"Objection 5: But what warrant have we to take that land, which is and has been of long time possessed of others, the

sons of Adam?

"That which is common to all is proper to none. This

savage people rule over many lands without title or property;

for they enclose no ground, neither have they cattle to

maintain it, but remove their dwellings as they have occasion,

or as they can prevail against their neighbors. And why may

not Christians have liberty to go and dwell amongst them in

their waste lands and woods Secondly, there is more

than enough for them and us. Thirdly, God has consumed the

natives with a miraculous plague, whereby the greater part

of the country is left void of inhabitants."

John Winthrop, General Considerations for the Plantation in

New England, 1629

The North American colonial settlements referenced in the

excerpt above tended to

The North American colonial settlements referred to in the above section tended to be very similar, composed of members who had the same ideas and thoughts, thus forming a homogeneous society.

Explanation:

The American colonial settlements were established on the same thought, which is the thought shown in the text presented in the question above. These settlements were composed of people who believed that God gave the land so that all men could own it, as an inheritance left by Adam to humanity. The men, in turn, delimit and take possession of their territories, but the American natives did not make this "delimitation" and did not establish themselves in a single place. This means that the land was not theirs, but that of all men and therefore the English had the right to own that land as well.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

c. more people could read and interpret the bible for themselves