The Northern and Southern colonies were very different from each other. In the North‚ they didn’t have as much fertile land as the south so their economy was more based on natural resources‚ such as lumber and fish/whales. Also‚ the North had a plethora of ports in which they traded with Great Britain‚ while the south only had a few. The North had cold winters and bearable summers‚ the south was the exact opposite with hot summers and bearable winters. The geography of the North consisted of mountains
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aid to establish a colony‚ the Pilgrims prepared for the move. They purchased their own ship‚ a small vessel known as the Speedwell and were granted another which the Virginia Company rented called the Mayflower. After two unsuccessful attempts of leaving England‚ the Pilgrims were forced to leave the Speedwell behind due to a leak. Losing a ship caused some of them to be sent back to Holland as there was no room. They finally set sail for the northern part of the Virginia colony with a total of 102
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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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Vu Tran HIST 312 Continuities and changes in American Colonies c.1600-1750 When America was discovered people migrated to that country to lead a better and peaceful life. They settled there to practice their religion freely‚ to become land owners and to establish their trading business. In 1600s many Europeans immigrated to America a newly discovered country. Many immigrants came from England to the American colonies. The reason was that Europeans thought it as their dreamland where they could have
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Running head; AMERICAN COLONIES IN EARLY 1600 AND 1700. American colonies in early 1600 and 1700 Name; Institution; Date; INTRODUCTION America’s colonial history can be described in terms of the economic‚ political and social events of the early sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The two centuries came with two sets of societies altogether. No historian will contest the fact that the start of the 1600 and its formative years marks the starting point of the
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The Birth of a New Nation It took 158 years for the American colonies to become a new nation. When the first royal colony‚ Virginia‚ was established in 1624 the American colonists considered themselves a part of England. Over time‚ the American colonists grew separate and wanted more independence. In 1783 the British recognized the American colonies as a nation at the Treaty of Paris. Before the Treaty of Paris the colonists had to win their independence and fight the British in the Revolutionary
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were many factors that influenced life in the colonies. Some of the most important factors were slavery‚ leisure‚ and family. These factors influenced life in the colonies greatly. There were many slaves in the colonies. Slavery started in Virginia‚ and came from West Africa‚ by slaves going on the Middle Passage. Slavery in the colonies began in Virginia with tobacco planters. From Virginia‚ it spread north and south. African slaves were in every colony by the 1700s. Most slaves came from West Africa
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people and the colony. Colonial America also had regional differences among culture or historical reason for establishment as a colony. The three big geographic location were the South‚ Middle‚ and the New England colonies. In the South you had Virginia and in the Middle you had Pennsylvania and in the New England colonists you had Massachusetts. Because of geographic reason farming‚ Native American‚ and a way of living playing a big impact in Colonial America. The every first stable colony was Jamestown
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How the 13 Colonies Were Named The first thirteen colonies were either named after people‚ Indian names or‚ places in England. The original states/colonies are‚ Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ New York‚ Georgia‚ North Carolina‚ Maryland‚ South Carolina‚ Delaware‚ Pennsylvania‚ Virginia‚ New Hampshire and New Jersey. The three states that are named specifically after Indian names are Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island and Connecticut. The Puritans named Massachusetts‚ after a local Indian
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"A cadet will not lie‚ cheat or steal." Why were the colonies established? Colonies were established cause of various reasons.The most important reasons of colonization were religion‚ economics‚ and government. The 13 colonies were based on land grant lines given to various nobles and wealthy people or groups by the English royalty.The original thirteen colonies were Connecticut‚ Delaware‚ Georgia‚ Maryland‚ Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ New Jersey‚ New York‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina
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