When first English settlers began arriving in America in the 1700’s they mainly settled in two regions - New England and the Chesapeake. Even though both groups of people were English by origin‚ they had developed two very different societies. Each group had it’s own beliefs and expectations of what they will find in this new world‚ and the results of their settlement were very different as well. When the ship headed for Virginia left England in 1635‚ it was filled mostly with men in their twenties
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Heavy New England rain and thunder poured from the outside windows‚ making the sound of a continues tapping sound. Forty-two men of‚ rather large wealth‚ gathered around a rectangular shaped table that stretched to the left and right sides of the room and at the far left was a fireplace crackling wood peacefully. The room smelled of burning wood and lit cigars. This room was used only for important meetings for the surreptitious society‚ and was a donation from the owner of the building‚ Lord Richard
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"Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two different societies‚ why did this difference in development occur?" For different reasons‚ settlers chose to inhabit the regions of New England and Chesapeake. The social economic and political reasons separated these groups. This was mostly because of the different founding purposes; New England being founded on religous values and the Chesapake being
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The Colonies by 1763: A New Society? Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the emergence of a society quite different from that in England. Changes in religion‚ economics‚ politics and social structure illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans. By 1763‚ although some colonies still maintained established churches‚ other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution
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George Sotereanos DBQ 09/15/06 Unit 1 The Distinct Differences of New England and Chesapeake By the year 1700‚ the New England and the Chesapeake regions were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ although the regions had evolved in two distinct societies. The people who made the epic voyage to the new world came here for many different reasons. They wanted to lead the lives they wanted. Some were poor and needed money and saw America as a place to strike it rich. Others did not
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The Bulldog | | | The Bulldog Long ago there was a small English settlement in the American South. The people of this town made their living farming and hunting. The town’s hunters were known for having some of the best prized hunting dogs around. Rumors of a monster began sweeping through towns and villages. A massive wild bull was on a rampage; destroying crops and anything else in its path. Unfortunately no one really believed it. One day‚ a small boy asked‚ “Father may I go and play
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Early settlement patterns For the most part economic opportunity for growth was the common motive for all the settlers in the new world. The French‚ Spanish‚ English and Dutch all came for the same reasons‚ they just all handled it in different ways. Some handled it decently and others handled it horribly‚ at least looking at it from a Native Americans perspective that is. They all tried to make the ’new world’ environment seem like old ones‚ which clearly it wasn’t and in my opinion none of which
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Settlements Geography MYP5A Uzaifa Sheikh 09/02/2012 Many problems exist for Less Economically Developed Countries’ cities all around the world. These may range from the favelas of South America to shanty towns present in Asia. Haphazard growth is one of the greatest difficulty for these slums and governments are striving to find practical and efficient solutions for shanty towns‚ such as the Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro. The UN needs to assist LEDCs in diminishing the issue at hand. There are
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could only take one class in high school I choose Spanish. Spanish is a foreign language class offered at my school which has been my favorite academic subject since Freshman year. Growing up I did not have the chance to learn a new language because my parents did not speak the same dialect of Tagalog‚ a Filipino language‚ so their only way of communication was through English at home. Because of this‚ the only language that I knew fluently was English up until the point where I began taking a foreign
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most Europeans‚ was a time for exploration of the New World. Two countries‚ Spain and England‚ inhabited this land in two very different ways. The English settled in the Northeast area in which they called New England‚ while the Spanish stayed in the Southwest migrating from Mexico. Each country lived in the new world based on the resources they had‚ and the life they brought from their native lands. During that time‚ the English and Spanish settlements differed because of the influence from their religious
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