By the 1700s‚ New England and the Chesapeake 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
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The Puritans of the New England colonies influenced the development of political‚ economical‚ and social areas throughout the 1630’s-1670 with their ideas and values. They had emigrated from Britain in order to express their beliefs and practices freely. Religion was the foundation of the political‚ economical‚ and social developments of the Puritans. From government to living conditions to religious acts‚ the Puritans were trying to purify the Church of England in their own ways. Some things worked
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The New England and Chesapeake colonies were both settled by English colonists. Most colonists moving from Great Britain to New England were families searching for religious salvation‚ rather than mostly the single men that traveled to the Chesapeake area in search of wealth. The immigrants of the Chesapeake area were greeted with a climate and soil that were perfect for cultivating tobacco‚ cotton‚ indigo‚ and rice. Those settling in New England could not rely on farming to support themselves because
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Developments of New England colonies are rapid in the early 1600s. Colonies developments are influenced by the Puritans‚ who immigrate to America after protesting against the Church of England fearing religious persecution. The Puritans idea of representative democracy‚ strict values of frugality‚ and society based solely around the church shaped the development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s. The Puritans idea of a representative democracy greatly influenced the development
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Southern Colonies The southern colonies consisted of five of the first thirteen colonies‚ which were North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ Georgia‚ Maryland‚ and Virginia. Where the climate was the warmest out of the three colonial regions‚ which to those living there was a good thing because survival in the winter was easier for them. Even back in the day‚ money has been an issue for many. This is why many colonist from New England decided to move to the Southern Colonies. In the southern colonies‚
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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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In New England colonies‚ slaves were not needed as much as the other colonies‚ specifically the southern colonies because there was no labor for slaves to do because of the lack of good farming areas. Due to the cold‚ long‚ and harsh winters‚ farming in the New England colonies was a challenge and the growing season was very short. The soil was also rocky as well‚ so the farmers had to talk all the rocks out before planting. Due to these conditions they only farmed enough for their family‚ themselves
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Comparison between the Colonies of Chesapeake and New England This essay will be analyzing and comparing & contrasting the colonies of Chesapeake and New England. This paper’s main concern is how these colonies are so dramatically different and what aspects of the colonies make them so. This paper will argue considerable differences in settling and motives to settle had a dramatic effect on the initial success of the colonies. Chesapeake had a tremendous death rate of 65-percent of their original
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Prior to the seventeenth century‚ England did not take interest in colonizing America. These ideas soon as a consequence of the religious reformation that took place under king Henry VII’s reign. As England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church‚ changes in religious affirmation soon ensued with Protestantism as the main religion. In the coming years‚ England led a war against the neighboring Catholics of Ireland which then led to a war‚ and victory‚ against its Catholic ally: Spain. Thanks to
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The English Colonies alongside the Atlantic Coast in the 1600’s- 1700’s began with the failed attempt to establish the Roanoke Colony in Virginia‚ which was later surpassed by the Virginia Company‚ a joint stock company‚ that established the colony of Jamestown in the Chesapeake Bay. Following the success of establishment of Jamestown was a series of devastation known as the “starving period” as food sources were scare‚ conflicts with natives arised‚ and starvation characterized the lives of the
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