AMH-2097 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fugitive Slaves In The United States, American Philosophical Society, Impressment
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The english: established the norms for american society, first european settlers to permantly settle themselves, introduced slavery, came to america for a variety of reasons religion, money, power, etc, two colonies that were very different. One governor said the murder of the other colony was god"s will : henry viii and catherine of aragon. Launched the protestant reformation after he wanted to divorce his wife. Edward vi: became kind in 1547 at the age of 10, persecuted catholics, queen elizabeth i. Check terms list: english people hate the irish. Conquered it, killed civilians, put their own people into ireland. Same thing happened in north america lol: freedom is directly proportional to land ownership, weren"t interested in tribal groups at all, just wanted them out of the way. Slavery in colonial america: british had convinced themselves that slavery was natural, difference about northern slavery. In the north laws prohibited murder of slaves.
