Early life in the Americas consisted of great diversity as well as some similarities between colonies. During the colonial time period from about the 1600’s through the 1700’s‚ the thirteen original colonies were founded and divided among three major sections known as the New England colonies‚ the Middle colonies‚ and the Southern colonies. The New England colonies consisted of Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ and New Hampshire. The Middle colonies contained New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania
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region had developed very distinct societies. This dichotomy can be traced from the very foundation of the colonies. The New England colonies were founded as examples of pure religion‚ each was to "be as a city upon a hill."1 In contrast to this worthy cause‚ the Chesapeake colonies were originally founded during the great search for gold‚ and later continued as slave-supported plantation colonies. The New Englanders would come to prosper through their hard work‚ thrift‚ and the quality of their commitment
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The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America (Massachusetts Bay) in the 17th century‚ in New England‚ situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. The territory administered by the colony included much of present-day central New England‚ including portions of the U.S. states of Massachusetts‚ Maine‚ New Hampshire‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. Territory claimed but never administered by the colonial government extended as far west as the
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around you. Prior to 1700‚ the British North American colonies had conflicting outlooks on the extent of religious freedom in the new world based on the different acts of the British Empire and by the English origin of most of the settlers. New England was mostly comprised of Puritans‚ the Middle Colonies consisted of Quakers‚ and the South was more concerned about using the land to make money and didn’t emphasize on religion. The Southern Mainland colonies considered the Church of England as their
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Middle colonies? ●Warm-Up Question: ○Based upon the documents provided‚ what are some key differences between the Virginia & New England colonies? Four Colonial Subcultures ●The different values of the migrants dictated the “personality” of the newly created colonies; led to distinct (not unified) colonies ○ The Chesapeake ○ New England ○ Middle Colonies ○ The Lower South European Settlements in North America by 1660 Chesapeake Colonies: Virginia & Maryland Chesapeake Colonies The
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"In the 1600’s there existed a degree of religious freedom in some colonies‚ while others were characterized by strict intolerance." then go on to further explain and elaborate on the thesis. As the textbook reveals‚ the colonists in New England were made up of a web of families who were extremely devoted to their faith (Christianity). This is where the university of Harvard originated which was originally meant to train ministers and over half of the graduating students became congressional
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CGW4U Isabel Juergensen Mr. Neufeld 27/10/13 Comparing and Contrasting Political Ideologies Robert Kaplan vs. Noam Chomsky 1. Chomsky Thesis Outline: The main points within Noam Chomsky ’s thesis revolve around his idealistic values and his concept of ’ ’Elemental Morality ’ ’. When describing his concept of ’ ’Elemental Morality ’ ’ Chomsky explains that if people cannot rise to the level that has them apply the same standards to
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Pre-Columbian North American cultures to the expansion to the west. North America was such an important land to many in Europe countries because it was unexplored and new. The first settlement in America was in Jamestown‚ Virginia also known as the Chesapeake colony. But they weren’t the only ones to come to America there was also the New England colonies that came to for different reasons than the Chesapeake colonies. One of the reason was for religious purposes‚ the Chesapeake colonies came for economic
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powers today started out colonizing in America. The entire race to colonize in the new world started with Christopher Columbus’s desire to find a shorter route to India. Since then‚ Spain and Britain seized the opportunity to colonize in the new world for their countries gain or to simply start over. The English and Spanish colonies were able to flourish in the new world even though they differed in motives for colonization and social layout; yet both colonies were similar to each other in the fact
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colonial one but it also differed wildly from other colonies set up by England. Before we can test the nature of the relationship between both England and Ireland‚ it would be a good idea to establish what exactly a colony is and what one means by colonialism. We will tend look at America and how it was colony and then highlight some Irish examples but also show how Irish Tudor relation were a different proposition to the New World. Colony‚ Colonial and Colonialism So what are these concepts
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