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    and Dutch settlement in the South‚ New England and the Mid-Atlantic from 1607 to 1689. Part Three: Tell me how the Southern‚

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    Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by the people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. The reasons for this distinct development were mostly based on the type on people from England who chose to settle in the two areas‚ and on the manner in which the areas were settled. <br><br>New England was a refuge for religious separatists leaving England‚ while people who immigrated to the Chesapeake region had no religious motives

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    the New England and Chesapeake Bay Regions During the 1700’s‚ people in the American colonies lived in very distinctive societies. While some colonists led hard lives‚ others were healthy and prosperous. The two groups who showed these differences were the colonists of the New England and Chesapeake Bay areas. The differentiating characteristics among the Chesapeake and New England colonies developed due to economy‚ religion‚ and motives for colonial expansion. The colonists of the New England

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    In New England colonies‚ slaves were not needed as much as the other colonies‚ specifically the southern colonies because there was no labor for slaves to do because of the lack of good farming areas. Due to the cold‚ long‚ and harsh winters‚ farming in the New England colonies was a challenge and the growing season was very short. The soil was also rocky as well‚ so the farmers had to talk all the rocks out before planting. Due to these conditions they only farmed enough for their family‚ themselves

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    Today’s news media consists of two main components: mass media and news. No matter if you like it or not‚ news media has become the mainly part in modern entertainment. People obtain information from books‚ Internet‚ TV and newspaper etc. Some people believe that news media is positive‚ but others disagree. As far as I am concerned‚ news media contributes much more than people can imagine. According to the Manali Oak‚ in Buzzle website stated that the news media can bring the unhealthy lifestyle

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    By the 1700s‚ New England and the Chesapeake region had developed very distinct societies. This dichotomy can be traced from the very foundation of the colonies. The New England colonies were founded as examples of pure religion‚ each was to "be as a city upon a hill."1 In contrast to this worthy cause‚ the Chesapeake colonies were originally founded during the great search for gold‚ and later continued as slave-supported plantation colonies. The New Englanders would come to prosper through their

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    News of the first execution to occur in New Holland has come back‚ apparently having taken place on the 27th of February last year. The convict Thomas Barrett of the ship Charlotte was hung for his crimes having stolen butter‚ peas and pork from the government stores. While it seems to be a severe punishment‚ reports from the colonies say that many convicts are malnourished‚ as they are having difficulties planting crops‚ meaning the food supplies are some of their most valuable possessions. As well

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    Anjali Bhakta APUSH New England & Chesapeake Region Behrend. 2nd hour July 31‚ 2012 New England and the Chesapeake Bay had both evolved into two distinct societies because of their physical and religious differences. Both of these areas had started off equally (population wise‚ etc.)‚ everyone had equal rights and settling in many different areas of the region. New England started to look towards religious ways to live‚ while people in the Chesapeake Region started to reply on money and crops

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    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

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    truly promote the "American dream." In "A Description of New England" he reached out the middle class of English society of men who were willing to work hard for a piece of their own land. The Virginia Company’s primary goal for Jamestown was purely profit‚ trying to adopt Spain’s style of colonization. The colonists were mainly of noble background‚ being non-inheriting sons‚ and were looking to make a quick buck and go on back home to England. Those colonists did not settle in to make Jamestown their

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