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    to seventeen hundred‚ most of the settlers inhabiting the land happened to be of English origin. Although‚ they came from the same whereabouts‚ the two poles of the colonies‚ north and south‚ developed two distinct societies. For example‚ in the New England area the settlers developed an egalitarian‚ unified‚ and organized atmosphere‚ while in the Chesapeake region residents created an aristocratic‚ unloyal‚ and scattered environment. But‚ if they are of the same origin‚ how did they develop such divergent

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    NEW AND OLD WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY Artifacts of the old and new world have some likeness but also have many differences. I made a visit to the Cobb Museum at Mississippi State University to analyze this for myself. When down there‚ I saw pottery‚ writing‚ tools‚ jewelry‚ and many other things from each world. I then found ten artifacts of each period that was listed in the back of my workbook on the spreadsheets and wrote descriptions of them. For the new Old World‚ I described the Moabite stone‚ Sarcophagus

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    truly promote the "American dream." In "A Description of New England" he reached out the middle class of English society of men who were willing to work hard for a piece of their own land. The Virginia Company’s primary goal for Jamestown was purely profit‚ trying to adopt Spain’s style of colonization. The colonists were mainly of noble background‚ being non-inheriting sons‚ and were looking to make a quick buck and go on back home to England. Those colonists did not settle in to make Jamestown their

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    development between the New England and the Chesapeake region settlements occurred because of political‚ social‚ and economic reasons. The New England region includes Connecticut‚ Massachusetts and the Chesapeake region includes Virginia and Maryland. These regions were largely settled by the English‚ though others such as the French and the Spanish settled in the Americas. Politically‚ there are many differences between the New England and Chesapeake regions. The New England region is based upon

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    being settled and beginning to grow‚ each colony began to develop its own differences and identity in the New World. Many people immigrated to the colonies be it puritans‚ slaves‚ farmers‚ quakers and various other groups‚ all came to escape persecution‚ start a new life‚ or make money in the New World; giving the colonies their own mix of personalities. From the rocky coasts of New England to the large fields and plantations of the southern colonies‚ the different attributes of these colonies as

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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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    American stage actor’s union? The name of the current union is The Actors Equity Association (Wilson 52). 3. What current or past tv sitcom displays the characteristics of Old and/or New Comedy? Explain. While this is not a tv sitcom‚ I believe that this is a very good example of a movie that displays the characteristics of the New Comedy genre from ancient Greek theatre. Meet the Parents employs the use of stock characters‚ realistic plots‚ and a focus on the complications of everyday life. Greg Focker

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    America for resources‚ religious reasons‚ and to claim territory. Both the Chesapeake and New England regions had colonies founded on them around 1630. Although each colony was founded England‚ by 1700 both of these colonies became very distinct societies. These differences in societies developed from differences in purpose‚ the geographical regions‚ and the economics of each colony. Chesapeake and New England are both in present day in the Eastern Region of the United States. Chesapeake has a humid

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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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    "The New England Colonies" ‚ was directed by someone‚ is about history of The New England Colonies. The founders of the New England colonies was a completely different mission from the Jamestown settlers. Despite the economic prosperity was another goal settlers of New England‚ their true purpose was spiritual. Fed up with the ceremonial Church of England‚ the Pilgrims and the Puritans sought to recreate the society in the manner they think God really intended it to be developed. Religious hostility

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