Characteristics of the Early Settlements
Based on your reading of the documents what was the nature and characters of these colonies? According to what is presented in the documents how might the colonies be distinguished from one another. (Compare/contrast)
The beginnings of the American colonies started in the 17th century with settlers from different European countries such as Spain, France, England, Holland and Sweden. The colony Jamestown, was the first to establish in the Eastern Coast in the year 1607, in what is today known as Virginia and a little more than a decade later in the year 1620 the pilgrims settled at Plymouth in what is today known as Massachusetts.
England gained control of the 13 colonies after winning the war against France. These 13 colonies were Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
The first settlers of the American colonies came for different motives, all looking to fulfill different aspects of their lives, some looking for freedom of creed, others to improve their financial situation and some others for adventure.
Historians distinguished the different colonies defined by their own unique characteristics based on where the settlers came from, who found them and what they did for living. The 13 colonies were grouped in three different categories; the New England colonies, the Middle and the Southern Colonies.
The New England Colonies were mostly characterized because their settlers or founders did not come as single man or woman as was the structured in other competing colonies at the time but rather as a family unit, these settlers were mostly puritans who practice their own religion especially in Massachusetts . They had a strong work ethic, using the land efficiently to grow such crops as corn and wheat, their main success was based on individual effort that resulted in enough to feed themselves and created a surplus to trade for
The beginnings of the American colonies started in the 17th century with settlers from different European countries such as Spain, France, England, Holland and Sweden. The colony Jamestown, was the first to establish in the Eastern Coast in the year 1607, in what is today known as Virginia and a little more than a decade later in the year 1620 the pilgrims settled at Plymouth in what is today known as Massachusetts.
England gained control of the 13 colonies after winning the war against France. These 13 colonies were Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
The first settlers of the American colonies came for different motives, all looking to fulfill different aspects of their lives, some looking for freedom of creed, others to improve their financial situation and some others for adventure.
Historians distinguished the different colonies defined by their own unique characteristics based on where the settlers came from, who found them and what they did for living. The 13 colonies were grouped in three different categories; the New England colonies, the Middle and the Southern Colonies.
The New England Colonies were mostly characterized because their settlers or founders did not come as single man or woman as was the structured in other competing colonies at the time but rather as a family unit, these settlers were mostly puritans who practice their own religion especially in Massachusetts . They had a strong work ethic, using the land efficiently to grow such crops as corn and wheat, their main success was based on individual effort that resulted in enough to feed themselves and created a surplus to trade for