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Pilgrims, Puritans, and Separatists (Calvinist Settlers in Colonial New England)
For More Resources on Colonial America, visit my website: https://www.tomrichey.net/colonial-america.html We typically use three words to describe the settlers in Colonial New England: Pilgrims, Puritans, and Separatists. Since these...

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Government in Ancient Greece
Acropolis Agora Greek Archaic Period Archon Areopagus Aristocracy Assembly Boule City-State Greek Classical Period Democracy Demos Diarchy Ephor Gerousia Helot Hetaireiai Labyrinth Laconicism Minoan Monarchy Mycenaean Oligarchy Ostracism...

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Government in Ancient Egypt
Akhenaten Amarna Avaris Dynasty Empire Expedition Heresy Hyksos Kadesh Khafre Khufu Memphis Menkaure Mentuhotep II Nomarch Nome Pharaoh Predecessor Pyramid Ramesses II Reunification Successor Thebes Vizier

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Portuguese Brazil
With a wealth of natural resources, Brazil was by far the most important colony in the Portuguese empire and was, at one time or another, the world’s leading producer of sugar, diamonds, and tobacco. Colonised from the 1530s, most settlements...

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Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain between 1767 and 1768 to tax and regulate the Thirteen Colonies of North America. When the colonists considered the acts an abuse of power and protested them...

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Anne Hutchinson: Religious Dissenter (Religious Freedom in Colonial New England: Part III)
Religious Freedom in Colonial New England (Part III) Anne Hutchinson: Religious Dissenter View Part I: https://youtu.be/IePvJ2Vlw2g View Part II: https://youtu.be/deKlXQiwaow In the final segment of my lecture on Religious Freedom...

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Portuguese Colonial Empire in the Age of Exploration
A map illustrating the evolution of Portugal into a global colonial power following the period of European exploration of the 15th century. The Portuguese Empire began in the fifteenth century, with the kings of Portugal seeking trade routes...

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Colonial Sugar Cane Manufacturing
An illustration showing the manufacture of sugar from raw sugar cane. The image may represent a scene in the West Indies, although the machinery and techniques are applicable to colonial sugar plantations in the Caribbean, South America and...

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Colonial Woman Spinning Cloth
A colonial woman spinning in the kitchen. Illustration from A Brief History of the United States by Joel Dorman Steele and Esther Baker Steele, 1885.

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Swiss Colonial Science
Swiss colonial science. Fritz and Paul Sarasin were scientists who travelled to British controlled Ceylon and Dutch ruled Celebes during the last decades of the 19th century. The elephant slain here had a calf that was shipped to Basel Zoo...