crops. But‚ corn‚ pumpkins‚ rye‚ squash and beans were planted. They had rocky mountains with thick trees. Also some of their natural resources were fish‚ whales‚ forests. New England imported some of their agricultural products from other colonies. Nationalities - People in the New England colonies were all from England‚ and came to practice their own religion on the Mayflower. Year Founded : New Hampshire; 1638 Massachusetts; 1630 Connecticut; 1636 Rhode Island;
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New England vs. the Chesapeake The discovery of the Americas gave a ray of hope to promising settlers who would migrate from England to begin a new and improved life. Most of these settlers ended up in either the New England colonies or the Chesapeake colonies. These two colonies could not have been more opposite of one another. The fact that they were so different makes it no surprise that by the 1700’s the New England colonies and the Chesapeake colonies had evolved into two distinct
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* Queen Elizabeth daughter of Henry 8 and Anne Berlin * Protestant but partly protestant * Defeated Spanish armada * England on the Eve of Empire England Eve of Empire * England Population growing rapidly 1550 3.5 mil‚ 1600 4 mil * Economic Depression in wool trade. * Enclosure forcing people off land * Unemployment raising * People leaving countryside to go to cities * Primogeniture- oldest son gets everything and chooses
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shoemaker) indicates” (42). While not shoemakers‚ Chaucer’s “father and grandfather were both wine merchants‚ apparently successful and rising men” (Morrison 7). Geoffrey Chaucer was born sometime between 1340 -1345‚ in London‚ England. It is not known what education level that Chaucer may have reached. Since he became a member of the household of Elizabeth‚ countess of Ulster‚ it is assumed that he had an opportunity to receive higher education. It is believed
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search of a new‚ prosperous life. There were two main areas in America that the English settled in‚ New England and the Chesapeake region. These settlers voyaged to America for either religious freedom or to start a new life. Religion seekers came to the New World to escape the oppression of the Catholic Church. Others came in search of a job‚ or because of their low social class. The New England and the Chesapeake regions became two distinct regions because of these social‚ economic‚ and religious
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New England to the large fields and plantations of the southern colonies‚ the different attributes of these colonies as well as the similarities became for visible and began to show the beginnings of the United States of today. The New England colonies included Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ New Hampshire‚ and connecticut and the Southern
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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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Americas‚ settled by Englishmen searching for a new start. But in the end they turned into two very separate distinct societies. New England area with fewer opportunities for vast wealth‚ but attracted more of a family setting. While Chesapeake Bay area had a very high mortality rate but was more appealing to the average man for the chance of vast wealth. New England had been founded by the puritans for religious freedom from the very Anglican English culture. The Puritans claimed that the Anglican
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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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was called a parliament. England was on the road of becoming the first and only parliamentary monarchy in Europe but the money from the nobles wasn’t enough and so the Council of Commoners was formed and together with the king and another council‚ they made decisions. Later on‚ Common Law was formed and it still operates in Britain today. The Monarchy had been weekend by bitter feuds. A weak monarchy meant a strong parliament‚ but
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