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United States History

United States History. In The Beginning…. In 1492, Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue…. British French Spanish Scotch-Irish Germans Portuguese Jews Swedes. Dutch Welsh Irish Scots Belgians Swiss. Who Came To The Colonies…. They came from here …. … and landed here.

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United States History

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  1. United States History In The Beginning…

  2. In 1492, Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue…

  3. British French Spanish Scotch-Irish Germans Portuguese Jews Swedes Dutch Welsh Irish Scots Belgians Swiss Who Came To The Colonies…

  4. They came from here …

  5. … and landed here.

  6. Why Did People Come Here? Religious Reasons • Pilgrims-Mass. • Puritans-Mass. • Quakers-Penn.

  7. Economic Reasons Greater Opportunities More Land GOLD!!

  8. Political Reasons • Objections to established rules • Intolerance • Persecution

  9. Why would the “Old Country” allow their citizens to leave Europe and set up colonies in the “New World??” MERCANTILISM Definition: an economic policy designed to enhance the power and wealth of the mother countries by taking natural resources and wealth from the new lands.

  10. Give and Take Relationship • The colonists came to America to find their given freedoms. • The Mother Country wanted to take all the resources of the land. How long can this last?

  11. TENSIONS WILL RISE!!!! • Stay tuned for further details in United States History!

  12. COMING SOON: • An American Revolution

  13. THE END

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