Chesapeake Colonies vs. New England Colonies The English had no desire to colonize the new world prior to defeating the Spanish Armada. However‚ once they defeated the Spanish in 1588‚ thus ending Spanish colonization‚ the English became the rulers of the Atlantic and a newly found patriotism flourished in England. The English had tried desperately to colonize the new world‚ failing two times before succeeding in Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ one of the Chesapeake Bay colonies. The northern most colonies such
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differences in the founding of the northern and southern English colonies? The major similarity of the founding of each colony was the reasoning the people were coming over in the first place. They were all looking for better lives economically. The differences were the northern colonies were mainly looking for freedom politically and religiously. The southern colonies were just looking for an all-around better scale of life. The people from the southern colonies came over with adventure on their minds
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Virginia and Massachusetts Bay Colonies Both Virginia and Massachusetts Bay colonies were started in the seventeenth century‚ but both for different reasons. Virginia was chartered to make a profit‚ whereas Massachusetts used their charter to flee religious persecution and live in freedom. Both colonies did however face similar struggles. They had to learn how best to survive the land they now lived on. This involved learning what would grow best and the best way to grow it. They also had to try
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Bay and New England ColoniesThere are many key differences that distinguish the inhabitants of the New England colonies from those of the Chesapeake Bay colonies. These dissimilarities include but are not limited to the differences between the social structure‚ family life‚ forms of government‚ religion‚ and the lives of indentured servants and children in the two colonies. The social structure and family life of the two colonies varied greatly. The inhabitants of the Chesapeake Bay colonies were never
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The Quakers of London came and inherited land between Maryland and New York. When William Penn came to this land‚ the King named the property after his father‚ Admiral Sir Penn. In the making of this new colony‚ there were many steps they had to achieve before they were successful. How did this new colony start out? But‚ how did this colony use other ideas to help start out? What were the advancements that they were able to make that contributed to the industrialization we have today? Then‚ who
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Early English colonies in America hardly resembled the union of men and women that would later fight against England and build a new country. In fact‚ until the mid-eighteenth century‚ most English colonists had very little‚ if anything to do with the settlers in neighboring colonies. They heard news of Indian wars and other noteworthy events‚ not from the colony itself‚ but from England. The colonies in the New World appeared completely different and the prospect of any unity between them seemed
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Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both of English Origin‚ they evolved into two different colonies. Major points such as different motives for settling‚ religion‚ and the different geography led to contrasting views. As they continued to evolve‚ the colonies adapted to their own unique economic‚ geography‚ and social structures. The settlements in the Chesapeake region‚ such as Virginia were only settled to increase wealth. The colonists wanted to gain riches. After the
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wanted to leave England in search of the better promised life in the colonies could not afford the oversea voyage. In exchange for the cost of the trip Webling became the indentured servant to Edward Bennett. Webling was to provide 3 years of servitude‚ and Bennett was to provide him with ample and substantial food and drink‚ proper shelter and good clothes to wear. During Webling’s period of indenture he among many helped in the expanding of the English settlement‚ clearing new land for landowners
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the year 1606‚ King James I of England issued a charter which authorized overlapping grants of land in the New World to two separate joint-stock companies‚ the Virginia Company of Plymouth and the Virginia Company of London. This simple act of authorizing colonization led to the establishment of thirteen English colonies‚ with the first settlement called Jamestown‚ located in Virginia. While slowly attaining an identity that was distinctly American‚ these colonies developed into three easily identifiable
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explorers and settlers to America. The two most eminent countries that colonized area of America were Spain and Great Britain. Britain began to establish colonies in the northeast; in the area they called New England. The Spanish interest lied in the southwest. Living in two unassociated areas caused the Spanish settlements and the New England colonies to be quite unlike each other. When faced with the task of finding similarities between the two‚ not much can be found. It is the differences that stand
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