The New England and Chesapeake colonies were both settled by English colonists. Most colonists moving from Great Britain to New England were families searching for religious salvation‚ rather than mostly the single men that traveled to the Chesapeake area in search of wealth. The immigrants of the Chesapeake area were greeted with a climate and soil that were perfect for cultivating tobacco‚ cotton‚ indigo‚ and rice. Those settling in New England could not rely on farming to support themselves because
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Primarily‚ the main reason for prodigious differentiation between New England and the Chesapeake region at the start of their existence was the separate intentions of the leaders of the two. The reasons why these colonists traveled to America led to the development of two different societies from the colonial period up until 1700. Factors sprouting from these intentions include social factors‚ political factors‚ and economic factors. These factors and motives are the basis of the two different
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others. Is being united strong enough? Labor Unions failed their constituents due to poor and corrupt leadership as well as selfish goals. By the 1860s labor workers decided on considering the idea if joining together to form unions. The first major union was the National Labor Union under William H. Sylvis. It was a big organization consisting of about 640‚000 member. It branched out and consisted of a variety of reform groups but had a small relation to labor work. We see from the beginning the
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RUNNING HEAD: THE CHESAPEAKE BAY The Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Tourism on the Eastern Shore of Maryland Angela Cotton Chesapeake College The Eastern Shore of Maryland is one of the most beautiful places‚ not only on the East Coast‚ but in the United States. Given this fact‚ which most of the locals are painfully aware of‚ it only makes that the Eastern Shore receives thousands of visitors throughout the year every year. One must wonder however‚ what exactly it is that brings all of these
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Settlement in the new world occurred for different reasons‚ which led to the development of two different societies. New Englanders attempted to create a religious Utopia while the members of the Chesapeake created their society based off of economic goals. People of English origin were the main settlers in the two regions even though they were two very distinct societies. They had major differences in ideas‚ values and settlement strategies‚ which were led‚ by stark difference in the economical
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Despite New England and Chesapeake regions both having similar English settlers‚ these two colonial areas developed vastly unique identities because of politics‚ economics‚ and the reasons for settling.The Chesapeake region includes the colonies of Virginia and Maryland where the New England colonies were New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. One of the main differences between the two regions was the reasonings behind the settlements which was the causation of
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Chesapeake and New England Colony DBQ The Crusades of the middle ages introduced much innovative and formerly unheard of merchandise into Western Europe; however the scarcity of these luxury goods instilled Europeans with drive to find easier access to the Far East. Although desired “Northwest Passage” never was found‚ joint-stock companies‚ like the Virginia Company of London‚ settled colonies in the New World for untapped resources such as silver and other tradable goods. Many more corporations
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New England vs. Chesapeake: The New England and Chesapeake regions varied in many ways. They varied economically‚ socially‚ and religiously. At first there were many small colonies but then they grew into two distinct regions‚ the New England and Chesapeake areas. The New England region was a more superior place to live in than the Chesapeake region because the people in New England developed swifter and better. The Chesapeake region suffered because it had social‚ climatic‚ and religious problems
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Senator William Seward supported the free-labor system by arguing against the slave system and by pointing out all of the problems in the slave system. In fact‚ he seemed to support the idea of a nation without slaves. For example‚ he stated that “the slave system is one of constant danger‚ distrust‚ suspicion‚ and watchfulness.” (Pg. 70) He argued that the free-labor system allowed for people to become equally educated and opened “the fields of industrial employment‚ and all the departments of authority
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Chesapeake and New England colonies Comparison During the early 16th century and into the early 17th century‚ European colonies rapidly colonized the newly found Americas. England in particular sent large groups to the east coast of North America to two separate regions‚ which would later become known as the Chesapeake and New England areas. The Chesapeake region included Maryland‚ Virginia‚ Pennsylvania‚ and the New Jerseys. The New England region of the colonies included Rhode Island‚ Plymouth
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