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    from England in seek of religious freedom. They settled in New England and a majority of their population lived in Massachusetts Bay. In contrast to other English colonists‚ they came to North America to create a pure Christian society that emphasized the community and family aspects of life. Most other colonists‚ such as the ones living in the Chesapeake region‚ came to the New World in search of economic gain. In 1630 to the 1660’s‚ Puritan values and ideas had a considerable impact in New England

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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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    New England was settled by English Puritans‚ mostly Congregationalists‚ in the 1620s. It was held together by its common religion‚ which gave the region stability in its early years. Contrastingly‚ the mid-Atlantic colonies were made up of a variety of different religious groups‚ including Lutherans‚ Catholics‚ Jews‚ Congregationalists‚ and Quakers in Pennsylvania. During the Great Awakening of the 1730s‚ the influence of older forms of Protestantism‚ especially Calvinism‚ increased dramatically

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    Chesapeake and New England colonies Comparison During the early 16th century and into the early 17th century‚ European colonies rapidly colonized the newly found Americas. England in particular sent large groups to the east coast of North America to two separate regions‚ which would later become known as the Chesapeake and New England areas. The Chesapeake region included Maryland‚ Virginia‚ Pennsylvania‚ and the New Jerseys. The New England region of the colonies included Rhode Island‚ Plymouth

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    Despite New England and Chesapeake regions both having similar English settlers‚ these two colonial areas developed vastly unique identities because of politics‚ economics‚ and the reasons for settling.The Chesapeake region includes the colonies of Virginia and Maryland where the New England colonies were New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. One of the main differences between the two regions was the reasonings behind the settlements which was the causation of

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    the indigenous past and whether this serves as an example of preserving one’s ethnic identity. Crowned nun portraits trace their history to old-world traditions‚ but featured deceased abbesses and notable nuns. In comparison to new world portraits which featured professing nuns of varying statuses‚ these portraits were unique to colonial Mexican convents. Despite the tradition of flower-crowned nuns in old-world cloisters‚ Cordova finds correlations between the unique flower-crowned professing portraits

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     religion also influenced the British colonies during the 1600s.The New England  colonies were initially founded to be a safe haven for the Puritan religion‚ while the middle  colonies and southern colonies were founded for trade and profit. Once founded‚ the British  colonies began producing different goods based on their geography. Each region depended  on each other and Great Britain for certain goods they could not provide for themselves.  The reason for settlement in the New England colonies was religious freedom. The

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    nturies‚ colonizers reached the  New World‚ which had previously been discovered‚ for various incentives. England‚ in  particular‚ sent numerous groups to two major areas. The New England and the Chesapeake  region were of English descent‚ however‚ both emerged to be very different societies by 1700.  Both grew to have their own unique identities. These separate identities spurred from the  reasoning behind their settlement to the New World. By 1700‚ New England and the Chesapeake  region became two distinct societies

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    the years of 1600-1754‚ three distinct regions were formed in the new world. The three main English settlement areas were categorized into the New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern group of colonies and all had major differences and events that led to their own identity. Many people moved to these new colonies to start a new life‚ try to make a large profit‚ or even to escape religious restrictions. These three areas provided a new place for people or families to start over and control their own futures

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    ideals‚ economic discrepancies‚ and contrasting social classes of people arriving in the New World. New England and the Chesapeake region were both founded for different things‚ the first of which being religion. New England‚ for the most part‚ was founded for religious reasons. While the Protestant Revolution was going on in their home country of England‚ those looking for religious freedom were fleeing to the New World to escape prosecution. This caused many of the northern colonies to become more

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