore, the populations of the Chesapeake and New…

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    1607-1660 played a major role in American history as it highlights English colonization, its main contours, Chesapeake’s overcome, the development of Virginia and Maryland, and lastly the English civil war effect on the colonies in America. It had started on April 26th 1607 where three ships entered the shore from England now as Cape Henry. They later inclined to settle sixty miles inland on the James River protecting themselves from Spaniard war ships at the time of stay where Jamestown was…

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    The beginnings of these two colonies are very similar. Both colonies had a majority of people who migrated from England. The northern and the southern colonies had similar characteristics but these colonies were very different when it comes too geographically and politics. Geographically these two colonies were on opposite sides of America so naturally, they had different climates. The northern colonies were much cooler than the south. Consequently, the life expectancy in north was much greater…

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    After a civil war , you would expect for everything to go back to normal. In this case, it could never go back to the way it was. The lives of these people were affected forever. There were jobs lost and families evicted from their houses. They had to deal with poor working conditions. They soon had to move around and build a new living place in the public. First, The Great Migration is the movement of six million African-Americans from the South to the North. This migration occurred after the…

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    Redemptora As A Shipwreck

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    Chapter 4: Review of Archaeological Literature The history of the Redemptora as a shipwreck starts at an unknown date. Until now, little had been found about its abandonment, reflecting a common practice of disposing of vessels without fanfare. However, in the museum files (WA Maritime Museum file MA File No: 10/78-1) a very interesting article in the U.E.C (Underwater Explorers’ Club) News of October 1962 was unveiled, signed by the ‘Beach Master’. It reports on page six that the author had…

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    they needed to support their family as opposed to aiming for a huge profit. Instead, the northern colonies’ economy was based on industry and commerce. The “New England settlers engaged in the commercialization of fishing, naval stores, timber, shipbuilding, and milling” (Bixby, New England Colonies: Massachusetts: Massachusetts Bay Colony). Therefore, mercantilism drove the economy in New England and the northern…

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    Influenza In Philadelphia

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    helping with the war, causing the shortage. More volunteers and medical professionals were called overseas, leaving less help for the citizens. With this shortage, the flu was not contained causing it to spread faster. Around this time, many jobs in shipbuilding opened up in Philadelphia. The cost was that there was limited space and the potential of getting infected. African Americans had to live in slums, which were breeding grounds for Influenza. Philadelphia’s health administrators…

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    American Naval Dominance

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    The Economics of American Naval Dominance Part I To say that the U.S. Navy doesn’t influence the job market would be an understatement. Production of ships, planes, and other military equipment helps create domestic jobs and strengthens the U.S. Navy’s global presence. “Maintaining a strong industrial base supporting the seagoing elements of the U.S. Merchant Marine and U.S. Navy includes having the trained and experienced manpower necessary to crew the vessels comprising the commercial merchant…

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    Jib Crane Case Study

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    CHAPTER 3 PROBLEM AND SOLUTION 3.1 PRORLEM: In current situation of industries , there is too much need of accuracy and efficiency of any machines or man is necessarily. Material handling is also lower speed work on this day, because of lack of proper technology and implementation. So we decided to make an analysis and research on JIB crane. `Second problem with jib crane is there is too much electric wire and complex operating system , make high possibility of accident and electric shock…

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