structure‚ family nature and society itself the diversities in the New England and Chesapeake cultures grew immensely. Some differences proved to be too much of a challenge for some and prosperous for others. New England families kept the traditional family structure known as a nuclear family‚ consisting of the head of the household‚ the father‚ mother and their children. The religious traditions carried over from England by these families were easier to practice because of the support of immediate family
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Compare and Contrast the Chesapeake and New England colonies The dawn of the 1600’s brought about a new chapter in American history. The United States experienced an influx of almost 400‚000 Europeans and 350‚000 Africans‚ most of which were (indentured) servants. Most settlers‚ seeking the benefits of unclaimed land‚ migrated into the West Indies‚ Mid-Atlantic‚ New England‚ or South regions/colonies. It would be the differences between these groups that would set them apart from each other
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Early English colonies in America hardly resembled the union of men and women that would later fight against England and build a new country. In fact‚ until the mid-eighteenth century‚ most English colonists had very little‚ if anything to do with the settlers in neighboring colonies. They heard news of Indian wars and other noteworthy events‚ not from the colony itself‚ but from England. The colonies in the New World appeared completely different and the prospect of any unity between them seemed
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It all depends on the region you look at. New England Colonies: Mass Bay viewed the indians as inferior and believed that because of this they were obligated to take the land. Several indian tribes over the 17th century attacked mass bay with the most infamous being King Phillips war (look it up in textbook index if you need more detail). In the Plymouth colony the pilgrims and the natives started off great (first thanksgiving remember?) an english speaking native named squanto was a big reason
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In the 17th century‚ there were two colonies in North America of the East Coast. The colonies were known as the New England colonies and the Chesapeake colonies. The New England colonies included of Connecticut‚ Colony of Rhode Island‚ Providence Plantations‚ Massachusetts and Province of New Hampshire. The Chesapeake colonies consisted of Virginia and Maryland. These colonies were settled in by Englishmen with similar resolutions and ethnicities and faced similar obstacles. But these colonies became
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dream grew from a hope to find new trade routes to an economic stronghold to an entire country full of people who now claim dreams of their own. The American Dream began by people wanting to follow their own religion. Colonies settled into the New World for varied reasons. The colonists settled in the New Word because they hoped for a new beginning. The achievement of this travel justified that the colonies can be markets for England’s manufactured goods. "England saw the colonies as a way to sell
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from England to migrate in the 17th century. A large mass of English people journeyed to New England as well as the Chesapeake Region. Those who settled in New England were looking for a permanent settlement‚ where they could practice religion freely. However‚ those who travelled to the Chesapeake Region had a different idea for what they could do in this new land. Settlers in the Chesapeake Region had migrated in order to find land and gold. Additionally‚ those who settled in the Chesapeake Region
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Response Essay #1 (question #2) The New England and the Chesapeake development of colonial society were greatly shaped by the social and economical ways prior to 1740. The New England society was shaped socially by the Half-way covenant‚ Roger Williams‚ and by the Salem witch trials. The Half-way covenant permitted the children of all baptized members including non-saints to receive baptism. This shaped New England since it signaled the end of the "New England Way" because the elect was unable to
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The Puritans of the New England colonies influenced the development of political‚ economical‚ and social areas throughout the 1630’s-1670 with their ideas and values. They had emigrated from Britain in order to express their beliefs and practices freely. Religion was the foundation of the political‚ economical‚ and social developments of the Puritans. From government to living conditions to religious acts‚ the Puritans were trying to purify the Church of England in their own ways. Some things worked
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and settled in Maryland and Virginia. This colony‚ known as the Chesapeake Bay colony‚ was colonized and settled by the English men of Anglican Church beliefs. Later in 1630 a wave of English men‚ women and children settled in the areas of Main‚ Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Rhode Island ‚ Connecticut and Vermont who were all believers of Puritanism. This colony was named the New England colony. In spite of both colonies being settled by men‚ women and children of English ancestry by the 1700’s both
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