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    Roman Catholic Church. But this very strict religious colony would create some very strong dissidents. Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams as a protest to their strict religious guidelines. While the Chesapeake was founded for more economic reasons. In the beginning many starved and mortality was very high because many men placed finding gold or riches before feeding themselves. Up until the cultivation of tobacco by John Rolfe the entire colony had really been is a place to go hope then die. But

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    Step #1 The English strategy for colonies was to create a very tight knit group of people to survive in a place where it would take years for any help to come. They didn’t even have anything to get back to England. They all voluntarily came there. They were supposed to treat each other with "kindness and patience" make America seem amazing in every way. Like it just made people nice and productive. That was supposed to make other people want to come there. That strategy was also supposed to make

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    that they 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.

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    6th period The Chesapeake region consists of Maryland and Virginia‚ and the New England colonies consists of Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. Even though they were both settled around the same time period‚ 1607 to 1700‚ the two regions differ greatly. From the time period of their original settlement in 1607‚ the Chesapeake region developed differently from the New England colonies due to their differences in geography‚ motives for settlement and the socioeconomic backgrounds

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    The Roles of Women in the New England Colonies Samantha English History 101 Dr. Barry Shollenberger September 14‚ 2014 In the early 1700’s the lives of men and women were very different. Social equality was not extended to the women in the household. Wealth‚ intelligence‚ and social status were not of importance when it came to be head of the household. They were taught that their husbands were above then and that it was a “wife’s duty” to “love and reverence them‚” (Henretta

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    ​When the 13 colonies were declaring their independence‚ they’ve decided to write a document – The Declaration of Independence‚ for the reasons why U.S. colonies wanted to separate from the British Empire. The emphasis of the Declaration of Independence was that British monarch and the Parliament have violated the human rights‚ and therefore‚ the 13 colonies have to take the rule of a government into their own hands‚ and give the colonists their rights back. Upon the creation the United States’ government

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    Europe there were many different religions some of them that they brought then went to found colonies ; Maryland was Catholic‚ Pennsylvania was founded by Quakers‚ The Calvinist Puritans established themselves in Massachusetts. Some of the colonies that were founded were more diverse like for example‚ Georgia which provided freedom of worship‚ except for Catholics. Catholics weren’t really welcome in the 13 colonies other than outside of Maryland.

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    The Virginia Company of London had a certain goal‚ that goal was to establish a permanent colony in America that would make profit for the company. The company was chartered by King James 1 in April 1606‚ and was comprised of two divisions. The Plymouth Company would establish a short-lived colony at the mouth of the Kennebec River near what is now Phippsburg‚ Maine. The London Company would establish Jamestown in Virginia; England’s first permanent settlement in the New World. There was only two

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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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    utmost extent it is the human consumption of one another whether out of extreme situations‚ or a mentally unstable rationale.(“Dictionary”) Throughout history there have always been textbook example of such occurrences; Such as in the Jamestown Colony and the Donner Party. Both were horrific accounts of occurrences due to lack of hindsight and a hint of both ignorance and arrogance. Furthermore they were very preventable. Regardless of that there was still legal measures that had to be taken

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