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    originally settled‚ and when the Mayflower landed‚ the colonists who emerged from the ships had huge plans and tremendous goals for what would come of their own colony. However‚ although both settled regions were the new homes to a majority of the English‚ two separate societies formed. In New England‚ the colonists were religious extremists hoping to form a perfect society‚ while gold hunters with little or no desire to create a permanent home flocked to the Chesapeake region. The colonists in the north were

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    A HISTORY OF 16TH CENTURY ENGLAND In the late 15th century England was torn by a series of civil wars between two dynasties‚ the Yorkists and the Lancastrians. The wars ended in 1485 when Henry Tudor won the battle of Bosworth and gained the throne of England. Henry Tudor (1457-1509) was crowned Henry VII on 30 October 1485 beginning a new dynasty. In January 1486 he married Elizabeth of York‚ daughter of Edward IV‚ uniting the dynasties of York and Lancaster. However the Yorkists were unwilling

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    America can be known as the New England colonies‚ the Chesapeake colonies‚ the Middle colonies and The Carolinas. All four of these colonies have various similarities and differences that characterized and influenced the settlement‚ including religious beliefs‚ laws‚ government corruption‚ economics‚ disease‚ and population. The New England colonies consisted of New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Chesapeake colonies consisted of Maryland and Virginia. The Middle colonies consisted

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    Although New England and the Chesapeake regions 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? Since Columbus discovered America‚ people from Europe were avid to lunch there to explore the New World. Most people went there for religion purposes and money‚ but as they set up their own regions‚ they governed their lands in different ways. Specifically‚ New England and Chesapeake

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    Differences between New England and Chesapeake Colonies – DBQ By the 1700s‚ Colonial America was a diverse society; the northern colonies of New England and the southern colonies of the Chesapeake region‚ although mainly made up of British settlers‚ were already becoming distinct areas unlike any seen before this time. However‚ they shared little in common‚ as both regions were drastically different from one another. The differences started with the initial reasons for the founding of each colony

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    Unvexed Isles Analysis

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    «The Unvexed Isles». Analysis. The story under analysis is entitled «The Unvexed Isles». It is taken from the book <The unvexed isles> - it’s a collection of the stories of American and English writers. The author of this story is Robert Penn Warren - an American poet‚ novelist‚ and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. The story is rather heavy-going‚ but thought-provoking. The plot is rather static and is of no great importance here‚ the tone of the narration is

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    New England: A Matter of Perspective John Smith’s A Description of New England and William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation both present a picture of the same pre-colonial land of New England. Mr. Smith’s writing‚ out of necessity‚ painted a rosy picture of the new land‚ while Bradford’s historical account shows early New England was not Heaven on Earth. Mr. Bradford and Mr. Smith are writing about one land‚ but they present two different accounts of the life in the land. John Smith’s writing

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    Katharine Concepcion Document: Sending Women to Virginia (1622) Source: Susan Myra Kingsbury‚ ed.‚ The Records of the Virginia Company of London (Washington‚ D.C.‚ 1906-1935)‚ Vol. I‚ pp. 256-57. 1. Who produced the document? How much do we know about the author? What are the assumptions and biases of the author? This article was written by Susan Myra Kingsbury. From what we can tell‚ Kingsbury put together a series of records from the Virginia Company. From this article‚ we can tell that

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    New England Colonies Dbq

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    The Puritans of the New England colonies influenced the development of political‚ economical‚ and social areas throughout the 1630’s-1670 with their ideas and values. They had emigrated from Britain in order to express their beliefs and practices freely. Religion was the foundation of the political‚ economical‚ and social developments of the Puritans. From government to living conditions to religious acts‚ the Puritans were trying to purify the Church of England in their own ways. Some things worked

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    development of the colonies because it affected their social values. However‚ the quality of the soil‚ and the colonists’ access to water had a greater impact on the development of the New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern colonies. Therefore‚ the geography was the primary factor in the development of the colonies. The New England colonies were hilly‚ forested‚ and had rocky soil causing a lack of grown-food production therefore their population grew slowly meaning small cities. Small tightly packed cities

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