Breen and Innes: "Myne Owne Ground": Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore (1980)
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(5 pp) In the seventeenth century, blacks who were either slaves or indentured servants had, at least in one part of the South, a unique window of opportunity open to freedom. Their story is seldom known, and worth a closer look because of the lessons it teaches about the power of free markets and personal freedom. In "Myne Owne Ground," professors, T. H. Breen and Stephen Innes describe settlements on the Eastern Shore of Virginia between the years 1640 and 1680, and reflect the impacts these free blacks had on the surrounding community. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BBbkmyne.doc

Broken Promises: The Penns and the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Indians
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In seventeen pages this paper examines the respectful and harmonious relationship William Penn cultivated with the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Indians who were residing in Pennsylvania during the seventeenth century and how the promises he made to them in good faith regarding their land were subsequently broken after his death by his greedy sons Thomas and John. Eight sources are listed in the bibliography.
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Calvinism and Puritanism: Connections Through History
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An 8 page discussion of the history of the Puritans. The author contends that this history is considerably more extensive than that that unfolded in the “New World”. Indeed, the Puritans are integrally connected to Scotland and a man known as John Calvin. Puritans were followers of Calvin’s radical new approach to religion. The reverberations of that approach would reach far beyond Scotland and into the Americas as well as the rest of the world. Not only would it shape the actions of the Puritans themselves, it would determine the way they would interact with others throughout history. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPpuritn.rtf

Cavaliers and the Puritans: From England to the Americas
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A 5 page discussion of the integral differences between the Puritans and the Cavaliers. Traces the groups from their origin in England to their exploits in the Americas. The author of this paper contends that the Puritans were seeking to establish a new Jerusalem, a place where justice and fairness would prevail. The Puritans’ reluctance to move into new areas of the New World meant that the majority of their impact was restricted to the northern portion of what would eventually become the United States. In contrast, the Cavaliers were more interested in expanding their areas of control. Their influence would quickly spread from the Northeast into the South. Much of their philosophy centered around capturing control of and taming the “New World” and its people. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPcavali.rtf

Chesapeake Tobacco Culture
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A 5 page research paper that explores how tobacco came to be a prominent influence in the development of Virginian Chesapeake society. The writer discusses the factors promoting type adoption of this cash crop, the kind of society that evolved and the impact on the environment of the region. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khtobcul.rtf

Christopher Columbus
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4 page analytical review of "Admiral of the Ocean Sea," a book by Samuel Eliot Morrison that goes into great detail about Christopher Columbus and his voyage to the "New World." No Bibliography.
Filename: Chriscol.wps

Christopher Columbus – Commenting on the People of the New World
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This 5 page report discusses the journal entries of Christopher Columbus from September and October of 1492. Through using this primary source, it is possible to see the opinions and assumptions made about an indigenous culture by a European "discoverer." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Christopher Columbus/ 1493 letter
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A 5 page research paper that examines the early correspondence of Christopher Columbus, looking at how his letters expressed the European view of Native Americans and their reactions to them and the resources of the New World. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khcolcor.wps

Colonial America and the Possibilities
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A 4 page paper which examines the settlement patterns of the colonists in America and then discusses whether or not America could have found a more peaceful separation from England. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: RAcolno.rtf

Colonial America: New England and the Chesapeake
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This 5 page paper argues that the two colonies (Massachusetts and the Chesapeake Bay) though they were in different parts of the country, were actually much more alike than is usually thought. Support for this claim rests on the colonists' cultural relations with the Native Americans, specifically King Philip's War and Bacon's Rebellion. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVNEChes.rtf

Colonial Era / Knowledge And Learning
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This 5 page paper explores the importance of learning and knowledge in colonial America. There is a focus on Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin and their thoughts about education and learning. The essay discusses the purpose of learning and what knowledge was perceived as the most valuable. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PGknow.wps

Colonial Expansionism and Capitalism
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A 5 page consideration of the differences in approach taken by Native Americans and European colonists in regard to land stewardship. English colonists valued Native land for farming, range land and for whatever other natural resources it could offer. They approached the land from a capitalistic perspective. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPcolEn2.rtf

Colonial Latin America: Social Networks, Identity, and Consensus
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This is a 6 page paper discussing colonial Latin America in relations to the patron-client relationship and social classes. While colonial Latin America was segregated into a hierarchy of social and class systems with the Spanish elite at the top, the maintenance of the system was possible by the textured social networks within communities which existed before the introduction of the Spaniards but nevertheless added the elite Spaniards as the ruling class. The Spaniards did their best to degrade the culture of the Native Indians by introducing Spanish customs and religion and separating the communities into barrios however although the Indians observed these new customs in a public sense, their private identity still contained traditional cultural, familial and social elements. Largely the Spanish elite ruled with stability based on the belief in the class system which expected them to manage the communities with justice. When that expectation failed however, consensus among the lower classes was obtained and riots ensued which led the way to eventual independence. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: TJLatam1.rtf

Colonial Opposites: Massachusetts and Virginia
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(5 pp) The colonies of Massachusetts and Virginia had very little in common. Although they were both English colonies, they had different societies, different local governments and different values. This discussion will examine those differences in terms of structure, leadership, economic systems and values. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BBcolmv.doc

Colonial Printing, Publishing and Benjamin Franklin’s “The Autobiography”
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A 3 page paper which examines what can be learned about the business of printing and publishing in colonial America by Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGbfprint.rtf

Colonial Women’s Public Role and Legal Status
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In five pages this paper contrasts the public role and legal status of colonial women with the primary text cited being Julia Cherry Spruill’s Women’s Life and Work in the Southern Colonies. Two sources are listed in the bibliography.
Filename: TGfemsouth.rtf

Colonialism in Shakespeare's, "The Tempest":
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This 3 page paper explores Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in order to analyze how this author communicated his ideas about colonialism. This paper furthermore draws significant parallels between the story and the real-life situation of Puerto Rico and their historical issues with colonialism. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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