Life in the Chesapeake Colonies The first successful British colonization of the Americas was in the Chesapeake area and anchored by Jamestown which was founded in 1607. The original colonists nearly didn’t make it‚ as it was a very difficult life for them. Moreover‚ the colonists founded many relationships that were both good and bad with various other groups so that they could make it through those first years. With great will and sheer luck the area has thrived‚ becoming the heart of the
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religion also influenced the British colonies during the 1600s.The New England colonies were initially founded to be a safe haven for the Puritan religion‚ while the middle colonies and southern colonies were founded for trade and profit. Once founded‚ the British colonies began producing different goods based on their geography. Each region depended on each other and Great Britain for certain goods they could not provide for themselves. The reason for settlement in the New England colonies was religious freedom. The
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The New England Colonies had various type of religions. Massachusetts had a strong population of Puritans. Rhode Island provided many types of religion for the people settling there. Many people in Connecticut were mainly Puritan. The Middle colonies New York and Pennsylvania provided various religions. Some of the religion found in Middle colonies were Quakers‚ Catholics‚ Lutherans‚ and Jews and a few others. The southern colonies‚ Maryland and Georgia had no majority religion‚ so they had various
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Becky Jagiello 10/27/2012 Cult & Civ I Br. Hannon Section 4 Class I.D. #14 The Algonkian People The Algonkian people lived in southern New England in the seventeenth century. They lived a life that combined aspects of Paleolithic hunting and gathering with Neolithic agriculture. Obtaining their basic nutrition of life through these methods led to particular economic‚ social and gender relations. These people produced crops in addition to the abundant natural supplies of their territories
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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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In 1735 a ship set sail from England on its journey to the New World. Aboard was a young Anglican minister named John Wesley‚ who had been invited to serve as a pastor to British colonists in Savannah‚ Georgia. When the weather at sea got bad‚ the ship found itself in serious trouble. John Wesley‚ who was also chaplain of the vessel‚ was in fear for his life. Also on board was his younger brother Charles Wesley and a group of German Moravians‚ who were on their way to preach to the American Indians
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In 1735 a ship set sail from England on its journey to the New World. Aboard was a young Anglican minister named John Wesley‚ who had been invited to serve as a pastor to British colonists in Savannah‚ Georgia. When the weather at sea got bad‚ the ship found itself in serious trouble. John Wesley‚ who was also chaplain of the vessel‚ was in fear for his life. Also on board was his younger brother Charles Wesley and a group of German Moravians‚ who were on their way to preach to the American Indians
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NOTES I. Freehold Society in New England Farm Families: Women and the Rural Household Economy • Puritan commitment to independence did not include women • A wife’s duty was to “love and reverence” her husband • The courts prosecuted many women and few men for having sexual intercourse outside of marriage (fornication) • Daughters usually received livestock or household goods‚ while brothers were given land • Women assumed the role of dutiful helpmates to their husbands • Bearing and rearing
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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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