The Chesapeake was unhealthy because malaria, dysentery, and typhoid took a cruel toll, cutting ten years off the life expediency of newcomers from England. Life in the American wilderness was harsh. Few people lived to 40 or 50 years. In the early days of colonies, women were so scarce that men fought over all of them. The Chesapeake region had fewer women and a 6:1 male to female ratio is a good guide, most single men died from disease.…
Health: Since New England was spared the tropical diseases of the south, its inhabitants were considerably healthier. Immigrants to New England actually gained five years on their life expectancy, while immigrants to the Chesapeake lost about ten years. Most women in Chesapeake were married, because there were more men than women. They were only able to bear one to three healthy children because they suffered from mild malnutrition.…
The climate also affected the different outcome between the north colonies and the South colonies. The north colonies were much colder, as a result, their soil was not good enough for farming, so the people of the north colonies need to find other ways to survive, while on the other hand, the south colonies, which is totally different from the north colonies, had rich soil and the colonists there used that benefit to set up huge plantations and farms. What’s more, southern colonists planted tobacco, which also called “cash crop”, could even earn more than gold since people can easily get addicted to it. On the other hand, northern colonists could only find another way out,…
These to colonies had different ways to make money. Virginia was a plantation based and cash crop oriented economy. Each plantation became a community unto itself. This led to the importation of slaves from Africa to work the land. The population was mostly black slaves and there were rarely women. Even though this colony made lots of profit they had no families. There were lots of diseases and there was a high mortality rate. In the other hand the New England colonies made money by fishing and ship building. They couldn’t use the soil to build plantations because the soil was unfertile and the weather was extreme. During the winter the weather was extremely cold and during the summer the heat was extremely hot. Unlike the Virginia colony this colony had lots of families. There was a high birth rate that contributed to that factor. Even though it was a populous colony there was whole lot diversity. They also had a less mortality rate and lived a longer life. They lived up to 70…
Though the Northern & Southern colonies were close to each other, they held many similarities and differences. America was a place of dreams until immigrants began sailing to its’ shores. An influx of immigrants came to America in the 17th century were English, but there were also Dutch, Swedes and Germans in the middle region, a few French Huguenots in South Carolina and elsewhere, slaves from Africa, mainly in the South, and a scattering of Spaniards, Italians and Portuguese all through the colonies. They had sailed and sought after religious freedom, economic growth and better government.…
The initial settlers of the various thirteen colonies generally left a deep impact on the individual cultures and demographics that would later develop there. Jamestown, the first successful settlement, was initially settled entirely by men, young adventurers and “gentlemen,” with women only arriving later and in smaller numbers. When the Jamestown colonists and those who followed them began to spread out, they retained a male-dominated atmosphere even as small tobacco farms grew into enormous plantations. The benefit to such a society was the ease with which a man, even with few means, could claim land (at least until the plantations spread and land became increasingly hard to come by in the south), but the difficulty and isolation life in the south meant that men in the south typically had shorter lifespans than their northerner men. This made it so much easier for women to own property in the south as opposed to the north, especially widows.…
South Vs North The South did wanted slaves ,while the North did not want nothing to do with slavery. In the united states there use to be equal amount of slave states. The South and the North had different opinions on slavery. The south wanted slavery while the North opposed to have slavery in the territory. The north wanted to move because they did not want slavery.…
In both the North and South colonies the populations grew phenomenally. Colonists of all different backgrounds lived in varied environments under thirteen different colonial governments. “[In the south] slaves made the most striking racial composition of the population. Slavery became the defining characteristic of the southern colonies during the eighteenth century, shaping the region’s economy, society and politics.” The economic, political, and cultural differences between the colonies of the North and the South between the years 1607 and 1776 differ in the way they gained wealth, governed the colony, and their beliefs on education and religion.…
The divide between the North and South has always been a common issue. This sectionalism had a large impact on Antebellum America. Although the North and South had some common bonds, their differences were far greater. The difference between the North and South can be exhibited with the Missouri Compromise and the Tariff Compromise of 1833. These contrasting views sparked great debate between the states, and the Federal government had to get involved.…
Compare and contrast economic, social, and political developments in the North and South between 1800-1860. How do you account for the divergence between the two sections?…
The Antebellum North & South In 1860 the North and the South started to grow apart from each other . Because of this separation and the issues over slavery . The North and the South had a Civil War . Slavery was what started the Civil War . (cc18) It was also fought over women’s rights.…
The northern and southern colonies were different from each other. Different reasons brought people here. the colonies survived in different ways judging by their resources. The north didn't develop slavery but the south did. People came to America for different reasons.…
Northern Workers vs. Southern Slaves Throughout the antebellum period, people were working hard in both the northern and southern United States. In the north, many people were working long hours in factories. In the south, African American slaves were also working sun up to sun down.…
The New South established during Reconstruction was a South that was supposed to change and become like the North. The New South did not become like the North and was very much a continuation of the Old South with key changes being in industrialization and urbanization with advancements in transportation that did not notably affect the South’s mindset (Foster, “New South or Same Old South?”). The New South increased significantly in industrialization and urbanization, but the change was lackluster when compared to the North. The small amount of urban growth was due to industrial growth.…
While the Old Testament verse Leviticus 25:44-46 was crucial in the biblical slavery debates, other verses were equally significant. A notable example being Exodus 21:20 which states “When a slave owner strikes a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately, the owner shall be punished.” Based on this verse southern proponents of slavery argued that the Bible’s acceptance of slavery was a given. In essence, if the Bible provided laws which regulated and allowed for the punishment of slaves by masters, then how could one deny that the Bible sanctioned slavery? In response to this assertion, abolitionists argued that this law actually showed that southerners were not justified in using the Bible as a rationalization for the…