The Virginia Colony vs. The Massachusetts Bay Colony The Virginia Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony were both similar and different on three main topics: religion‚ economics‚ and demographics. Religious views and importance differentiated greatly between the two colonies. New Englanders‚ the area in which the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled‚ came to America to exercise religious beliefs that were not allowed before the English Civil War and after the Restoration. They were made up of
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During the seventeenth century‚ in response to the change of; environment‚ social structure‚ family nature and society itself the diversities in the New England and Chesapeake cultures grew immensely. Some differences proved to be too much of a challenge for some and prosperous for others. New England families kept the traditional family structure known as a nuclear family‚ consisting of the head of the household‚ the father‚ mother and their children. The religious traditions carried over from
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more than just the 13 colonies. Islands in the Caribbean were also places where slaves were kept. However‚ the institution of slavery in the English colonies differs from slavery in the caribbean because of their origins‚ the plantations they worked on‚ and how and why they were treated they way they were. "Approximately 10 million Africans were ripped from their homes‚ in Africa‚ and taken to the "New World" between the 1500-1800s" ("Slavery in the Colonies"). "In the 1600s‚ England’s Atlantic Seaboard
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and Spanish colonies were able to flourish in the new world even though they differed in motives for colonization and social layout; yet both colonies were similar to each other in the fact that they had common economies and like ways of treating the indigenous population. Once they established land in the new world‚ each country was able to find a new source of wealth‚ either from precious metals or from building necessities such as lumber. Seemingly‚ the British and Spanish colonies were some of
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deserved. The English believed that the best way to go about this was to colonize the New World. Subsequently‚ many colonies began to develop‚ and of these colonies‚ Massachusetts and Virginia were the most well-known. The early settlements of the Massachusetts and Virginia were both established by similar groups of people at the same time; however‚ their contrasting beginnings as a colony‚ views on religion‚ and means of economic stability created two different politics and economic systems. The settlements
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Although the settlers of the New England and Chesapeake region were both settled by people of English origin‚ by the 1700s‚ they had transformed into very different societies. This was because of a number of reasons. Between the settlers‚ the New Englanders moved for religious purposes‚ while Chesapeakes moved for want for material wealth.The people of New England also consisted of more families than the predominantly young male population of the Chesapeake. Their governing styles were also different
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Puritans. The Puritans were the individuals who created the Thirteen Colonies during the 1600s. Religion is the reason for many things the Puritans did when establishing the thirteen colonies. Religion impacted the way English colonies were created in North America by being the reason for Puritans to leave Europe‚ the structure of which the colonies were built around‚ and the reasoning behind their actions. The original thirteen colonies were founded by the Puritans. The Puritans left England in hope
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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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Chapter 3 Settling the Northern Colonies 1619-1700 The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism Martin Luther . He declared that the Bible alone was the source of God’s words. He started the "Protestant Reformation." John Calvin He spelled out his doctrine in 1536 called Institutes of the Christian Religion. He formed Calvinism. King Henry VIII formed the Protestant Church. There were a few people who wanted to see the process of taking Catholicism out of England occur more quickly
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For this Field report‚ I visited a wooded area that is near the beach in Chesapeake Beach. From a quick glance‚ I saw a combination of mature trees and young trees. Since I can see that the trees lost their leaves during the Fall‚ I will state that they are deciduous trees. They shed their leaves through the process of abscission. For the mature tree in this picture I observed that the trunk is darker than the younger trees in the background and about 15 to 20 feet tall if not higher. Walking through
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