Although they shared similarities‚ the Northern and Southern colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries also had many differences. The diversity of the United States goes back to its beginning as a collection of northern and southern colonies. Their differences in religion‚ politics‚ economics‚ and social issues‚ and the way they dealt with them‚ are what shaped our country into what we are today. Religion in the southern colonies was not practiced with the enthusiasm that it was in New England
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Georgia may have been the last colony‚ but certainly not the least. James Oglethorpe‚ an English man who was a member of parliament and was a great person all around‚ founded it. Pennsylvania‚ is very different from Georgia‚ founded about 50 years before Georgia by Sir William Penn. Georgia is very unique and different from Pennsylvania because of it purpose‚ government and economics. First of all‚ Georgia was the 13th colony‚ and was not very stable at first. King George II gave Oglethorpe a charter
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Colonizing Georgia In 1732‚ Georgia was chartered and became the thirteenth colony in North America. Following the colonization of Georgia‚ Savannah was constructed the following year. James Oglethorpe‚ a hardy solider‚ became the commander of the colony after being appointed by the King. Georgia was unique to the English colonies because of the area it resided in. Georgia was used as a military buffer that would provide protection to South Carolina from the Spanish. This was deemed necessary after
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In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ the Northern and Southern colonies were extremely different. Each “section” of America was socially‚ economically‚ and politically dissimilar from the next. From the beginning‚ it was difficult to picture the colonies as their own separate nation due to a lack of colonial unity. In the Southern plantation colonies‚ social structure was molded mostly by the emphasis on slavery and racism that was perpetuated. A hierarchy of status and wealth similar to
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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 independence for females. Women had more power and played a more dominant role southern culture. They owned plantations and were usually head of the household
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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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Company of London. This simple act of authorizing colonization led to the establishment of thirteen English colonies‚ with the first settlement called Jamestown‚ located in Virginia. While slowly attaining an identity that was distinctly American‚ these colonies developed into three easily identifiable regions in the years 1600 to 1754. The Northernmost of these regions‚ the New England Colonies‚ included Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ and New Hampshire. Located in the middle section of Britain’s
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Northern & Southern colonies were close to each other‚ they held many similarities and differences. America was a place of dreams until immigrants began sailing to its’ shores. An influx of immigrants came to America in the 17th century were English‚ but there were also Dutch‚ Swedes and Germans in the middle region‚ a few French Huguenots in South Carolina and elsewhere‚ slaves from Africa‚ mainly in the South‚ and a scattering of Spaniards‚ Italians and Portuguese all through the colonies. They had
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Northern and Southern Colonies Differences The Northern and Southern Colonies of North America were politically‚ economically‚ and culturally very different from one another. The people of northern and southern colonies came to the new world for very different reasons and as time went on their differences would only grow. The differences between them would ultimately culminate in the American Civil War‚ which took place in the mid-nineteenth century and nearly ended destroyed‚ the country we
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skyrocketed among British colonies with varied immigration pattern creating quite the contrast between the middle and southern colonies. Thousands of Europeans begin flooding the New World for religious freedom‚ in search of wealth‚ or for their own personal exploit. Many came to the Middle Colonies for liberation from persecution and for business ventures that would not be possible with primogeniture prominent in much of Europe; meanwhile‚ those who resettled in the Southern Colonies were there for more
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