New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies all had different reasons that related to being founded. The New England Colony was founded due to the search of religious freedom by the Puritans and Pilgrims.The Middle Colony was founded because this colony was also searching for religious freedom-like the New England Colony-and gold by the Quakers. Lastly, the Southern Colony was founded because people-enslaved Africans, indentured servants, businessmen, and debtors-were looking to start a new life.…
When the first colony of Virginia was established in the year 1607, there had been many theories as to what the New World could bring and offer to different people of the time, looking for a new and hopefully better life than in the past. But this new and better life did not come easily for many people. It is known, however, that primarily Englishmen, locating themselves from the New England regions of the north, to the Chesapeake regions of the south, first settled the majority of the east coast of the New World. But although the New England region and the Chesapeake region were largely colonized and populated by Englishmen, by…
In 1643, there were four New England colonies who formed a confederation and they came up with the Articles of Confederation. In 1697, William Penn brought forth a plan of union which never was implemented. Last but not least in 1754, Benjamin Franklin came up with the Albany Plan of Union. “The history of colonial efforts to cooperate or unite demonstrates that the colonies had no strong or sustainable need for a common government.” All of those plans never went into effect but that doesn't mean that they didn't want to unite. In the following paragraphs I'm going to state why I think this statement is wrong by using documents A, B, and C.…
The English arrived in North America in 1606 looking for raw materials. At the time their biggest competition were the Spanish who conquered Mexico, central America, and parts of south America. The Spanish had the new world like a “ATM machine” because they took vast amounts of gold and silver from the native people. At that time all the countries had a philosophy that the country with the most gold had the most power. For that reason the English when to the northern new world to try to find the same wealth.…
Europe, once so independent of the world, gradually became entrenched in the world around them. The European countries began to fight for a foothold in the colonies. Slowly, England rose to compete in this struggle for colonies, settling North America. Although New England and the Chesapeake regions were both settled by Englishmen, these two colonies evolved into completely different colonies as a result of their many differences of opinion starting with their reasons for settling the land, spreading to create two completely different societies.…
Before the 1700's the New England and Chesapeake regions were both largely settled by people of English origin. Slowly, they began to evolve into different societies. Fantasies of the New World had largely appealed to troubled England. English citizens traveled to the New World for religious, economic, and various other reasons. Though the settlers of the New England and Chesapeake regions were of English origin, each region soon evolved into distinct societies due to social, economic, and religious reasons.…
In the colonial United States up to seventeen hundred, most of the settlers inhabiting the land happened to be of English origin. Although, they came from the same whereabouts, the two poles of the colonies, north and south, developed two distinct societies. For example, in the New England area the settlers developed an egalitarian, unified, and organized atmosphere, while in the Chesapeake region residents created an aristocratic, unloyal, and scattered environment. But, if they are of the same origin, how did they develop such divergent societies? This difference was a result of opposite immigration and settlement patterns, and motives.…
During the 1700s, English immigrants and explorers began settling in the Americas. They began developing the Chesapeake region, Middle Colonies, and the New England Colonies Out of these three, the New England and the Chesapeake Region were the largest. The Chesapeake Colony, which included Jamestown, Virginia, and New England Colonies, which included the Massachusetts Bay, were mostly settled for religious freedom, economic opportunities, and adventures. People began leaving their land because of poor economy/unemployment and the growing number of “landless” people in England. Both these colonies developed from Puritans. Although both colonies developed from the same people and reasons, they were developed very differently.…
Union is power. Work in unity is better than working individually. That is why the British North Americans thought of confederation. An individual or single power will most likely have a hard time fighting against a group of people with lots of power. The colonies wanted to join together so that they could fight against the United States. If the groups of colonies didn’t join together, they wouldn’t have the power to prevent the United States from controlling all of North America. There is also other reasons for why the Confederation of 1867 happened, like the ending of BNA’s trade relations with Britian and the U.S., the Fenian Raids, Political deadlock, and the impact of “Manufast Destiny” as the main cause of Confederation.…
their own goals or just move into a larger city usually genting into trouble and going against most of what they were taught by their parents and their families. The situation that this colony was in though was not felt by most of settlers that chose to explore and colonize the Americas. Some of the other material gains that were looked at and therefore a driving force for some people moving to the Americas was farming. It was known that unlike…
Due to the location of the Englishmen’s settlement, the geography affected their way of life. The people that had settled in the southern colonies were not there permanently, they planed to go back home after they found what they were looking for, which was gold. Once they found the gold they were originally going to go back to Europe, but they set themselves up for a major upset. After the Englishmen arrived to America, they found no gold so they could not go back to England empty handed, after all they came to America for a specific reason. Once they realized that there was no gold, they needed a way to support themselves and survive by making a living.…
In the 1600s, the British were leaving the mother country, and arriving on the shores of the Americas. People were attracted to the Americas, because they were given land, and establish their own kind of town. Many people were attracted to the Americas due to escape the religious persecution, and could practice their religion freely in the Americas. Life in the colonies was very difficult, since they were given land to cultivate and figure out how to survive off the land. People had to learn how to survive in the harsh winters, and find a way to conserve food.…
The primary reasons for colonizing were the escape from religious persecution, religious freedom and profit. The northern colonies typically held people who begged for religious freedom. The southern colonies typically held people who wanted profit. The colonists wanted to settle here because it was a whole different life aspect from their point of view. Colonists who settled in the New World looked at America as a country with troublemakers. Americans, however think we live in a perfect society and are able to do whatever,…
When Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas accidentally, tons of opportunities were born. Europe finally found a great opportunity to colonize the Americas for economic, political, and social benefits. England, who was experiencing overpopulation in the 18th century, colonized the eastern coast of today’s United States and their government and economy received massive benefits. However, life in the colonies had immeasurable, potential possibilities for new colonists to improve their life and to start a family. Life in the colonies was better than life in England for many reasons regarding economics, politics, and religion.…
There were many reasons why people from the Old World came to the New World, especially because of religion freedom, the Puritans for example, they came to the region of New England, or to be more specific to Boston,…