The colonies of Massachusetts and Virginia were located in separate regions of the New World and had many social and economic variations. The very laws and ideas these people have put into work are what have shaped America into the county it is today. When looking at these two colonies we know one thing is for sure, trade, land, religion, and natural resources were vital parts of their being. In this free-response essay I will contrast the colonies by how their societies were ran and how their economies affected their way of life.…
From their very genesis, the New England and Chesapeake Colonies displayed stark differences and contrasts. The former was founded mostly for religious reasons and the latter for purely economic ones. Though both regions were in relatively close proximity, comparably, they greatly differed religiously, politically, socially, and morally (in so far as their perception/exploitation of Native Americans was concerned). The exploration of these different colonies will prove to be particularly fruitful due to the fact that we can understand how their early influences shaped the modern day east coast.…
Let’s start off with New England, New England’s Harsh rocky soil made farming difficult, led to subsistence farms. New England’s Land was also granted to a group and towns were subdivided among families. New England also had Fishing including whaling. New England had Shipbuilding and small-scale factories. New England includes Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire.…
During the seventh century, Europeans established colonies in North America. The English colonies were originally established because proprietors from England were granted charters to settle and govern lands. Other European colonies were established around trading posts. Over time, the English gained control of the thirteen colonies through force or purchase; eventually, by regions were known as the Southern, Middle and New England colonies. Although the colonies were under the control of the English and had many commonalities, each region created a distinct culture. These similarities and differences can be evidenced when comparing the role of African Americans, a role of women, and types of settlers of the Middle colonies and The Southern…
In early America there were several colonies but the ones that stood out the most were the New England Colonies and the Virginia colony. There were many differences, for example, New England colonies were full of families while the Virginia colony was mostly dominated by males. They mostly had differences and had few things in common.…
The New England colonies and the Southern colonies are slightly similar in some aspects, but drastically different in most. For example the new england colonies were strictly puritan and they did not tolerate any other religion but the southern colonies were not dominated by a single religion which gave way to more liberal attitudes and some religious freedom. The economy of New England was powered mostly the manufacturing in factories, whereas the Southern colonies’ economies were more agriculturally based. The social structures were different, because the New England colonies didn’t believe in slavery, so the social ladders were not the same. Religious tolerance was another major difference in these two regions. Overall the New England and Southern colonies are slightly similar, but their differences set them apart from each other.`…
There were many similarities and differences in the many different colonies in North America. They all had farming and ranching, with fertile land. They all had basically the same climates in each of these colonies, they had freezing winters and very warm and humid colonies. All of these colonies were by the coast with sandy shores. They all had different founders, in the New England colonies their founder was Thomas Hooker, in the middle colonies their founder was William Penn, and in the southern colonies their founder was George II and James Edward Oglethorpe. They all had different geography, in the New England colonies they had forested hills with sea coasts, in the middle colonies their colonies they had rolling hills with lots of trees,…
Early life in the Americas consisted of great diversity as well as some similarities between colonies. During the colonial time period from about the 1600’s through the 1700’s, the thirteen original colonies were founded and divided among three major sections known as the New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies. The New England colonies consisted of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. The Middle colonies contained New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The Southern colonies included Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Geography was a primary influence on the colonial way of life. The New England colonies and the Southern colonies vary geographically because the New England colonies were located in the Northern region while the Southern colonies were located in the South. Their differing regions led to different lifestyles. Geography affected how the regions developed economically and socially. The New England colonies and the Southern colonies differ in a variety of economical and social ways although they share some similarities.…
Many historians have argued the political and cultural differences between the New England, the Middle, and the Southern Colonies were economically motivated rather than ideologically motivated.The New England colonies were formed mainly for religious and political freedom. Like the New England colonies, the Middle Colonies were more ideologically motivated than economically motivated since the people there were looking for toleration. In the southern colonies, unlike the New England and the Middle colonies, they were economically motivated as there were mostly plains with warmer climate and rich fertile which are the perfect conditions to start plantation life.…
Both Virginia and Massachusetts Bay colonies were started in the seventeenth century, but both for different reasons. Virginia was chartered to make a profit, whereas Massachusetts used their charter to flee religious persecution and live in freedom. Both colonies did however face similar struggles. They had to learn how best to survive the land they now lived on. This involved learning what would grow best and the best way to grow it. They also had to try and make an alliance with the neighboring Native American tribes in order to survive. It is these similarities and differences that made both of these colonies unique and brought them to where they are today.…
Prior to the seventeenth century, England did not take interest in colonizing America. These ideas soon as a consequence of the religious reformation that took place under king Henry VII’s reign. As England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church, changes in religious affirmation soon ensued with Protestantism as the main religion. In the coming years, England led a war against the neighboring Catholics of Ireland which then led to a war, and victory, against its Catholic ally: Spain. Thanks to the Black Legend, the political strife between Spain and England, and the immigration of poor ‘master-less’ men into the streets of London, England decided to send citizens to the New World.…
The New England and Chesapeake colonies were both settled by English colonists. Most colonists moving from Great Britain to New England were families searching for religious salvation, rather than mostly the single men that traveled to the Chesapeake area in search of wealth. The immigrants of the Chesapeake area were greeted with a climate and soil that were perfect for cultivating tobacco, cotton, indigo, and rice. Those settling in New England could not rely on farming to support themselves because of the rocky soil in the north. While the majority of the Chesapeake colonists were not as cohesive due to the great distance from farms to these towns, New England had close-knit church events, meetings, and schools. Although, the New England and Chesapeake colonies were both settled by people at English origin, by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies because of motives, environment, and towns/communities.…
Middle Colonies enjoyed fertile soil vastly different from the nearby New England Colonies, which contained more rocky soil. Pennsylvania became a leading exporter of wheat, corn, rye, hemp, and flax, making it the leading food producer in the colonies, and later states, between the years of 1725 and 1840. Broad navigable rivers of relaxed current like the Susquehanna River, the Delaware River, and the Hudson River attracted diverse business. Fur trappers moved along these rivers, and there was enough flow to enable milling with water wheel power. Abundant forests attracted both the lumbering and shipbuilding industries to the Middle Colonies. These industries, along with the presence of deep river estuaries, led to the appearance of important ports like New York and Philadelphia. While the Middle Colonies had far more industry than the Southern Colonies, it still did not rival the industry of New England. In Pennsylvania, sawmills and gristmills were abundant, and the textile industry grew quickly. The colony also became a major producer of pig iron and its products, including the Pennsylvania long rifle and the Conestoga wagon. Other important industries including printing, publishing, and the related industry of papermaking. The Middle Colonies political groups began as small groups with narrowly focused goals. These coalitions eventually grew into diverse and large political organizations. The Middle Colonies were generally run by Royal or Proprietary Governors and elected Colonial Assemblies. Many Middle Colony constitutions guaranteed freedom of religion and forbade taxation without representation. Growing unrest in the Middle Colonies eventually led the region to become the meeting place for the Continental Congress, and a center for revolution. The Middle Colonies tended to mix aspects of the New England and Southern Colonies. Landholdings were generally farms of 40 to 160 acres, owned by the family that worked it. Ethnically, the Middle Colonies were more…
In the 18th century more immigrants settled in the southern colonies because in New England the lands were limited in extent and under Puritan rule, the southern colonies were more tolerant. There were many similarities in the structure of society and economy such as social mobility and self government. Some differences were caused by the amount of land available and climate. The culture and economy of the southern colonies and those of the New England colonies had similarities and differences.…
! ! During the early seventeenth to eighteenth century exploration and colonization were very prominent between the European countries. Columbus had discovered North America but went south and explored and colonized parts of what is now Mexico and South America. After Columbus many groups of Englishmen, Frenchmen, Germans, Scots, Irishmen and many others attempted to colonize and build a colony in the new world. but the force of geographic conditions peculiar to America and difficulty of maintaining old world ways in a raw, new continent caused significant changes. But the result was a new social pattern that resembled European culture in many ways had a distinct American character. ! ! The first shiploads of immigrants who came to what is now United States crossed the Atlantic more than a hundred years after the groups of explorers explored North America. During that time, Spanish colonies had been established in Mexico, the West Indies, and South America. These travelers to North America came in little overloaded ships. During their six- to twelve-week voyage, they lived with very little to eat. Many of the ships were lost in storms, many passengers died of disease, and infants rarely survived the journey. While sailing at times the storms would be so bad it would throw ships off course and it would take a long time to get back on track. Th travelers after enduring storms and sickness and even the death of their loved ones had a huge sigh of relief when the land of America was in sight. Their first glimpse of the new land was a forest of dense woods. ! When they began settling the land the travelers realized that this land was abundant with plenty of vegetation and animals for food. The sea was full of oysters and crabs, cod and lobster; and in the woods, there were turkeys and quail, squirrels,…