The middle colonies, (New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey), they were economically different because they heavily relied on farms to produce grains and livestock. They also used a lot of indenture servants to carry out the task in hand. Politically they had a local government that was different from the New England colonies because the government did not force settlers to go to church or to pay church taxes as the other colonies. The reason why they were not forced is because most of their time was spent taking care of the farm.…
New England and Middle Colonies developed differently because the Anglican Church was persecuting Protestants and Catholics. Therefore these groups settled in New England and not Virginia/Middle Colonies. This impacted political development because the Middle Colonies were for profit, and as a result they developed different politically.…
According to Hannah Robinson, (2016), “Colonial America depended on the natural environment to meet basic needs of the people and the colony.” The available natural resources provided, or in essence dictated what each region’s unique specialty would be or become. Specialized economies quickly emerged as a result of human and environmental interaction. Colonial America also had regional differences among culture or historical reason for establishment as a colony. The Southern Colonies were established as economic ventures and were seeking natural resources to provide material wealth to the mother country and themselves.…
According to a specific quote, economic issues determined the development of the early English colonies. This quotation is not entirely valid, considering religion played major roles in early North America. Economic and religious issues determined the development of the English colonies. Chesapeake Bay English colonies such as Maryland and New England colonies like Massachusets Bay and Rhode Island both developed differently.…
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…
The foundations of the colonies were different. The New England colonies were founded because the founders wanted freedom of religion. The founders of these colonies were the Puritans. They came to this New World so they can build a society and win God’s favor not only economically but as wells as religiously. They wanted a government that would have God involved around it. Virginia in the other hand was one of the earliest settlements in the New World and was established by over 1,200 settlers. The Virginia colony was one of the first colonies to have elected legislature called the House of Burgesses. These people wanted to become economically wealthy.…
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.`…
The Middle Colonies were all royal provinces at one time. The local government was controlled by the people and was different than the New England and Southern Colonies. The type of government was known as the county-town, sometimes call the mixed system which came from the proximity of New England and also the Southern Colonies, somewhat from the character of the population as well as from the climate and physiography of the country. That made life of necessity a medium between those of the New England village and the southern plantation. In New York the township had possessed basically all the powers in the local government. The evolution of Pennsylvania went in the other way. William Penn created a private county system, but as the population…
New England had been founded by the puritans for religious freedom from the very Anglican English culture. The Puritans claimed that the Anglican Church was to slow to reform and wasn’t different enough from the Roman Catholic Church. But this very strict religious colony would create some very strong dissidents. Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams as a protest to their strict religious guidelines. While the Chesapeake was founded for more economic reasons. In the beginning many starved and mortality was very high because many men placed finding gold or riches before feeding themselves. Up until the cultivation of tobacco by John Rolfe the entire colony had really been is a place to go hope then die. But with the cultivation of tobacco it gave the colony a new place which to pull wealth from. New England however could never be exceedingly successful in agriculture due to the climate they were located in. They had very poor nutrient value in the soil so they could not sustain excess crop.…
As the colonies of America were being settled and beginning to grow, each colony began to develop its own differences and identity in the New World. Many people immigrated to the colonies be it puritans, slaves, farmers, quakers and various other groups, all came to escape persecution, start a new life, or make money in the New World; giving the colonies their own mix of personalities. From the rocky coasts of New England to the large fields and plantations of the southern colonies, the different attributes of these colonies as well as the similarities became for visible and began to show the beginnings of the United States of today. The New England colonies included Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and connecticut and the Southern…
First, The New England Colonies and the Middle Colonies both have a few similarities. One of them is that the church was a huge and important part of each town. Which also lead to religion being a major part of town life. Also, every colonist in both colonies were seeking a better lifestyle and life. Everyone colonist comes from all over seeking a better life. Lastly, both colonies children went to school.…
From Delaware to New Jersey, New York to Pennsylvania, there is this wonderfully diverse colony. This is the place you will want to get married, have children, and basically grow old in. This is the bread basket colony . This is the Middle colonies. This is the Quaker land, where you can randomly give complete strangers a ride.…
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…
The founders of the Southern Colonies were, for the most part, out to make money. They brought their families, as did the New England colonists, and they kept their families together on the plantations. But their main motivation was to make the good money that was available in the new American market.…
Even from the beginning, New England and Chesapeake shared few similarities. Though they were settled by the English origin, they eventually developed into two different distinct societies. While the New England colonies chose to emigrate from Great Britain to America and gain religious freedom, the Chesapeake colonies were in it for the money. Why exactly did they grow into two totally different societies? Founding principles, political differences, religion, and societal separations would be the cause for the difference in development between the Chesapeake and the New England colonies.…