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__QUESTION ONE__ Many groups came to America in hopes of finding some religious freedom. They were tired of being persecuted back in their old homeland. Some of the more notable groups on this journey were the Pilgrims, Puritans, and Quakers. The Puritans wanted a reform of the Church of England and set up a strict religious system in their Massachusetts Bay. The Pilgrims werent much different from the Puritans. And the Quakers were very different from both. The were not puritans, anabaptists, or shakers. They were simply Quakers. This term means friends. the Quakers are the society of friends. Founding there religios testomony on traditions. Such as being pacifists and and being simple, living by the lord. Penns woods was established by william penn. All the quakers settled down in this colony. The colony was recognized as a refuge for european Quakers. Unlike the Quakers the Pilgrims were protestant. They called themselves Pilgrims because the took onto a long journey. This journey was to look out for religious freedom in a new land. The Puritans were alot different from the Quakers but some what alike with the Pilgrims. They came to America for religous freedom, but also religious reform. They worked to reform the Church of England, which was a protestant church. They were trying to reform it in a way to go back towards the catholic religion, but not entirely. The Puritans believed absolutely in working all their religions teachings around the Bible. The Bible played the largest role in the way the Puritans practiced their religion. It even impacted other Puritan lifestyles. Including music and literature. All the settlements these three groups had were all very different too. Beginning with the Quakers; the Quakers had a pretty weathly leader known as William Penn. He settled his people in Pennsylvania, or Penn's woods. They also had settlements in Philedelphia. These colonies were not only purchased by William but by other weathly Quakers. The Quakers at the time were one of the more weathly groups compared to Puritans and the Pilgrims. The Quakers also had a very strong bond with the Indians. Unlike other colonies the quakers treated the indians like on of their own. They have also promoted education and the humane treatment of captives and the mentally sick, through the founding or reforming of various institutions within their very own colony and settlements. At the start of the Quaker colonies as they moved over from England they were prosecuted by the Puritans. Another difference the Quakers shared with the Pilgrims and the Puritans within the colonies was that they were strongly against slavery. __QUESTION TWO__ Federalists believed in strong central government. And a weak state government. They also believed in a loose interpretation of the Constitution. They wanted increased internal taxation. They also wanted to raise tarrifs to promote manufacturing. Many people would say that the federalists were "pro-british".

The democratic-republicans were very different from the Federalists in many ways. The D.R.'s believed in a weaker central government and a stronger state government. They also believed in a very strong strict interpretation of the Constitution. They also favored agriculture alot. They believed that if the government relied on agriculture, they could feed the country itself. The people could grow its own crop and all surplus the country wont need can be sold. Then the money can be used to buy the manufactured goods from Europe.

The election of 1800: This was a big turning point in American history for many reasons when it came to the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. Up until this time the government was always federalist so this was a large turning point for them. When Jefferson and Burr tied in the electoral vote, it was up to the house of representatives to make the disicion. At the time many of the federalists were known as Hamiltonians because of Hamiltons huge influence on them. Although he didnt favor the democratic-republicans or like Jefferson, he absolutely hated Aaron Burr. Through all of Hamilton and Burrs careers they had thought poorly of eachother. Burr often talked badly about Hamilton. At the time of Hamiltons retirement and the time when Burr was about to be ended in his vice presidency, they decided to resolve these arguements with a duel. At the time dueling was illegal. But they did it anyway. Hamilton was shot and wounded. He later died somewhere else. Burr flead to south caronlina due to the persecution he was undergoing by his murder upon Hamilton. Although the government eventually just forgot about it and brushed it under the carpet, he soon returned to his office as vice president in Washington D.C. There was so much problems and arguements between the two parties that finally when a Democratic-Republican party was in office that it lead to large disputes, and eventually death to one of the Federalist's most respected leaders.

__QUESTION THREE__ The main reason that the U.S. won the revolutionary war was France. America had very low munitions. Also we had low numbers and poorly trained men. We were always fighting defensive wars which were bad. This was bad because our men often chickened out and ran off or retreated. Sometimes some of our soldiers wouldn’t even be armed until the French arrived. We got somewhat used to having the French helping us win battles when they were with us. Lastly we finished off the Revolutionary war in the battle of York Town. There were about 70k British that we pinned down with the help of Reoshambo and his French troops. With out the French I can honestly say our country today might be a lot different.