Comparison of the New England and Chesapeake Bay Regions During the 1700’s‚ people in the American colonies lived in very distinctive societies. While some colonists led hard lives‚ others were healthy and prosperous. The two groups who showed these differences were the colonists of the New England and Chesapeake Bay areas. The differentiating characteristics among the Chesapeake and New England colonies developed due to economy‚ religion‚ and motives for colonial expansion. The colonists of the
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The rapid growth of colonies in the 18th century was mainly due to plantations that brought the benefit of buying more imported goods from their mother country‚ but it also led to barbarous slavery. It is mentioned‚ "To pay for these goods the colonists produced more and more tobacco‚ rice‚ indigo‚ wheat fish‚ tar - indeed‚ anything that would supply the income necessary to purchase additional imports‚" (Cobbs 90). The market started to grow as the colonists gained interest in British imported goods
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created or land it selected. But the London Company made no such analysis. The result was that the colony was not realistically equipped for the area in which it was established. There was no gold in the whole of Virginia or anywhere within a thousand miles of it. And the climate was wrong for both grapes and sugar as crops. Another major drawback under the category "land" was the site of the colony itself. Jamestown was established in a marshy area that happened to be infested with malaria-bearing
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the ‘great southern land’‚ the government sent the First Fleet over to New South Wales with over 1400 people. First of all‚ as Britain could no longer find any other suitable place to export their surplus of convicts‚ the establishment of a new penal colony in New South Wales was imperative. Following the American War of Independence in 1775 and the subsequent defeat of the British there meant that convicts could no longer be sent to the newly independent nation. The African colonies under British
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Although most people only know of the “thirteen original colonies”‚ there were‚ in fact‚ thirty-two English colonies in North America by 1775. However‚ only thirteen of them participated in rebellion. These thirteen settlements shared certain characteristics‚ most prominently of all‚ their rapid population growth. There were 300‚000 people in the New World in 1700‚ but by 1725‚ 2.5 million populated the thirteen colonies; it went from twenty English subjects for every American to only 3 for every
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The first people who came over from Europe‚ to the new world‚ lived in colonies. Colonies were large areas of land ruled by the nations of Europe. For the most part‚ Britain ruled the thirteen colonies in America. Britain was very far away. It took weeks to sail across the Atlantic Ocean by ship. It was difficult to send people or messages back and forth that made colonists feel independent. They thought they could run their own lives. They had their own leaders and they made their own laws. At first
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The New England Colonies http://www.ushistory.org/us/3.asp I chose “Settling New England” as my topic. The website I had chosen has many intriguing facts. While reading it‚ it just made me want to read more and more. It also had very descriptive pictures that one could visualize what it was like back in the day will reading. This site is related to chapter 2 out of the book that we read because it talks about the Mayflower and Plymouth Colony‚ Thanksgiving‚ Puritan life‚ and how New England expanded
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was the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America.” I agree with this statement because geography did play an important role in the making of the British colonies. In all areas‚ the geography influenced the way people lived‚ what they ate‚ the types of homes they lived in‚ the jobs they held and the farming conditions for the better‚ and in some areas‚ for the worse. The New England colonies‚ consisting of Maine‚ New Hampshire Massachusetts‚ Connecticut
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American Government from British Colonies to Revolution While the colonists were treated by Great Britain as minor children or as subjects to be governed‚ the very new sets of colonies were making their own establishments in the realms of self-government. Colonial self-government ranged on a grand scale from things such as town meetings and councils‚ to public assemblies and courts. From these assemblies‚ great leaders and political minds hosted thoughts and brought together a sort of regulation
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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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