The difference in 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
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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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September‚ 2010 DBQ #1 Although both the New England Colonies (Rhode Island‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ and New Hampshire)‚ and the Chesapeake Colonies (Virginia and Maryland) were both settled by people of English origin‚ by 1700 they were both very distinct for a multitude of reasons; Three of which being‚ their economics‚ African Slave population‚ and their life expectancies. The New England colonies vs. the Chesapeake colonies had many differences in there economical make-up‚ as far as their
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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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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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on country; England. Although the colonies in the New England and Chesapeake regions of North America were settled mainly by the English‚ by the 1700s both developed into two distinct societies because of their environmental surroundings‚ their reasons for settlement‚ and their way of life. The regions had somewhat similar climates‚ but it was their surroundings that set them apart. Both regions had harsh and unforgiving climates that neither the Chesapeake settlers nor the New England settlers were
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Question: New England and the Chesapeake Region Alec Brevé AP US History September 13th‚ 2011 7th Period The Chesapeake Region and New England both started as English colonies‚ but by the 1700’s they had already become two completely different societies. The so-called “Chesapeake Region” was born with the foundation of Jamestown in 1607‚ the first English colony in the New World. In the area of New England‚ it all started when the colony of Plymouth was founded in 1630. New England also included
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English came to the New World and settled in The Chesapeake and New England regions. The lives of the people settled in these regions were centered on two dissimilar lifestyles. Distinctive differences between these regions were in expectations‚ beliefs‚ and social cultures. The differences created a clear cut between North and South. The wide gap between the development of The Chesapeake and New England regions was mainly because of the way their lives were centered. The Chesapeakes were geared around
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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 were nothing like one another
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in certain regions such as the Chesapeake Bay and New England. The events that lead up to tension between the natives were the settler’s lust for new land‚ diseases and the on-going disputes between the natives and the settlers. In the Chesapeake Bay the Powhatans were originally the dominant power among the Native Americans. The Powhatan tribes flourished under the Powhatan Confederacy until the arrival of the Europeans. Tension arouse between the natives and the settlers as the new colonist began
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