The New England colonies include New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. The Chesapeake colonies include Virginia and Maryland. These colonies were primarily settled by the english‚ but in about one hundred years later the New England‚ and Chesapeake colonies have became very different. These two sets of colonies have very different social‚ economic‚ and political structures. First of all they were very distinct economically. The Chesapeake colonies wealth mainly
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colonies emerged from England in the New World. The two colonies were called the Chesapeake and New England colonies. Even though the two areas were formed and governed by the English‚ the colonies had similarities as well as differences. Differences in geography‚ religion‚ politics‚ economic‚ and nationalities‚ were responsible for molding the colonies. These differences came from one major factor: the very reason the English settlers came to the New World. The Chesapeake colonies were primarily
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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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at. New England Colonies: Mass Bay viewed the indians as inferior and believed that because of this they were obligated to take the land. Several indian tribes over the 17th century attacked mass bay with the most infamous being King Phillips war (look it up in textbook index if you need more detail). In the Plymouth colony the pilgrims and the natives started off great (first thanksgiving remember?) an english speaking native named squanto was a big reason for their harmony‚ however mass bay eventually
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Since the discovery of the New World by European powers‚ the newly established European settlements on American soil varied from region to region. Two such regions were The Chesapeake and The New England regions. Although both were settled vastly by the English people the societies they formed were different. These differences were due to a few factors. The factors include motivation for migration‚ geography‚ social‚ political and economical structures of the settlements. These factors are what contributed
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DBQ ESSAY: DIFFERENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW ENGLAND REGION AND THE CHESAPEAKE REGION OF THE NEW WORLD When the first colony of Virginia was established in the year 1607‚ there had been many theories as to what the New World could bring and offer to different people of the time‚ looking for a new and hopefully better life than in the past. But this new and better life did not come easily for many people. It is known‚ however‚ that primarily Englishmen‚ locating themselves from the New England
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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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Compare and Contrast: New England and Chesapeake Settlements The founding of the economic and social footprints in America began before it was even a country during the period of colonization before 1700. These colonies were split up into two main portions‚ New England and the Chesapeake Bay areas. And though these areas share a few of the same characteristics‚ the key differences between New England and the Chesapeake Bay are what made each region unique. While New England was formed for religious
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social structure‚ family nature and society itself the diversities in the New England and Chesapeake cultures grew immensely. Some differences proved to be too much of a challenge for some and prosperous for others. New England families kept the traditional family structure known as a nuclear family‚ consisting of the head of the household‚ the father‚ mother and their children. The religious traditions carried over from England by these families were easier to practice because of the support of immediate
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developing the Chesapeake region‚ Middle Colonies‚ and the New England Colonies Out of these three‚ the New England and the Chesapeake Region were the largest. The Chesapeake Colony‚ which included Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ and New England Colonies‚ which included the Massachusetts Bay‚ were mostly settled for religious freedom‚ economic opportunities‚ and adventures. People began leaving their land because of poor economy/unemployment and the growing number of “landless” people in England. Both these colonies
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