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    Compare and Contrast the Chesapeake and New England colonies The dawn of the 1600’s brought about a new chapter in American history. The United States experienced an influx of almost 400‚000 Europeans and 350‚000 Africans‚ most of which were (indentured) servants. Most settlers‚ seeking the benefits of unclaimed land‚ migrated into the West Indies‚ Mid-Atlantic‚ New England‚ or South regions/colonies. It would be the differences between these groups that would set them apart from each other

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    The Georgia colony was founded the for the poor people in England. Living in the colony helped poor people stay out of prison in England. Georgia does not allow slaves bed cause it is a free colony. It does also allow freedom of religion. The colony was found by James Oglethorpe. Georgia was founded in 1732. People from Georgia came from England. Georgia’s specialty was agriculture. They could grow indigo‚ rice‚ and sugar. In 1732‚ England found the the last of the American colonies. After Oglethorpe

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    The Need for Slavery in the Colonies Farming‚ sewing‚ and taking care of livestock were just a few responsibilities that were left to slaves during the 1600 ’s. White families received all of the benefits from the work done‚ yet they rarely had to lift a finger‚ unless it was to correct a slave. Today ’s generation reads about slavery and regards it as morally wrong. While I agree that slavery was one of America ’s greatest wrongdoings‚ it paved the way for America as we know it today. One

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    same country have immigrated to different lands where their new lifestyles had very little in common. This was obvious in the settlement of the New England and Chesapeake colonies before 1700 which caused the development of dissimilar societies. The people of New England and the Chesapeake colonies formed different governments upon arrival to North America. They had different motives and incentives for immigrating to America. The composition of the colonists of New England and the Chesapeake area

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    The New England colonies and the Southern colonies are slightly similar in some aspects‚ but drastically different in most. For example the new england colonies were strictly puritan and they did not tolerate any other religion but the southern colonies were not dominated by a single religion which gave way to more liberal attitudes and some religious freedom. The economy of New England was powered mostly the manufacturing in factories‚ whereas the Southern colonies’ economies were more agriculturally

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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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    The North & South Colonies The North & South Colonies Russell Byron-Kelly® October 6th‚ 2011 In the 1700’s The South and the North colonies were similar but also different. The South colonies were Agricultural because of all the crops they planted. The North was Commercial because they were right next to the ocean and could send ships to England and other countries. The south helped with the Cash Crop and the North help move the cash crop across the ocean. In this essay I’ll be talking about

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    doing so‚ perhaps a different conclusion would be made.  As torture is such an emotive subject it is difficult to ensure that the facts are truly represented.  Before the nineteenth century some countries publicly acknowledged torture as an instrument of judicial inquiry‚ however today the vast majority of countries where torture is practised will blankly deny any knowledge of it.  This‚ of course‚ makes a study of torture difficult. In addition‚ as will be seen‚ there are numerous‚ conflicting

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    the War of 1812 the central theme running through our study of American history is racism that still affect us today in the 21 century. Slavery started when the colonies came to America in 1619 when a Dutch ship brought 20 African slaves ashore in the British colony of jamestown when the colonies was trying to stay away from the british and declare their independence. Slavery was ongoing in the southern states. In the 1800’s many white slave owners believed that the African Americans were inferior

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    differences in the founding of the northern and southern English colonies? The major similarity of the founding of each colony was the reasoning the people were coming over in the first place. They were all looking for better lives economically. The differences were the northern colonies were mainly looking for freedom politically and religiously. The southern colonies were just looking for an all-around better scale of life. The people from the southern colonies came over with adventure on their

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