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    were the similarities and differences in the founding of the northern and southern English colonies? The major similarity of the founding of each colony was the reasoning the people were coming over in the first place. They were all looking for better lives economically. The differences were the northern colonies were mainly looking for freedom politically and religiously. The southern colonies were just looking for an all-around better scale of life. The people from the southern colonies came over

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    The exodus of Southern Italians from the peninsula began in the 1880s. More than 4.5 million Italians arrived in the United States around 1876-1924. Italy lost a massive population due to national debt and rising poverty‚ these push factors lead them to foreign places like Brazil‚ Argentina‚ and the United States. Northern and Southern italy were opposites. The Northern part of italy was sophisticated and progressed‚ while Southern italy was the exact opposite. Southern Italy was falling apart‚

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    Northern Workers vs. Southern Slaves Throughout the antebellum period‚ people were working hard in both the northern and southern United States. In the north‚ many people were working long hours in factories. In the south‚ African American slaves were also working sun up to sun down. Some of the conditions northern workers and southern slaves experienced were similar‚ but there were also much worse conditions that African American slaves had to deal with. One of the conditions that both African

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    brave sickness‚ hunger and the threat of death on the long voyage to America‚ in the hopes of creating a better life. They formed settlements‚ some of which gradually grew into towns and cities. Over time‚ the southern colonies developed into a distinctly separate region from the northern colonies. There were countless factors involved‚ including climate‚ relations with Indians‚ economics‚ politics‚ and slavery but in the end there was one core reason for the distinction; mindset. According to Wikipedia

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    Compare and Contrast of the Northern and Southern Colonies The 1700s was a time when everything was new‚ new country‚ unseen land‚ and more resources. The colonists were still trying to discover all the new and exciting things in this new world‚ and still live under the king’s rule. The colonies were working hard to support England and themselves in this time; so the north and south spent most of its time figuring out ways to survive. The north and south had two very different methods of earning

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    Spain and France. Colonies in the north and south developed their own characteristics making them important centers for the mother country‚ and later the new nation itself. The first settlers arrived in the northern portion of the American continent‚ and established the first cities along rivers and natural harbors. The British were all about shipping raw materials from the New World back to England‚ where they were processed into finished goods and then sold back to the colonies for a profit. The

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    The Northern and Southern colonies were very different from each other. In the North‚ they didn’t have as much fertile land as the south so their economy was more based on natural resources‚ such as lumber and fish/whales. Also‚ the North had a plethora of ports in which they traded with Great Britain‚ while the south only had a few. The North had cold winters and bearable summers‚ the south was the exact opposite with hot summers and bearable winters. The geography of the North consisted of mountains

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    choose to live in New England‚ especially for its family relations and mortality rates. Being very close to my family‚ I couldn’t imagine living without one of my parents or even my grandparents for that matter. According to The American Pageant‚ families in the southern colonies had problems with spouses‚ especially men‚ dying young and rarely surviving to be in their twenties‚ children not making it to adulthood‚ and girls getting pregnant before they are married; men also had trouble finding a woman

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    England and settled in the different areas of the East coast which eventually led to cultural differences in social interactions‚ education‚ and the settlement of different religious groups. The social interactions in the northern colonies differed greatly from those of the southern colonies. The northern colonies’ families‚ like in New England‚ centered around patriarchy and male predominance. The southern colonies had an unbalanced ratio of males to females with a male majority. This resulted in greater

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    setting 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

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