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    The New England‚ Middle‚ and southern colonies of colonial America were similar because it was socially acceptable for males to go to college and learn about the bible but politically and economically these regions were extremely diverse. In the New England colonies‚ (Massachusetts ‚Connecticut‚ New Hampshire and Rhode island)‚ they were economically different because they were deeply connected into the triangular trade network that was linked to New England ‚ the Caribbean and the west

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    Colonists’ religion had a significant impact on the development of the colonies because it affected their social values. However‚ the quality of the soil‚ and the colonists’ access to water had a greater impact on the development of the New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern colonies. Therefore‚ the geography was the primary factor in the development of the colonies. The New England colonies were hilly‚ forested‚ and had rocky soil causing a lack of grown-food production therefore their population grew

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    Northern Colonies‚ 1619–1700 Focus Questions 1. What religious turmoil in the Old World resulted in the little colony of Plymouth in the New World? 2. Why was the initial and subsequent colonization of the Massachusetts Bay Colony more successful than Plymouth? 3. How did the colony of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony contribute to the origins of American independence and government? What were the contributions to American independence and government from the New England Confederation

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    century‚ two 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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    expeditions to both North America and South America to find new settlements and gold. Sir Walter Raleigh also sent several shiploads of colonists to the east coast of North America. These colonists settled on Roanoke Island and names Virginia. In 1586 the colonists had to return to England due to hardships. John White returned to Roanoke in 1587 to establish a second colony there. John Smith founder of Jamestown In 1607 the colony of Virginia was founded by John Smith and other colonists including

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    When Jamestown was originally settled‚ and when the Mayflower landed‚ the colonists who emerged from the ships had huge plans and tremendous goals for what would come of their own colony. However‚ although both settled regions were the new homes to a majority of the English‚ two separate societies formed. In New England‚ the colonists were religious extremists hoping to form a perfect society‚ while gold hunters with little or no desire to create a permanent home flocked to the Chesapeake region.

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    By the 1700s‚ New England and the Chesapeake region had developed very distinct societies. This dichotomy can be traced from the very foundation of the colonies. The New England colonies were founded as examples of pure religion‚ each was to "be as a city upon a hill."1 In contrast to this worthy cause‚ the Chesapeake colonies were originally founded during the great search for gold‚ and later continued as slave-supported plantation colonies. The New Englanders would come to prosper through their

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    The four British colonies in North America can be known as the New England colonies‚ the Chesapeake colonies‚ the Middle colonies and The Carolinas. All four of these colonies have various similarities and differences that characterized and influenced the settlement‚ including religious beliefs‚ laws‚ government corruption‚ economics‚ disease‚ and population. The New England colonies consisted of New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Chesapeake colonies consisted of Maryland

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    grew from a hope to find new trade routes to an economic stronghold to an entire country full of people who now claim dreams of their own. The American Dream began by people wanting to follow their own religion. Colonies settled into the New World for varied reasons. The colonists settled in the New Word because they hoped for a new beginning. The achievement of this travel justified that the colonies can be markets for England’s manufactured goods. "England saw the colonies as a way to sell more goods

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    The New England and Chesapeake colonies were both settled by English colonists. Most colonists moving from Great Britain to New England were families searching for religious salvation‚ rather than mostly the single men that traveled to the Chesapeake area in search of wealth. The immigrants of the Chesapeake area were greeted with a climate and soil that were perfect for cultivating tobacco‚ cotton‚ indigo‚ and rice. Those settling in New England could not rely on farming to support themselves because

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