DBQ During the early 1700’s‚ both New England and Chesapeake regions were settled largely by the people of the English origin. The settlers of the two colonies were foreigners to the land who established two exceptional‚ but contrary societies due to the diversity of English citizens. Although both colonies were from the same English background they developed different distinctions from their political standards‚ religion‚ and social life. With the offer of Virginia Company
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The northern and the southern colonies are very different than each other. Each colony has their own life and traditions‚ and ways of how their colony works. The difference between those two colonies was in the trading‚ religion‚ and their planting. Each colony has different plants than the other. Each colony made and consists of different things. The north colony people was very cling with their religion. But the southern colony people was not very clinging with their religion. There is some difference
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out to come to America. However‚ just because many people came together to live in one place doesn’t mean they lived similarly. In fact New England and the Southern Colonies lived much differently from each other. Some of these differences are economic‚ political‚ and their Social. To start with the New England and Southern Colonies economic differed greatly. New England had a very rocky climate and short growing season‚ which internally made farming nearly impossible; The Colonist that did farm
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Virginia colony but due to natural events that occurred‚ it was blown off course too far north. It landed in Provincetown Massachusetts. London Company authorized the voyage of the Mayflower but didn’t give permission for them to settle that far north. The settlers signed a compact‚ The Mayflower Compact‚ which would be governed by majority rule. When they arrived in Massachusetts‚ their goals were “god‚ gold and glory”. They were the first permanent british settlers‚ called The Jamestown colony‚ settling
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The Puritans and their choices and believes governed and organized the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was a settlement that was put in place in 1630‚ and formed a group of refugees from England. They functioned just like any other colony at the time would. They had politics and religion that were at the center of their every day lives. Their government‚ however definitely leaned more towards theocratic‚ picking political leaders directly out of church. The Puritans believed that God had created a
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settlers of New Plymouth are still hanging on to the old ways. Also‚ they state how they are constructing many the government’s ways on many of the same standards as the old world of England. But‚ even with the basis of the new settlement still in the old world‚ they wrote about how they want to approach things with a more democratic view such as having officers and equal laws. 3. The Mayflower Compact could be considered more of a strong agreement for the Pilgrims of the New Plymouth settlement to
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set sail seeking the colony of Virginia. They traveled over on a ship known as the Mayflower where they were blown off their course. After a long voyage of 65 days‚ the refugees landed in cape- cod‚ present day Massachusetts. The settlers mostly lived on the Mayflower‚ while they built their new living quarters. A scouting party was later sent out and the new settlers landed in Plymouth Harbor that December. These settlers began to establish the first pure Christian colony of New England. The
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The Importance of Tobacco to the Early English Colonies There were very few things that kept the economy growing in the early English Colonies. One that seemed to stand out the most was a crop that was often called tobacco. Tobacco was introduced by the Spanish‚ who had learned how to smoke it from the Native Americans (The Growth of the Tobacco Trade). Tobacco soon became very popular‚ many believed that it would open up the pores in their skin and preserve their bodies. Tobacco was also introduced
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with materials Indigenous to the Plymouth colonies. In the forward to “A Little Commonwealth” Demos states‚ “It was my wish to write a type of case study in early American life – a Study which‚ through sustained work on materials from one community‚ produces questions‚ methods of approach‚ and even some substantive conclusions that will ultimately have a much wider application”. When Demos first started his work he looked into the courts records from the Plymouth Colony‚ which he found to be negative
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against a particular value and results in feeling a bit uncomfortable or guilty. This assignment along with the last one (Pilgrims in Holland) gave me a better understanding of the Mayflower Compact which is the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was signed on November 11‚ 1620 by 41 men abroad the ship. By signing this compact‚ they all agree to obey the rules that will govern their community. According to the mayflower compact‚ people were the only source power. Therefore‚ this document
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