subcultures in the Chesapeake‚ Southern‚ New England‚ & Middle colonies? ●Warm-Up Question: ○Based upon the documents provided‚ what are some key differences between the Virginia & New England colonies? Four Colonial Subcultures ●The different values of the migrants dictated the “personality” of the newly created colonies; led to distinct (not unified) colonies ○ The Chesapeake ○ New England ○ Middle Colonies ○ The Lower South European Settlements in North America by 1660 Chesapeake Colonies:
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In Cumberland‚ Sir Philip assumes the role of an intimidating figure. Being intimidating is bad enough‚ but Sir Philip’s actions are even worse when he attempts to steal common land‚ kill Peter and even try to force Kit to marry him. Firstly‚ Sir Philip steals the common land from the Peters family and all the other farmers‚ which is not allowed. Since most magistrates can not be trusted‚ they can not do anything about it. Readers infer that there are some corrupted magistrates‚ and they are working
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Mary Wilkins Freeman’s “A New England Nun” is about a woman named Louisa Ellis. She battles with the obligations of marriage after waiting fourteen years for her fiancé‚ Joe‚ to come home from Australia. He is off making money to support her. Louisa spends all of her time doing boring and monotonous house work like polishing and sewing. During the time that Joe is away‚ Louisa had grows attached to her daily routine of tedious domestic activities. When Joe returns home‚ the routine she has come to
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Indeed‚ Phillis Wheatley’s poem‚ “To the University of Cambridge‚ in New England‚” can be seen as a radical movement of that particular time period. It was not seen as proper for an African American slave to address herself‚ with such authority‚ towards white high class. Therefore‚ I believe that Wheatley purposely identified the clear distinction between her race and that of the upper class white members of society. I imagine that one of Wheatley’s drives‚ for sharing this poem‚ consisted of a cautious
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Stephen Patton Legal Brief #1 18SEPT2011 1. Case Name‚ Citation‚ and Court Siegel v. New England Merchants National Bank‚ 386 Mass. 672‚ 437 N.E.2d 218‚ Web 1982 Mass. Lexis 1559 (Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts) 2. Key Facts A. David Siegel maintained a checking account with New England Massachusetts National Bank. B. On September 14‚ Siegel drew and delivered a $20‚000 check payable to Peter Peters. C. The check was dated November 14. D. Peters deposited the check
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First of all‚ there was a greater impact socially than economically after the colonization of the New World because of the slave trade. Many slaves were horribly mistreated before they even came to America. Proof of this is (Doc. H) where the slaves are shown being brought onto the Middle Passage. These slaves‚ including young children‚ are shown with shackles around their necks. Once on the Middle Passage‚ slaves were kept in the hull of the ship. There was just enough food and water to keep
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The New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern Colonies are all different in many ways. They have many differences that differentiate those of the other colonies. New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern Colonies all had different reasons that related to being founded. The New England Colony was founded due to the search of religious freedom by the Puritans and Pilgrims.The Middle Colony was founded because this colony was also searching for religious freedom-like the New England Colony-and gold by the Quakers
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New England Puritanism was a religious movement in Seventeenth century which was mainly based upon building a purer Church but it also had political‚ economic and cultural implications. In early sixteenth century‚ King Henry VIII decided to move away from Roman Catholic church and created the Church of England. He declared himself the supreme head of the church. The Puritans were Englishmen and women who overtime became dissatisfied with the direction taken by the Church of England. They perceived
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Regions of the United States NEW ENGLAND REGION The states in the New England region are Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island‚ and New Hampshire. Pilgrams from England were the first settlers to settle in New England. The geography of new england is hills with low moutians. Large areas covered in forest. The soil is thin and rocky a really diffucult place for farming. There are narrow plains across the atlantic coast. The conneticut river is the longest
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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. There were some characteristics
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