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  1. Oct 2015
    1. the contest between European imperial rivals for control of North America strengthened the natives’ hand.

      How did it strengthen the natives hands?

  2. Sep 2015
    1. you are known to be a woman that hath had a great share in the promoting and divulging of those opinions that are causes of this trouble,

      why is that?

    1. Economic and social power became concentrated in late seventeenth-century Virginia, leaving laborers and servants with restricted economic independence

      why was it concentrated?

    1. Between 1629 and 1640 the absolute rule of Charles I caused considerable friction between the English Parliament and the King.

      what happened?

    1. But if they broke the covenant, the entire community would feel God's wrath.

      Would this be another way for saying karma?

    1. the colonists discovered that Virginia was an ideal place to cultivate tobacco,

      Why is it the ideal place?

    1. Many manipulated the Casta System to gain advantages for themselves and their children

      How did they do it?

    2. we came here to serve God and the king, and also to get rich

      I don't believe god would want them to do that