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    The New England and Chesapeake region colonies were the two early established colonies in America. Despite both consisting of predominantly English immigrants‚ the colonies grew to be two distinct societies. The two colonies developed differently because of the difference in immigrant ages‚ the laws made regulating economic equality‚ and the difference in geography. The difference in age between the settlers of the two colonies was an important factor that caused them to develop differently.

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    The reason why the Lost Colony of Roanoke is significant to World History is because it was the first attempt for the English colonists to settle. They were looking for the first permanent place to colonize. The land that the Europeans settled in is now known as Virginia. It’s noteworthy because Jamestown had the same story as Roanoke. They were both attempts for the English to settle but both mysteriously disappeared‚ and both weren’t successful. Before Jamestown and Plymouth rock there was Roanoke

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    Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies The Reformation was the driving force behind English Catholic dissenters‚ many of which would eventually form the base of groups heading for new lands to find religious freedom. These people would come to be called Puritans and their goal was to purify the Church of England. They wanted to do away with the “offensive” features such as Church hierarchy and traditional rituals of Catholic worship in order to promote a relationship between the individual and

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    HISTORY 1301 ~ AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 C H A P T E R 2 NEW WORLD EXPERIMENTS: ENGLAND’S SEVENTEENTHCENTURY COLONIES SUMMARY In the seventeenth century‚ different and sometimes disparate groups of English settlers established several colonies in North America. The English way of colonization differed from that of the Spanish in that English colonization did not emanate from a desire to create a centralized empire in the New World. Breaking Away English migration to the New World was part

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    became thirteen colonies. These colonies were divided into sections. New England which was: Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ New Hampshire‚ and Connecticut. The Middle Colonies which were: Pennsylvania‚ Maryland‚ New York‚ New Jersey‚ and Delaware. Last but not least‚ Southern Colonies consisted of: Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ and Georgia. Out of these thirteen colonies‚ I’d want to live in the Massachusetts‚ a colony in the New England section. Massachusetts was a great colony to live in

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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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    Colony Collapse Disorder is the phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear and leave behind a queen. The crazy part of this is that there is plenty of food and a few nurse bees left to care for the remaining immature bees and the queen. There has been theory upon theory of why this is happening but no one has the for sure answer. You may be asking why is this such a big deal?! Well CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder) causes significant economic losses because many agricultural

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    The Colonies The early settlers to this great country fled from Europe to escape religious oppression. Most left their country because they were getting persecuted or even killed because of their religion. Although these people where many different denominations like‚ Catholic‚ Quakers‚ and Puritans‚ they all came to escape from religious persecution‚ each group varied on how their religion influenced their government. One of the first denominations to settle in the New World was the Puritans

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    willingness to sacrifice his life for a mission can be compared to the Roanoke Colonists. Sadly‚ there are not any colonists that could have told their tale. Their life story would have appeared as a plot line in a horror movie. The mystery behind the Lost Colony of Roanoke can be summed up into two theories: The colonists migrated and Revenge-seeking Indians cut their thread of life merciless. Since John White’s

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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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