The English colonies in America were established for a variety of reasons including economic and religious factors. Other reasons for colonization include the desire to expand the British Empire‚ establishing order‚ protecting colonies and to rehabilitate debtors. Religious factors that contributed to the establishment of the English colonies occurred in Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ Pennsylvania and Maryland. In England‚ due to Henry VIII ’s action upon breaking his ties with the Roman
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different directions. People began to adapt to their regions and looked for ways to survive and benefit from the geography they lived in. The Chesapeake region of the colonies included Virginia‚ Maryland‚ the New Jerseys (both East and West) and Pennsylvania. New England was north of the Chesapeake‚ and included Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ Plymouth‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ and New Haven (which soon became part of Connecticut). In New England‚ the population was English and white‚ with the Church established
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toward the successes of the North American Colonies. Even though European women tended to stay home‚ the work of African and Indian women in the colonies contributed to their successes. Women were servants‚ seamstresses‚ midwives‚ slaves‚ tavern
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The creation of the original thirteen colonies included much trial and error. Some of the colonies failed from the very beginning‚ others seen a little success followed by failure‚ while a select few achieved success from the get-go. Many of the colonies held different values‚ some overlapping. Religion‚ freedom of religion‚ profit‚ money‚ success‚ and education was some of the values they placed the most stock in. Each colony viewed these values differently; which‚ contributed to their failure or
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by Englishmen of the same ethnicity. By 1700 they had developed into two distinct societies‚ New England and Chesapeake. The New England and Chesapeake colonies were founded for different purposes. New England was founded for religious reasons. In England‚ Puritans were being persecuted. Separatists broke from Anglican Church‚ and founded Plymouth. John Whinthrop‚ the founder and governor of Massachusetts states in Doc. A that their failure would “open the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways
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Cassandra Wilson The Colonial Period (1607–1775) • 1642 • Massachusetts Bay Colony law requires proper teaching of children. In 1642‚ the Mass Bay Colony ruled children not taught properly would be apprenticed (practical work experience under the supervision of skilled workers in the trade and arts) to the town. The Early National Period (1775–1820) • 1805 • First elementary school established in New York‚ Formed by a wealthy businessmen to provide education for poor children. Run on the
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In the period between the settlement of the English in 1607 at Jamestown‚ Virginia and the end of the French and Indian war in 1763‚ a nation was being set up on this continent to take its place with the powers of the world. A variety of races and nationalities of emigrants came from Europe. The English were the first‚ next were the ScotchIrish and the Germans. Also came the Swedes‚ Dutch‚ Welsh‚ Jews‚ French‚ and Irish. Lots of Africans were brought to do slave work too. All of these people came
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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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level of autonomy now were threatened from British colonies. In 1763 Indians of the Ohio Valley and Great Lake revolted against the British rule. The rebellion was named after an Ottawa war leader. Although‚ Newling‚ the religious prophet from Delaware‚ had a lot of influence on the ideology behind the
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The initial settlers of the various thirteen colonies generally left a deep impact on the individual cultures and demographics that would later develop there. Jamestown‚ the first successful settlement‚ was initially settled entirely by men‚ young adventurers and “gentlemen‚” with women only arriving later and in smaller numbers. When the Jamestown colonists and those who followed them began to spread out‚ they retained a male-dominated atmosphere even as small tobacco farms grew into enormous plantations
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