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Honors Assignment 3

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Honors Assignment 3
Rylea Nesmith

1. Could anyone have predicted how the economy of the North American colonies would have developed? Be sure to use specific examples such as reasons, crops, systems, competition, etc... No, no one knew what they could produce that Europe would value. They had no known gold or silver deposits, no spices, and no fabrics. They had a lot of land but no ideas for it. I believe it would have been very hard to predict which export that they would choose and them doing trail-and-error made a lot of sense.
2. Why was is important to the colonies to determine the economic needs of Europe? How was this critical to the development and survival of the colonial economy? They needed to know Europe’s economic needs so that …show more content…

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2. What do these quotations suggest about Puritan attitudes toward women and children?
It suggested that the men were more powerful than them and had complete control over them. The men had no problem whipping and beating their family. Idle children were also to be whipped in schools. All kids were to have their spirits broken.
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