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    colonied effected the way that the colonies evolve. From as early as the discovery of Roanoke in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh who captured two Native American back to England‚ bad blood had formed between the Chesapeake Colonies and the Native Americans. The New England Colonies had a very different relationship with the Natives‚ one which involed alliances and trade. Throughout history‚ these alliances and revolts has effected the way the colonies develop from Jamestown to Connecticut. Raleigh’s plan

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    strongly influenced by the geography of the regions settled and the ethnic makeup of the colonists. Generally‚ the colonies may be best understood as being divided in the following way: New England (Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island)‚ Middle (New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ Delaware)‚ and Southern (The Carolinas‚ Georgia‚ Maryland‚ Virginia). While these colony groups had many things in common‚ they also had their own distinctive features. Colonists brought traditions from

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    Jamestown was one of the first attempts to establish a colony by the English settlers. The key word in the previous sentence: attempts. This word implies that the feat attempted was not a success‚ and in this case‚ the implication is quite correct. Jamestown failed because of severely strained Indian relations over resource supplies‚ an almost absolute lack of planning‚ which is a result of insufficient leadership‚ and environmental issues including lack of reliable water sources. Jamestown failed

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    having separate civilizations‚ the Northern and Southern colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were in fact more similar than different. Assess the validity of this statement. (75) 6. Although the thirteen American colonies were founded at different times by people with different motives and with different forms of colonial charters and political organization‚ the Revolution the thirteen colonies had become remarkably similar. Assess the validity

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    into the New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern group of colonies and all had major differences and events that led to their own identity. Many people moved to these new colonies to start a new life‚ try to make a large profit‚ or even to escape religious restrictions. These three areas provided a new place for people or families to start over and control their own futures‚ and this played a major role in history. First‚ the New England Colonies played a very important part in the establishment of

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    "The New England Colonies" ‚ was directed by someone‚ is about history of The New England Colonies. The founders of the New England colonies was a completely different mission from the Jamestown settlers. Despite the economic prosperity was another goal settlers of New England‚ their true purpose was spiritual. Fed up with the ceremonial Church of England‚ the Pilgrims and the Puritans sought to recreate the society in the manner they think God really intended it to be developed. Religious hostility

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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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    In the early 1600s England established its’ first colony in the New World with one hundred men and three boats at the mouth of the Chesapeake River it was called Jamestown. Soon after many more colonists would arrive to the New World seeking religious freedom‚ freedom from persecution‚ land‚ economic prosperity‚ or to work off debt. Nonetheless‚ people saw the New World as new opportunities and to leave a life to start a new one. As British colonies grew and created their own culture‚ policies‚ and

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    Shannon Springstead Honors US History 1 09/09/13 Jamestown Jamestown settlement was the first successful establishment when the 13 colonies on North America were founded. In 1606‚ King James I sent a charter known as the First Charter of Virginia to the Virginia Company in order to assign land rights to colonists. By assigning land rights‚ King James I had a better grip on propagating the Anglican Religion to the settlers. He also had the intentions of rectifying other countries from

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    Throughout the 17th century‚ the newly settled colonies in North America continued to identify themselves as Europeans. But as colonial expansion progressed they assumed different identities. By the 1700’s‚ the typical religious spirit and family oriented lifestyle in New England set itself apart from the Chesapeake region‚ whose fertile land and extended growing season attracted a distinct group of diverse settlers who had different political ideas about government. These unique societies had different

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