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    Compare and contrast the New England‚ the Chesapeake/Southern and Middle colonies. The New England region consists of Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ and Rhode Island. The Southern region consists of Virginia‚ North and South Carolina‚ Georgia‚ and Maryland. The Middle colonies consist of New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsyvlania‚ and Delaware. In the New England Family‚ the Puritans came in large family units‚ about 8-20 in each family. They had a long life span‚ the women aged up to 68

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    5/22/2014 New England Transcendentalism Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ American Romanticism‚ American Renaissance New England‚ What is Transcendentalism?‚ Transcendental Club Home > New England Transcendentalism Index > Background Summary Site Map | Slide Shows | Guest Book | Links | About Us | Download Wisdoms | New England Transcendentalism Backdrop to Events During "The First Great Awakening" (1730 - 1770) a large proportion of colonial Americans

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    Both the New England colonies and the Southern colonies seemed as though they might be the same. They both started out with the majority of people being from England‚ they were both in the New World‚ and they were both ruled by England but‚ as time went on this theory was proven wrong. The New England colonies and the Southern colonies had many common characteristics but these two regions were very different geographically‚ politically‚ and socially. Geographically the New England colonies were

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    and statuses that allows their followers to formulate an image of them‚ but in actuality they are the polar opposite. If one were to look up John Smith on Facebook‚ the first thing the viewer will see is that Smith is a high school student who plays baseball and sags his pants a lot. When looking at his photo albums‚ one will see numerous photos of Smith flashing gang signs and the middle finger. Smith’s statuses do not make his profile better! All of his status updates are rap lyrics‚ which probably

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    originally settled‚ and when the Mayflower landed‚ the colonists who emerged from the ships had huge plans and tremendous goals for what would come of their own colony. However‚ although both settled regions were the new homes to a majority of the English‚ two separate societies formed. In New England‚ the colonists were religious extremists hoping to form a perfect society‚ while gold hunters with little or no desire to create a permanent home flocked to the Chesapeake region. The colonists in the north were

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    Hist-H210 Essay 1 Prompt #2 England in the early 1800’s was very segregated place. Social classes were distinguished by many factors including wealth‚ land ownership‚ gender and race. The wealthy white land owning males were at the top of the chain while blacks‚ women‚ and land workers were at the bottom. The aristocracy was considered the top of the social chain. There were many things happening at this time in British history that affected the public and the public’s view of the aristocracy

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    A HISTORY OF 16TH CENTURY ENGLAND In the late 15th century England was torn by a series of civil wars between two dynasties‚ the Yorkists and the Lancastrians. The wars ended in 1485 when Henry Tudor won the battle of Bosworth and gained the throne of England. Henry Tudor (1457-1509) was crowned Henry VII on 30 October 1485 beginning a new dynasty. In January 1486 he married Elizabeth of York‚ daughter of Edward IV‚ uniting the dynasties of York and Lancaster. However the Yorkists were unwilling

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    If the utility of wealth inspired people then they would admire the happiness that the rich‚ the noble or the ‘superior in society’‚ as Smith calls them‚ derive from their wealth and not the seemingly beauty that comes with wealth. Smith asserts that sympathy drives us to act the way we do. As observers‚ we put ourselves in the position of a sufferer. We imagine what it is to be in their shoes and what they may be feeling. We form an imagination of how they are affected and conceive what we ourselves

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    development between the New England and the Chesapeake region settlements occurred because of political‚ social‚ and economic reasons. The New England region includes Connecticut‚ Massachusetts and the Chesapeake region includes Virginia and Maryland. These regions were largely settled by the English‚ though others such as the French and the Spanish settled in the Americas. Politically‚ there are many differences between the New England and Chesapeake regions. The New England region is based upon

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    America can be known as the New England colonies‚ the Chesapeake colonies‚ the Middle colonies and The Carolinas. All four of these colonies have various similarities and differences that characterized and influenced the settlement‚ including religious beliefs‚ laws‚ government corruption‚ economics‚ disease‚ and population. The New England colonies consisted of New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Chesapeake colonies consisted of Maryland and Virginia. The Middle colonies consisted

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