Colonial America 'til 1759 The American colonists came from a variety of backgrounds. There were the English, who were running away from religious persecution, the Dutch, who reputedly bought Manhattan for a string of beads. The French Huguenots, who were Protestants fleeing from p...

Robert There were many ideas that sparked the American Revolution many were ideas that were handed down from the mother country of England. Either through British ideology that was brought over from England. It also came from the Religious orginization that drove the first settlers ...

Background and Emergence of Democracy in the British North American Colonies Beginning in the early 1600's, North America experienced a flood of emigrants from England who were searching for religious freedom, an escape from political oppression, and economic opportunity. Their emigration from...

Democratic government in the United States had its beginnings during the colonial period. The Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, New England Town Meetings, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, and the Zenger trial each was an important step in the development of our democracy. For example, The M...

Because of Britain's salutary neglect policy, the colonies enjoyed a lot of freedom, which in effect led to the development of American society. The colonies benefited from a lack of heavy British political or economic rule, so they established their legislative assemblies, maintained their commerc...

English settlers started arriving in the colonies in 1607. Two different companies would finance the expeditions for the colonist. The Virginia Company and Massachusetts Bay Company would both set up colonies in the new world. They shared their similarities and differences while setting up the colo...

Every person born and raised in America, within the past half century, has at one time or another heard the song "Fifty Nifty United States"; the song which pounds the memorization of the fifty American states into one's head. If you were to ask any person from the age of ten to thirty, they woul...