in the New World. One thing most of these colonies had in common is the fact that almost all of them were settled by the English. If one were to focus mostly on the New England and Chesapeake colonies‚ one would find that although they were settled by similar people‚ they ended up splitting for very different reasons. The New England colonies were searching for religious freedom from the Church of England‚ whereas the Chesapeake colonies were striving for economic growth. The New England colonies
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and contrasted. Jamestown was closer to England culture customs and had a more powerful economic structure due to tobacco profit sales to England. Plymouth was based their subsistence in lumbering‚ fishing and trading because of the cold climate and thin rocky soil. Both were the first permanent settlements in North America and constitute a principal heritage of our culture today. Jamestown and Plymouth The first permanent English settlement in the New Word was Jamestown‚ Virginia; where 104
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In the mid-1600’s‚ New England and the Chesapeake region first started to colonize. Both had the same goals and hopes for the New World. Their goals were freedom‚ money‚ and power. They encountered many difficulties trying to achieve these goals including Indians‚ unfarmed land and unfamiliar weather. Each colony began building and working toward their goal. The differences between the colonies started to form soon after they were settled. According to the ship’s list of emigrant bound for Virginia
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created the first stable British colony. The success of Jamestown combined with religious tensions between Anglicans and Protestants in England‚ caused the Puritans to form the Massachusetts Company. The puritans believed that they could build a godly society as model for English reform and droves of Protestant family’s began to settle in what would become New England. Later‚ in 1681 William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania with Quaker morals in mind‚ one of which was religious freedom. Although
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Background of the study The role and meaning of Dunkin’ Donuts in New England eclipses its local origin story. After successfully operating the Industrial Luncheon Service‚ serving factory workers during World War II from mobile carts‚ William Rosenberg opened the first Dunkin’ Donuts store ten miles outside Boston in Quincy‚ Massachusetts in 1950 (Rosenberg & Keener 2001). [If you’re not from New England‚ you might be as surprised as I was that this town is pronounced Quin-zzee.] Dunkin’ Donuts’
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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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Indians try to fight the Puritans John Eliot- tried to convert Indians to Christianity (Praying Indians) Translated bible into indian language -King Phillips’ War – 1675-76 -Metacom‚ Wampanoag Indians -Attempt to drive the English out of New England -Phillip was his name known to the English‚ Metacom to the Indians -King Phillip: Metacom: Sachem of the Wampanoag -Sassamon (Harvard-Educated‚ Metacom’s secretary‚ murdered -Murder sparked this war. -Started in Plymouth Colony -Massachusetts
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with each other in communities‚ having strong family ties. When the Europeans arrived‚ they held different values than the Native Americans. As the Europeans settled in New England‚ Chesapeake and New York/New France‚ these differences shaped the relationships between the Native Americans and the European colonists. In New England the first European colonists arrived to establish Plymouth Colony in November of 1620. Half of these colonists died during the harsh winter. Two Native Americans came to
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Cronon‚ Changes in the land William Cronon’s Changes in the Land interprets and analyzes the changing circumstances in New England’s plant and animal communities that occurred with the shift from Indian to European dominance. In his thesis Cronon claims‚ “the shift from Indian to European dominance in New England entailed important changes—well known to historians—in the ways these peoples organized their lives‚ but it also involved fundamental reorganizations—less well known to historians—in
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civilization for centuries after Columbus’ landing in the New World. One key aspect of the frontier was the American Indians‚ and their relationship with the English Colonists. Although the relationship was peaceful at first‚ it ultimately became a violent one with constant wars and disagreements. This is mainly caused by European expansion and ignorance towards Native customs. In the early 17th century‚ when English colonists came to the New World in search for a better life‚ they made peaceful
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