Essay Prompt Although New England and the Chesapeake region 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? Underline your thesis statement in all DBQ and FRQ responses in class and during the AP Exam. Example 1 (Good) In the early 1600s‚ disaffected English emigrants began settling on the eastern seaboard of North America. Although the initial settlements in New England and the Chesapeake
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Although New England and the Chesapeake region 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? AP U.S history DBQ #2 8/28/12 The New England and the Chesapeake regions were both from English origin. However‚ they had completely different societies. Each settlement had different intension of why they wanted to settle in the new world. New England and Chesapeake colonies had
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The first major cause of this differentiation lay in the very reasons for the founding of the two region’s colonies. In 1607 the London Company of Virginia‚ a joint-stock company‚ had been formed to settle in the Virginia area a colony of Englishmen. But the Company wanted this colony solely for economic gain. As Document F‚ Capt Smith’s history of Virginia‚ shows the first colonists spent their time searching for gold like the Spanish windfall instead of planting crops. As a result‚ half of the
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in the 1700s was a big melting pot however the Chesapeake and New England regions were made up mainly of people of English origin. Even though the settlers came from the same place their societies evolved in two different directions. The cause of Chesapeake and New England’s road into two distinct societies is due to many economic‚ social‚ religious‚ and geographical reasons. The Chesapeake and New England settlers came to America for many reasons. The settlers that came to the Chesapeake region
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large amount of English emigrants began to settle on the Atlantic seaboard of North America. It was then that each region of the colonies began to build the foundations of their colonies. The New World was just as the name suggests: new. The colonists hadn’t any idea of what to expect until the moment they could see it with their own eyes. And although New England and the Chesapeake regions were settled largely by people of English origin‚ by the 18th century‚ the two distinct societies became apparent
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DBQ ESSAY Question: Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by of English origin‚ by 1700 the region had evolved into two different societies. Why did this difference in development occur? Thesis Statement: When talking about New England and the Chesapeake region‚ you have to consider the differences in motives and geography. Consider economic situations (reasons for settling where they did‚ reasons why they came to New England in the first place). One has
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Around the 1600’s‚ New England started to develop a drastic population growth. This growth caused several problems for the occupants including‚ high prices on food‚ land‚ and a shortage of work for many because of the aggressive competition. Immigrants from New England began to prepare for a voyage that would be beneficial for some travelling to Massachusetts and not so much those who were travelling to Virginia. Although the settlers from the Chesapeake Bay and New England came from the same country
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other. The Chesapeake businessmen and the New England Puritans both hailed from England. However‚ their reasons for settling differed significantly. Puritans seeking religious freedom settled the cool-climated and rocky-soiled New England region‚ whereas entrepreneurs settled the warm‚ fertile Chesapeake Region. The different reasons for settling and varied climates within the settled territories led to the development of dramatically different societies in New England and the Chesapeake region by 1700
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Although the New England and Chesapeake regions were settled by basically English‚ each region was clearly different than the other. This could have happened for many reasons‚ but difference in how the families were structured and the effect of religion on each region were probably two very big influences on the different developments of the societies. In New England‚ people who immigrated there came mostly in the form of families. In 1635‚ "Ship’s List of Emigrants bound for New England‚" showed
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"Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two different societies‚ why did this difference in development occur?" For different reasons‚ settlers chose to inhabit the regions of New England and Chesapeake. The social economic and political reasons separated these groups. This was mostly because of the different founding purposes; New England being founded on religous values and the Chesapake being
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