of The New England and Chesapeake Regions The Chesapeake and New England regions were made up of mainly Englishmen. Though the settlers came from the same place‚ their communities evolved into two different societies by 1700. The cause of this split‚ despite the fact of coming from the same place‚ was the difference in geography‚ religious freedoms and social/moral values. Geographically‚ the settlers were not prepared. Life expectancy for the Chesapeake was very low. The New England
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Invasion or settlement? This question has been asked and debated by many people over the past century. After studying this question over the past few weeks I agree to a large extent that it was an invasion by the Europeans. They stole the aboriginals land‚ rights and brought over deceases guns and other bad things‚ they killed a large portion of these aboriginals for no explainable reason and they also kidnapped their children in the attempt to extinct the blackness out of the native Australian people
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Settlement of the West With the closing of the frontier and the turn of the 20th century‚ the west side of America was becoming heavily populated and settled in. For America this meant many resources were needed in order to accelerate the expansion of the west. The development of the west brought many problems. How would you transport goods‚ to and from the east? Before any settlements were possible‚ a means of easy transportation was essential. In 1862 the Pacific Railway Act was passed‚
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During the 1610‚ the New England and Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ but by 1700 the regions developed into two distinct societies. The distinctions of development arose due to differences in economy and political structure. The economy and political structure of New England and Chesapeake differed based on the geography‚ needs and the different values or purposes that the regions served‚ causing two distinct societies to emerge by 1700. In terms
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CHAPTER 17 Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis : western settlement had had an extraordinary impact on U.S. social‚ political‚ and economic development "Buffalo" Bill Cody : a successful show that popularized Wild West shows‚ it consisted of a former Pony Express rider and Indian fighter‚ and the hero of popular dime novels for children. This show romanticized the West and the life of the cowboy. :"Buffalo Bill;" Killed over 4000 buffalo in 18 months while employed by the Kansas
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Jamestown Settlement The first permanent English colony in North America was established at Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ in 1607. In order to earn quick profits for Virginia Company investors‚ the settlers wasted no time and immediately began hunting for gold and searching for the Northwest Passage to Asia. According to page forty-two in the American Journey textbook‚ “all they would find was suffering and disappointment‚” which would foreshadow the years ahead. The colony would soon prove to be an
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contrast‚ families of the Chesapeake were primarily men brought over to work the fields. Age: Ages of settlers in New England ranged wildly‚ seeing as immigrants came in family groups. Chesapeake settlers were all in the same general age range. Health: Since New England was spared the tropical diseases of the south‚ its inhabitants were considerably healthier. Immigrants to New England actually gained five years on their life expectancy‚ while immigrants to the Chesapeake lost about ten years. Most
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By 1700‚ the New England and Chesapeake region evolved into two distinct colonies although both were settled by people of the English origin. One of the major distinctions between the two colonies is the populations of the two regions were settled by different people. New England and Chesapeake also had different reasons for settlement in these areas. Another cause for the development in the two societies was the difference of the way of life. New England and Chesapeake formed into two distinct societies
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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 regions of the north‚ to the Chesapeake regions of the
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England attracted entire families of settlers including men‚ women‚ and children‚ while the Chesapeake regions like Virginia primarily gathered young single men who were not related to each other (Document 2 and 3). The final reason why these societies turned out very different was that their economies were vastly different. The Puritan government and economy bordered on the line of communism‚ while the Chesapeake economy was extremely capitalistic. In the Articles of Agreement‚ drawn up in New England
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