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Poverty, Disease, and Starvation: The Early Colonists
During the 1600s, Europe was experiencing a combination of problems that included a lot of poverty, disease, starvation, and restrictions on religious beliefs.
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The Spread of Slavery
During the 16th century, slavery was not only accepted in many of the European countries but was encouraged as labor for the new lands that they were expanding into.
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Thomas Jefferson’s Problem: Slavery
Europeans in the 17th and 18th centuries accepted slavery as part of their everyday life.
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Native American Conflicts
Native Americans or Native Indians that resided in the New World had different ideas of life and religion than the English invaders.
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Bringing disease to the Native American Nations
As the Europeans began to expand in their explorations, they brought disease to all of the indigenous peoples that they came in contact with.
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Puritans’ Life in Europe
The Puritans were a religious movement in the 1600s in England.
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Pursuit of Religious Freedom
Europe during the 17th century was a time of a lot of personal changes in religious beliefs.
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The Salem Witch Trials
The era of the Salem Witch trials joins some of the most horrible in the history of the colonies and of America.
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Superstition and Prejudice
It may be difficult to recognize the mass superstition and prejudice that happened in the world in the 17th through 18th centuries because today we have such an excellent level of scientific information.
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Convicts
Convicts in 1600, England could be anyone that killed someone to a person stealing bread to feed his or her family.
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Epidemics and disease
Humanity has been plagued with epidemics and disease throughout history.
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Land and water rights
Europeans that arrived in the New World were met with indigenous tribes of Native Indians. The tribes had lived on the continent for thousands of years.
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Hudson River
The Hudson River has played an essential role throughout American history. It was originally named after Henry Hudson, the explorer that was trying to find a passage to Asia in 1609.
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First Indian Reservation
The story of Native Indians in America is one of the most shameful in the history of the country and continues through to today.
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The Problem of Slavery
Europeans in the 17th and 18th centuries accepted slavery as part of their everyday life.
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Slaves and the Revolutionary War
It’s important to recognize that while the term “slave” isn’t listed in the Constitution, the framers made a decision to include what is called the “Three-fifths clause.”
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