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    the English had begun to make impressive establishments that then attracted many English settlers‚ before you knew it there were many distinctive colonies. Although Chesapeake and New England were established by people from English origin the two regions developed differently due to political‚ economical‚ and social reasons. The Chesapeake society was made up of single males looking to profit‚ and the New England society was made up of family looking for a religious save haven. Politically‚

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    The Chesapeake and New England regions harbored two different societies though each region had a large population that was of English decent this was due to many reasons the two societies settled in the Chesapeake and New England regions. For example the settlers in the New England region migrated to the Americas to escape the Church of England and to be their own church that would be based on their ideals. The settlers in the Chesapeake region were there on behalf of the Church of England as well

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    What are the reasons why there is a gap between other cultures? In the article "Black on the Bay Street" (2017) by Hadiya Roderique shows how her life changed since her family moved to Canada as immigrant. When she was young‚ Hadiya cultivated extra curriculars. After her law school‚ she was accepted immediately at Faskens‚ which is her first choice. She later found out that fitting in is hard‚ especially in a predominately white office. Cultural identity gap worsen due to lack of collaboration

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    Significant People and Events from the 1600s-1700s Significant People: Anne Hutchinson- She was a Puritan. She came to the Americas so she could have religious freedom‚ but when she settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ she found out that there wasn’t any “religious freedom.” She believed that all you needed was faith to go to Heaven. She started a women’s club and was soon recognized by many. The men (esp. John Winthrop) started to get worried that she could possibly become a leader. Remember

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    The colonies of New England and Chesapeake sprouted from a common origin and spoke the same tongue yet had little in common with each other. Despite geographic and demographic differences in the Chesapeake and New England colonies‚ the most influential factor in determining why each colony developed differently was each colony’s motives. It was through this motivational difference that distinctly divided the New World into the North and South. When immigrants fled form England due to religious

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    Analyze the changes in the European economy from about 1450 to 1700 brought about by the voyages of exploration and colonization. European economy had several changes after the age of discovery. In Spain‚ there was an inflation of the price‚ which declined its economy. In Netherlands‚ they established West and East Indies Company‚ which improved Netherlands’ economy. In Portugal‚ the economy improved because of flow of gold into the Portugal. Spanish explorer found gold mines in Zactecas and

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    Comparison between the Colonies of Chesapeake and New England This essay will be analyzing and comparing & contrasting the colonies of Chesapeake and New England. This paper’s main concern is how these colonies are so dramatically different and what aspects of the colonies make them so. This paper will argue considerable differences in settling and motives to settle had a dramatic effect on the initial success of the colonies. Chesapeake had a tremendous death rate of 65-percent of their original

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    primogeniture)‚ to the land mistakenly named the Indies. English migration to the Chesapeake region spread over nearly a century‚ whereas voyagers to New England arrived within a single decade. One would think that since the English settled both of these regions‚ both of their societies would develop quite similarly‚ but one could not be more wrong. The variations of the societies that developed in the Chesapeake region and the New England region occurred because the settlers had different motivations

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    Cheryl M. Cassidy takes a journalistic approach to deal with the Morant Bay Rebellion this time‚ but reverses the focus‚ choosing to work on the press written by‚ and for‚ the White population of Jamaica. She is interested in showing that even though expatriates were familiar with the context of the colony‚ close contacts with coloured people who might have been involved in the uprising and its repression did not prevent racism. On the contrary‚ White Jamaicans displayed the same feeling of superiority

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    In the 1700s the Colonies had declared independence from the country of Great Britain. This revolution was a revolutionary idea. This type of revolution had never been attempted before and was a new thought for the world. The revolution influenced many nations around the world especially the French revolution which happened only a few years after. The American revolution was revolutionary because it changed world views politically and socially. The American revolution changed political views of

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