Elizabeth Fink AP American History 1993 DBQ Essay Question: Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur? In the mid-1600’s‚ when both the New England and Chesapeake regions first began to colonize‚ each had the same goals and hopes for the New World’. Both sought freedom‚ money and power but‚ instead
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Geography was the primary factor and played an important role in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America. In some areas‚ the geography influenced the living and farming conditions for the better‚ and for some areas‚ for the worse. The Southern colonies’ geography was well-suited to farming. It was warm year round and provided a great place to produce cotton‚ indigo‚ rice‚ and many other crops. However they had few natural harbors. Opposite the North had thin rocky soil
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From the Beginning From the first settlement founded in the 1600’s‚ the British colonies were a varied mix of communities that grew to distinct civilizations in the 17th and 18th centuries. Queen Elizabeth helped drive the colonization of Jamestown in 1607 and ultimately the creation of other Southern colonies to help Britain’s economy flourish. In contrast‚ James I‚ Elizabeth’s successor‚ spurred the settlement of the Northern colonies for religious reasons when he “vowed to purge England of all
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slave ships‚ racism‚ and most of all‚ what exactly caused Americans to start using slaves. The settlers needed clearing the newly founded country. By the time the first slaves arrived in the 1600’s‚ small plantations and farms had sprung up across the thirteen colonies and beyond‚ especially in the southern colonies. The cheapest and easiest option turned out to be slavery‚ but what exactly nudged slavery to its height in the 1700’s? In spite of all the other factors that influenced slavery‚ the social
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The Influence of Tobacco on Chesapeake Society and its Subsequent Effects on Society‚ the Environment‚ and Politics. Every day in America‚ 3200 people smoke their first cigarette. [1] Tobacco has been a part of daily life for so long‚ we don’t think twice when we see someone take a smoke break‚ or buy a pack of Camels at the gas station. However‚ tobacco was once an even larger part of society. In the early 1600’s nearly everything one did was dictated by tobacco. In fact‚ it is thought by many
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According to a research paper written by James Gray Pope (2009)‚ the history of labor and employment law in the United Statess may be divided into five periods: 1. Pre-Revolutionary (1600s to 1770s) – before the American Revolution‚ there were no labor and employment law set in “stone” (Pope‚ 2009). The family was the center of legal organization of labor. The qualified adult male exercised authority over everyone in the household‚ including
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The 13 English Colonies (1630-1750) As the colonies grew in the 1600’s and 1700’s‚ they became the home to people of many lands. These people brought their own customs and traditions. In time‚ they shaped these old ways into a new American Culture. 1 13 colonies 2 1.The New England Colonies More than 1‚000 men‚ women and children left England in 1630 to settle in the Americas. They set up their colony in Massachusetts Bay‚ North of Plymouth. Over the next 100 years‚ English
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between Spanish and English culture? What would have happened if the English had conquered densely settled Mexico and Peru‚ and the Spanish had settled more thinly populated North America? 4. In What ways are the early (pre-1600) histories of Mexican and the present-day American Southwest understood differently now that the United States is being so substantially affected by Mexican and Latin American immigration and culture? To what extent should this now be regarded as part
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link 2 (gr10) The world around 1600 History Essay The World around 1600 Essay The 1600 was a time of great changes in the world. Trade and expansion dominated almost all societies. Ming China‚ the Songhai and Mughal Empires can be in contrast to European societies as they were ‘advanced societies’ technologically and scientifically. However these three empires collapsed due to invasions and revolts‚ whereas Europe‚ in the Middle Ages was secular‚ dominated by the church and the land
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New England and the Chesapeake Compared MARY BETH NORTON The England that the seventeenth-century migrants left behind was undergoing dramatic changes‚ many of which stemmed from a rapid rise in population that began early in the sixteenth century. As the population grew‚ the economy altered‚ social stratification increased‚ and customary modes of political behavior developed into new forms. England’s ruling elites saw chaos everywhere‚ and they became obsessed with the problem of maintaining
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