Chesapeake colonies and the New England colonies are working towards a main goal. In order to establish a type of freedom‚ independence‚ tradition‚ and profit‚ these colonies must be formed and settled in by colonists. The main goal in the settlement of the Chesapeake colonies is driven by a motivation for profit‚ whereas the main goal for the settlement of the New England Colonies is more for religion and education purposes. Although both the Chesapeake colonies and the New England colonies had different
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The motives for Spanish‚ French and English explorers were all different‚ although in some ways‚ they were the same. They all wanted to find the Northwest Passage‚ which they believed was a direct and efficient route to the Orient - home of spices‚ silks and wealth. They also wanted to lay claim to new land to expand their empires. The Spanish explorers were in search of mineral wealth‚ looking for El Dorado (the City of Gold) and they aspired to spread Christianity. France also wanted to spread
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7 Why you should settle in the Middle Colonies? From Delaware to New Jersey‚ New York to Pennsylvania‚ there is this wonderfully diverse colony. This is the place you will want to get married‚ have children‚ and basically grow old in. This is the bread basket colony . This is the Middle colonies. This is the Quaker land‚ where you can randomly give complete strangers a ride. The Middle Colonies have rich soil‚ thus letting the region become
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The Thirteen Colonies 16th century England was not interested in exploration and colonization‚ but for the most part‚ English colonies in North America were more for bussiness and in search of gold . It did provide extra land for Englands growing population and for those who seeked more religious freedom. Englands colonization in the new world led to the Thirteen Colonies made up of the New England Colonies‚ The Middle Colonies‚ and the Southern Colonies each having seperate religious beliefs‚ laws
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Southern Colonies The southern colonies consisted of five of the first thirteen colonies‚ which were North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ Georgia‚ Maryland‚ and Virginia. Where the climate was the warmest out of the three colonial regions‚ which to those living there was a good thing because survival in the winter was easier for them. Even back in the day‚ money has been an issue for many. This is why many colonist from New England decided to move to the Southern Colonies. In the southern colonies‚ the
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1763‚ American colonies were becoming more and more separated from Britain. In 1763-1776 these British imperial policies led to more colonial anger and hatred of British rule. In these 13 years the British enforced new taxes and set up many disliked restrictions on colonial life. All of these changes led the colonies to establishing new principles and later declaring to be separated from England. The British started enforcing taxes in 1763 that did not please the colonies too well. The British
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The Lynchburg Colony Emily Moreland Longwood University The Lynchburg Colony The video that we watched about the Lynchburg Colony in a word was horrifying. I had a few other observations other than that however. The main thing that shocked me was that I had never heard of this before. I don’t understand how people could just treat people like they were not even human. I guess that I have heard of things happening like this‚ but never in the United States and to this extreme. To treat people
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some similarities between colonies. During the colonial time period from about the 1600’s through the 1700’s‚ the thirteen original colonies were founded and divided among three major sections known as the New England colonies‚ the Middle colonies‚ and the Southern colonies. The New England colonies consisted of Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ and New Hampshire. The Middle colonies contained New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Delaware. The Southern colonies included Virginia‚ Maryland
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indians came to where the colony was and that they took some of them and they killed the others. They were having a drought and i think the indians came to look for water and found them. So they ran into the colonist and killed many of them. They could of took the baby or some others too. In 1587 the english women‚ men‚ and kids found the roanoke island and came ashore. They settled at the New World to stay there permanently. (1)Around 1587 there was a second colony was founded in roanoke. The
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Since the very first colony was founded in 1607 in Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ religion played a very important role in America. Nine of the thirteen colonies had established churches. Having an established church meant you paid taxes for the support of that church whether or not you were a member. The colonies with official state or established churches of the Congregational (Puritan) church denomination consisted of Maine‚ Connecticut‚ and Vermont. Colonies that remained a part of the original Church
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